matthew 5:14 sermon

2. Maclaren, D. D.I do say that if the fountain never rises into the sunlight above the dead level of the pool there can be very little pressure at the main; that if a man has not the longing to speak his religious convictions, these convictions must be feeble.(A. Moberley, D. C. L.)Lustrous ChristiansW. Be modest in other things. On the contrary, many advantages may arise to the cause of religion from the exhibition of piety. )LinksMatthew 5:14 NIVMatthew 5:14 NLTMatthew 5:14 ESVMatthew 5:14 NASBMatthew 5:14 KJVMatthew 5:14 Bible AppsMatthew 5:14 ParallelMatthew 5:14 Biblia ParalelaMatthew 5:14 Chinese BibleMatthew 5:14 French BibleMatthew 5:14 German BibleMatthew 5:14 CommentariesBible Hub. A great central storehouse of coal-gas is accumulated, and with that all the lamps are connected by a hidden system of pipes, so that each is supplied with the necessary quantity; and, as the result, we can thread our way through the intricate places of the city as easily, if not as safely, by night as by day. Modestly but yet bravely carry out your Christianity, and men will see it. 1. The holy and exemplary lives of Christians will be a sure means of recommending them to the favour and esteem, love and friendship, of unbelievers; and consequently a sure means of gaining opportunities of conversing familiarly with them, insinuating truth into them, and making them willing and easy to receive it.IV. If the light which you let shine in your profession be the true light, there will be good works to be seen. Ye are the light of the world. It is not our mere words, but also our works. There is a moral constitution by reason of which Christian qualities seem admirable to men. Beecher.)I. Christians the light of the world The Church can diffuse light. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it … LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE. 1. There must be a proper control of the temper. A great central storehouse of coal-gas is accumulated, and with that all the lamps are connected by a hidden system of pipes, so that each is supplied with the necessary quantity; and, as the result, we can thread our way through the intricate places of the city as easily, if not as safely, by night as by day. )Christ shines into the world through the lives of His peopleW. Matthew 5:14-16 Ye are the light of the world. )Christian example not transientBe not a flashing meteor, exciting transitory curiosity with thy blaze of profession.Men more ready to shine socially than morallyDr. Wythe. Here, it almost certainly stands for the world’s opportunity to perceive the truth about Jesus. Not only the honour but the progress of religion depend upon your examples. This holy light possesses a peculiar character, which the light of mere science, literature, or secular knowledge has not and cannot have. A. Curling, M. A.I. "Take heed that ye do not your alms before men to be seen of them." Let our song be like that of the skylark, as he rises with dewy breast from his lowly earth-couch, singing as he soars, until, unseen in the deep blue above, he rains a shower of melody on the listening earth. M. This rule may serve for some external direction in this perplexed case. Maclaren, D. D.I do say that if the fountain never rises into the sunlight above the dead level of the pool there can be very little pressure at the main; that if a man has not the longing to speak his religious convictions, these convictions must be feeble.(A. That they may see your good works, not yourselves, but your actions. )Hidden light diesD. So there are Christians among us who, while letting their light shine, contrive to paint themselves upon the glass of the lamp in which it is enclosed. Yet Jesus says that there is something far more powerful than our talk; it is our walk. The bad is something interposed between the original creative design and the execution. CHRISTIAN CONSISTENCY. )Work entailed by Christ on His peopleS. M. ENFORCE THE DOCTRINE.1. 1. If we are the light of the world, then what characteristic is true of the world? Let the separate deeds be hidden, according to the precept of the sixth chapter; let the general design of goodness be known, according to the text. M. M. Taylor.of the world: —I. THE CERTAINTY THAT IF WE ARE LIGHT WE SHALL SHINE. We turn our eyes up to him and he rebukes us with darts of fire; he says, "Look down, not up: look at the works, not the worker." A. )The beauty of moral qualitiesH. Beecher., Sir William Dawes, Bart. The world is dark in reference to God. Not only the honour but the progress of religion depend upon your examples. W. Wythe.1. )The CandleC. Then the light is a joyous and happy sort of thing.(W. There is a moral constitution by reason of which Christian qualities seem admirable to men. The well-pleasing of men.II. It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men. 3. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden. Show me the worker," the sun answers us with a rebuke of intolerable light.(Dr. In looking at a painted window, we think more of the artist and his picture than of the light. In analyzing that power there are three or four elements.I. Habitual holiness is required. You may have a window all covered with dust, and spun over with the cobwebs of spiders, that have not been disturbed for years, and the passer-by, in the darkness, will take no note of its impurity. Jesus is sending the disciples out to be salt in the world. Hence it appears that we ought frequently to contemplate the examples of good men, out of which there are so many and so great advantages to be drawn. We use the expression, "I saw myself a sinner." This light discloses God, the way to heaven, etc. Oh, sir," said he, "look at that dark and stormy sea. The world, though corrupt, is very sensible of what Christian practice ought to be. As a member of the Church of Christ he must show good will. Let our song be like that of the skylark, as he rises with dewy breast from his lowly earth-couch, singing as he soars, until, unseen in the deep blue above, he rains a shower of melody on the listening earth. The human mind was constructed so that every faculty in its organization tends to produce good qualities. Hide it under a bushel? His calling is from the elevated position he occupies, to shed light upon the whole world.II. J. Wilmot Buxton., Dr. A. Barnes.1. )LinksMatthew 5:14 NIVMatthew 5:14 NLTMatthew 5:14 ESVMatthew 5:14 NASBMatthew 5:14 KJVMatthew 5:14 Bible AppsMatthew 5:14 ParallelMatthew 5:14 Biblia ParalelaMatthew 5:14 Chinese BibleMatthew 5:14 French BibleMatthew 5:14 German BibleMatthew 5:14 CommentariesBible Hub, (3)with a view to His glory.2. By that discovery, to which we have been so long accustomed that we have ceased to reckon it wonderful. A reproducer of this light.3. II. But he is also, sending them and us out to be light. Irreligion is artificial.II. A Divine work.2. (Name only). “Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. The best style in writing is that which gives the thought with such transparency that the reader sees nothing else; and that is the noblest Christian character which shows the most of Christ. And its job is Make things in a sinful world better through through its message of hope in the Gospel. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Men may see God through our works.(A. All others are in darkness. It is a demonstration of the practicability of religious life, as well as the truthfulness of Christianity, and the most successful method of removing objections to it. I. Be consistent.4. Men are to see the works, not the worker.4. Negative.2. All the glass in the optical instruments, whether they are intended for scientific purposes, or for ordinary use, should be free from dross.(S. Be modest in other things. F. Goode, M. A., W. W. )A good life the great means of glorifying GodW. By so doing will engage them in some serious reflections upon the Christian religion.II. The positive injunction that Christians are to do all in their power TO SECURE THAT THEIR LIGHT SHALL SHINE AS BRIGHTLY AS POSSIBLE.1. THEIR CHARACTER. Be modest in other things. The eye was not made any more for beauty in the outward world than a man's moral nature was made for beauty in the moral world. Let the separate deeds be hidden, according to the precept of the sixth chapter; let the general design of goodness be known, according to the text. Parker.It is thus that his own sun works daily in the heavens: who dares look at the sun when he so shines as to fill the earth with all the beauty of summer? When I was a lad, in my native town, I knew a painter there whose favourite works were all portraits of himself, taken in different costumes; and one of England's most famous poets produced a series of writings, in which his moody, misanthropic self was ever the central figure. Matthew 5:14"You are the light of the world. 5. This holy light possesses a peculiar character, which the light of mere science, literature, or secular knowledge has not and cannot have. Beecher., Sir William Dawes, Bart. All the glass in the optical instruments, whether they are intended for scientific purposes, or for ordinary use, should be free from dross.(S. Worldly philosophy can only analyze. The success of the gospel was made to depend not on preaching, but upon living men.V. A personal work to every man who is the subject of it.4. There is a right way of shedding light.3. 3. A great central storehouse of coal-gas is accumulated, and with that all the lamps are connected by a hidden system of pipes, so that each is supplied with the necessary quantity; and, as the result, we can thread our way through the intricate places of the city as easily, if not as safely, by night as by day. Goode, M. A.of the world. (The Preachers' Monthly. (James Stewart. Modestly but yet bravely carry out your Christianity, and men will see it. Maclaren, D. D.The lighthouse-keeper takes no pains that the ships tossing away out at sea may behold the beam that shines from his lamp, but all that he does is to feed and tend it. W. It is the most successful method of illustrating truth and imparting instruction. Show me the worker," the sun answers us with a rebuke of intolerable light.(Dr. The holy and exemplary lives of Christians will naturally attract the eyes of unbelievers. As a subject he must be orderly.3. Ye ARE the light of the world…Ye ARE the salt of the earth. All others are in darkness. 3. The greatest praise we cam bestow upon a religion is to practise it.(S. That professors of religion, who live like other men, give evidence that they have not been renewed.IV. The object of light is to disclose what would be otherwise unseen. Every man has a light peculiar to himself.2. If such was his care of lights, the extinction of which could lead only to temporal catastrophes, oh I what should be ours!I. "God is the eternal fountain of all honour and glory, therefore, strictly speaking, cannot be dishonoured; He cannot but be glorified, because to be Himself is to be-infinitely glorious. IV. Because Christ has put light into His people, he does not intend it to be hid.II. THE FACT THAT THERE IS A LIGHT POSSESSED BY CHRISTIANS WHICH PECULIARLY BELONGS TO THEM. Fraser, D. D., D. Fraser, D. D.(D. Fraser, D. D.)The figure of the house-lamp suggests domestic Christianity; that of the conspicuous city the more public and collective duty of Christians.(D. That they may glorify your Father which is in heaven.(D. The gas would be unavailable without the lamps; the lamps would be useless without the gas. That professors of religion, who live like other men, give evidence that they have not been renewed. In looking at a painted window, we think more of the artist and his picture than of the light. A. The QUALIFICATIONS needed by Christ's disciples for a right discharge of the duties of their position and calling (vers. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; Last week we discussed Jesus Using the metaphor of salt to describe how the disciples were to interact in the world. Is this so? A separating work.3. Cussing. (Christian Age. Your good works may be seen, and ought to be seen, but to God's glory, and not your own. The Preachers' Monthly., James Stewart., Christian Age. Maclaren, D. D.I do say that if the fountain never rises into the sunlight above the dead level of the pool there can be very little pressure at the main; that if a man has not the longing to speak his religious convictions, these convictions must be feeble.(A. W. Fraser, D. D., D. Fraser, D. D.(D. Fraser, D. D.)The figure of the house-lamp suggests domestic Christianity; that of the conspicuous city the more public and collective duty of Christians.(D. II. Three things are necessary to render a work good. Parker.It is thus that his own sun works daily in the heavens: who dares look at the sun when he so shines as to fill the earth with all the beauty of summer? Maclaren, D. D.I. Habitual holiness is required. The holy and exemplary lives of Christians will so powerfully represent to unbelievers the reasonableness and excellency of the Christian religion, as well as the usefulness and advantage of it, towards the present and future happiness and well-being of mankind, that they will be led to examine into the grounds of it. 6. His position is like that of a city set on a hill, eminently conspicuous; he "cannot be hid," and he ought not to try to be hid. 2. )Christians must be receptive of lightS. )Christians the light of the worldD. These rules will aid spiritual modesty.(G. )Th,e light to reveal the work, not the workerDr. Moberley, D. C. L.What are the limits of lawful showing of our deeds, so that we may not break the law which bids us be secret?1. What!" Both of these substances are valuable and both are useful. Sermon Week Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle A. Scripture Summary Matthew 5:14. Fraser, D. D.)Shine by expressed convictionA. We are to have an unmistakable impacts in this world. Secrecy in good deeds is not absolute, but relative; not positive, and for its own sake, but in order to exhibit the vitiating effect of ostentation.2. But so soon as you put a light behind it you thereby reveal its filthiness to every beholder. You and I live in a world that, yes is beautiful and has some wonderful places and beautiful sights to see. So in us there should be nothing of evil to draw away men's eyes from the light and fix them upon our imperfections. J. Wilmot Buxton.)I. And so the text seems to offer the antidote to its own difficulty. So we may feast our eyes upon a paradise of flowers, and get much of heaven out of it, but the moment we venture to say, "Who did this — where is he? And so the text seems to offer the antidote to its own difficulty. Fraser. Matthew 5:14-16 NKJV “You are the light of the world. THEIR MOTIVE.1. Fraser, D. D.If he persists in this selfishness, his penalty is sure. 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