You Beloved Are the Light Of The World.

Matthew 5:14 “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.”

This is a most wonderful thought, we as Christians are the light of the world or we are the brightness of it. Last Wednesday night we started a new two or three week study taken from Daniel Chapter 6 with verse 16 being out text scripture. “Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.” As the King was by his own decree forced to have Daniel cast into the lions den because Daniel had broken the decree. However the King told Daniel “…Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.” The King actually believed that Daniels God would deliver him and He did. In Daniel 6:22 we read “My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.” Now the question must be asked how did the King know, well the answer is found in verse 16 of Daniel 6 “…Thy God whom thou servest continually…” Daniel was faithful to his God and the King knew this because Daniel faithfully serving his God and the King saw his light shine. Beloved it is our responsibility to make sure our light of salvation shines and shines bright. It is the light in the lighthouse on the sea side that the ships see to guide them home. There is no other light; no more than there is a second gospel. There is only one of each and your light could be the guide that guides a lost ship home. We do not always see the results of the lost ship docking at home in the foggy waters but be assured that they do, just as we may not always see our light as the one that guided a lost sinner to Jesus Christ. Beloved God can use any or all tools at His disposal to deliver a lost sinner and what a glorious thing indeed if one sinner came to Christ as a result of your light shinning. I know that God does not need our light but He also does not need the gospel being preached to save a lost sinner, but that is the system God has chosen to use to saving sinners. 1 Corinthians 1:21 “For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.”

God reminds us in James 2:18 “… I will shew thee my faith by my works.” This is your light so shinning and if it is not then men may never see it. It is every Christian’s responsibility to make sure their light so shines. Daniel served God continually and the King noticed it; do people notice yours? God also reminds us in Proverbs 4:18 “But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.” The light of a Christian shines more and more until we are with the Lord. If the light grows too little light then we need to work to brighten it back up.

Verse 14 continues with this thought “…A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.” Do not worry about men seeing the light shining because beloved it cannot be hid. It will be as bright as a whole city lit up setting on a hilltop. A light that never grows dark. 1 Thessalonians 5:5 “Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.” Beloved let your light so shine that all the world can see it. Let your light so shine that other will be convinced that your God will deliver you when you are cast into the lions den.