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“*The Salt and Light Servant of God*”
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Sermon #10
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Servanthood Series
*Matthew 5:14-16**;** *01-14-07 a.m.
INTRODUCTION:
 
;    I get a lot of emails everyday and a lot of them are forwards that I read and discard, the real long ones I don’t even take the time to read.
;    I received this one and loved it; and I especially loved how it fit so perfectly into the theme of my morning messages.
;    “An honest man was being tailgated by a stressed out woman on a busy boulevard.
\\ \\ Suddenly, the light turned yellow, just in front of him.
He did the right thing, stopping at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection.
\\ \\ The tailgating woman hit the roof, and the horn, screaming in frustration as she missed her chance to get through the intersection.
As she was still in mid-rant, she heard a tap on her window and looked up into the face of a very serious police officer.
\\ \\ The officer ordered her to exit her car with her hands up.
He took her to the police station where she was searched, finger printed, photographed, and placed in a holding cell.
\\ \\ After a couple of hours, a policeman approached the cell and opened the door.
She was escorted back to the booking desk where the arresting officer was waiting with her personal effects.
\\ \\ He said, "/I'm very sorry for this mistake.
You see, I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn, gesturing to the guy in front of you, and cussing a blue streak at him/.
I noticed the "/Choose Life/" license plate holder, the "/What Would Jesus Do/?" bumper sticker, the "/Follow Me to Sunday School/" bumper sticker, and the chrome-plated Christian fish emblem on the trunk.
\\ \\ "Naturally, I assumed you had stolen the car."
;    If you say you are saved, does your life demonstrate the fruit of the life of a genuine believer?
;    Table: matches, candle, bushel basket, flashlight and searchlight.
;    In the message this morning, Jesus said, “You are the light of the world” (*Matthew.
5:14*).
;    The more luminous our integrity — our goodness, righteousness, and truth — the brighter the light shines in this dark, sinful world.
;    How can we shine more brightly?
;    “A man returning from a journey brought his wife a matchbox that would glow in the dark.
After giving it to her she turned out the light, but the matchbox could not be seen.
Both thought they had been cheated.
Then the wife noticed some French words on the side of the box and asked a friend to translate them.
The inscription said: “/If you want me to shine in the night, keep me in the light/.”
We need to spend time alone with Jesus — the Light — in prayer, exposing our lives like photographic plates to his presence so that his image, his character, is burnt into ours.
If we do this, we will spiritually be like Moses when he descended Sinai after being alone with God — his face shone with the light of God.”
 
;    We need to allow God’s truth to illumine our eager faces with goodness and righteousness and truth.
/If you want to shine in the night, keep in the light of His precious Word./[1]
 
;    Let’s bow our heads in prayer and seek God’s direction for this message this morning.
I.
*/YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD/*.
*Matthew 5:14-16*
 
  A.
The World Needs Light because it Lives in
       Darkness.
1.
A light is meant to shine and thus provide direction to individuals so they can find their way.
2.      The believer does not have inherent light; rather we have /reflective /light; as we behold the glory of the Lord, we should be reflecting  it toward others.
3.      Therefore, we need to make sure that nothing comes between us and the Lord’s light.
4.      Light has always been a biblical metaphor, it was used by Jesus to describe Himself in
*         John 9:5*, “While I am in the world, I am the Light
             of  the world”
 
      a.
Light is meant to shine and illuminate a path
           which gives direction to those who are
           seeking it.
b.
Light is intended to dispel darkness.
c.
That is what Christ’s life did!
6.
The question is not, “will you be the light of
         the world?”
As a believer, YOU ARE the light
         of the world!
The only question is, what kind
         of light will you be?
    7.
All that this world knows about God, they  
         know from those who call themselves
         Christians; no wonder the world is so  
         confused!
 
  B.
Jesus is the Light of the world - *John 8:12*
       “Then spoke Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of
           the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness,
           but shall have the light of life”
 
    1.
As light, your good deeds will result in praise
         By those who belong to Jesus are brought
         out of darkness and put into His Kingdom of
         light.
2.
*Colossians 1:12-13* “Giving thanks unto the
              Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the
              inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us
              from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the
              kingdom of his dear Son:”
    3.
Through the life of the Christian Jesus’ light is
         to clearly shine forth into the darkness of
         human depravity.
4.
The light-possessors become light-Transmit-
         ters; collectively believers are “the light”
         individually they are “/lights/” [2]
    5.
As a result, Christians have become light to
         the darkness in this world.
6.  *Philippians 2:15*, “that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,”
7. A godly life gives convincing testimony of
        the saving power of God and that is what
        brings glory to God.[3]
 
  C.
Two Examples of Illuminating Lights – *vs.
14-*
*        15*
       - Jesus uses these examples to further explain the
             Christians function as light in this dark world:
         -  The idea be conveyed is that followers of Christ must be
             both /visible/ and /radiant/.
-  They must be “in the light” and must also send out rays
             of light.
1.
“A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden*.*”
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