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 Matthew 5, 13-16 says,

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 Before we jump into Matthew 5, I'd like to remind you all of the context of Matthew 5, the verses 2-12 that we've been going over the last eight weeks.

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 The text has gloriously explained to us what the kingdom of God looks like, how it is radically distinct from this world.

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 It is counter-cultural.

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 But the context here is not as a sermon is preached to thousands of people, as commonly believed, but it's preached to Christ's disciples in this context.

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 It says in Matthew 5, 2,

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 And he opened his mouth and taught, or Matthew 5, 1, sorry.

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 Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him.

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 So the audience here in this sermon is his disciples, not massive crowds.

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 And further, we see that the kingdom of God has come because the king has come.

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 So in Matthew 4, 17, it says,

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 From this time forward, Jesus began to preach, saying,

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 Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

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 So the context here is talking about what a citizen of the kingdom is like.

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 What is the kingdom of heaven like?

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 So in Matthew 5, 3 through 12, that's what this text is explaining is,

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 What is the nature of those who are of the kingdom of heaven?

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 But the nature of those who are of the kingdom of heaven are those who are, as verse 3 says, poor in spirit.

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 Those who come before God in realization of their sin, and of their state before God,

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 They are desperate.

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 They are spiritually broken.

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 They are bankrupt.

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 They are impoverished.

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 That apart from the abundant and marvelous grace of God, that they have no hope.

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 But praise God that the king has come, and through his life, death, and resurrection,

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 We are not helpless, and we do not stand condemned in our sins.

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 Verse 4 says,

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 Blessed are those who mourn.

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 We are to mourn over our sins, over other sins, and the world's sins.

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 We should be people who weep over the wickedness of the world,

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 And over the lack of worship to our king.

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 That God is so glorious and deserves to be praised, but so often he's not because of the sin in the world.

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 We are meek.

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 Verse 5, blessed are the meek.

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 We cannot do any good apart from God.

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 We should humbly approach God, and humbly approach others.

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 We should be less concerned about ourselves, and be more concerned about others.

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 Verse 6, blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness.

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 Because God has taken our heart of stone, and given us a heart of flesh, we can now praise him as he should be.

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 We have hunger and longing and thirst to know Jesus Christ more.

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 And because of this conditional heart, that from verse 3 to 6, this orientation of the heart goes from ourselves to Christ.

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 And from that, there is an overflow of God's grace and abundance in our lives.

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 We see in verse 7, blessed are the merciful.

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 Because Christ came and died for us, we have been given mercy.

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 That we are not rightly judged for our sins, but Christ's mercy was washed on us.

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 And because of that, we should be people full of mercy.

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 Blessed are the pure in heart, that our lives should be blameless before a watching world.

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 And the world sees us, they should see purity.

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 They should see the king represented in us.

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 And then verse 9, blessed are the peacemaker.

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 We should be people full of peace, preaching peace to others.

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 Because Jesus Christ came and died for our sins, there's no longer a chasm between God and man.

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 We're no longer lost in our sins, but God has reconciled us to himself.

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 He has brought peace between God and man.

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 Because of that, we have the gospel.

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 This is the ministry of reconciliation, that we can preach peace to others.

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 And ultimately, because of this life is so unusual, and so odd, so counter-cultural,

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 those who are poor in spirit, those who are weeping, those who are humble,

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 those who are thirsting for God, not themselves, those who show mercy and peace,

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 those who are pure in heart, because it's so unusual in the world, they won't like it.

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 And they might hate you, they might persecute you.

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 As 2 Corinthians says, we are an aroma of Christ.

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 Our presence is either life to those who believe, or death to those who don't believe.

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 The way we live is a testimony to others.

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 It's a display, you could say.

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 So as Caleb greatly encouraged us to remind us last week that a citizen of the kingdom is a citizen of the kingdom,

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 but we're also rewarded for the way we live and the way we act and who we are,

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 that one day we will be face-to-face before God,

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 and that we are sojourners and exiles in this earth heading toward a promised land,

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 that we have an inheritance from this temporary transient world.

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 So in light of us being children of God, let us live confidently in the life to come.

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 We are bound for a promised land, we have an inheritance.

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 So that's the context we're coming to in Matthew 5, 13 through 16,

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 is that we are citizens of the kingdom.

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 This kingdom is radically different than the kingdom of earth.

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 This is radically different than the world.

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 But we are to live in the world.

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 We're supposed to be in the world, but not of the world.

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 So that's what we're going to be discussing here.

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 Here, my main point or purpose statement, you could say, is not,

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 we can't break it up and say, here's the points of the sermon,

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 but I think every part of the sermon brings us to what this statement says.

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 Those who are citizens of the kingdom of God are to be salt and light of the world

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 by experiencing, proclaiming, and displaying the supremacy of Christ in all things to all people.

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 I'll repeat it one more time.

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 Those who are citizens of the kingdom of God are to be salt and light of the world

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 by experiencing, proclaiming, and displaying the supremacy of Christ in all things to all peoples.

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 So let's read, hold on.

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 With this in mind, let us dive into Matthew 5, 13 through 16.

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 As we approach this text, pretty much the flow of this sermon is,

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 I'm going to discuss what the you are statements are, where it says,

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 you are the salt of the earth, you are the light of the world.

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 I'm going to talk about what's important about using you are,

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 and the way the statement is constructed.

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 Then I'm going to talk about the importance of the use of earth and world,

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 and how these are meaning the rottenness of the world,

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 that the world is ultimately opposed to God,

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 and we're in a world where we're trying to witness to a world that hates us.

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 And then I'm going to talk about the statements themselves,

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 because that's ultimately what this sermon is about,

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 is that you are the salt of the earth, and you are the light of the world.

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 How does that affect the world?

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 So first, the way the statement is constructed says,

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 you are the salt of the earth, and you are the light of the world.

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 In this passage, the two you are declarations,

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 are modifiers of the phrase,

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 or the phrase of the world and of the earth modify the you are statements.

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 But the you are statements are emphatic.

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 In that saying, it means, you and you alone are.

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 So in this text, you can read it as,

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 you and you alone are the salt of the earth,

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 and you and you alone are the light of the world.

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 Also, the you are is not stating what we should be like,

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 it's stating what we are.

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 So John MacArthur points out,

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 our stress is rather being than doing.

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 So we are not to be the salt of the earth,

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 and to be the light of the world.

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 As disciples of Christ,

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 we are the salt of the earth,

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 and we are the light of the world.

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 So if we are not being the salt of the earth,

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 and the light of the world,

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 then we are not being disciples.

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 Let us sink in.

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 If we're not being the salt of the earth,

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 we are not being disciples.

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 The terms earth and world imply that of all of fallen humanity.

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 1 John 2, 15-17 says,

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 Do not love the world or the things in the world.

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 If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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 For all that is in the world, the desires of the flesh, and the desires of the eyes, and the pride and possession, is not from the Father, but is from the world.

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 And the world is passing away along with its desires.

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 But whoever does the will of God abides forever.

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 In John 17, Jesus prays,

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 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

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 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.

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 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

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 What we see is that in 1 John and in John, he's warning us that the world is going to hate us,

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 and we should resist from loving and desire the things of the world, which are ever before us.

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 That the world does not like God.

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 The world hates God.

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 The world is opposed to God.

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 We should take that and heed that, that we're living in a world that is rotten, that has a tendency to pollute and become correct,

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 that is sinful and bad.

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 The desires of the world tempt us every day.

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 So, how did this begin?

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 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth, and then he created man.

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 At the very end of creation, he said, this is very good.

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 Then he put in creation, he put man in the garden to live before him, to worship him and obey him.

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 But the serpent, the cleverest of all the creatures, comes in the garden.

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 And the serpent tempts Adam and Eve.

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 And Adam and Eve are tempted by three things.

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 They're tempted by the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life.

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 They desire the fruit, they want to take part in it, and they want it to be like God.

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 And what they did was they desired it, they took part in it, and they wanted to be like God.

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 And because of that, they fell.

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 Because of that sin entered the world, they corrupted everything.

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 And since the sin corrupted everything, from that you see in Genesis 3, Genesis 6, with Noah in the ark,

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 you see in Sodom and Gomorrah, you see in Babel, that this corruption continues.

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 And it continues today.

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 Today, we are tempted by the things of the world.

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 So, the question remains, if we're living in a world with all these temptations,

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 how do we resist conforming to them?

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 How do we stay holy, completely separate from the world, and devoted to our king?

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 What do we do?

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 How do we continue those things?

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 The world's vision, the world's dream, is to get rich, marry the perfect spouse,

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 and to retire early and enjoy life.

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 That is the vision.

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 That's the American dream.

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 How do we resist these lies?

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 How do we interact with the world and not become part of it?

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 I think Jesus describes well,

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 I think Jesus describes well in Luke 14, 26 through 27,

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 If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers,

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 yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

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 Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

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 I think that's a commission almost for us that, not even just family, but those who don't hate Netflix,

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 those who don't hate Facebook, those who don't hate school, those who don't hate our work,

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 if anything takes precedent over God, if we love anything over God, then we're in sin.

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 That is idolatry.

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 And I think the command here is that we're not disciples when we love things over sin.

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 We're disciples when we love God above all things.

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 So, these things, I don't think are necessarily bad.

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 I think family is wonderful.

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 Books, school, work are great things ordained by God.

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 But that's the problem is when we put them in the place of God.

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 I think a good statement in the morning we should pray is,

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 Christ, you are more valuable and more important in my life than dot, dot, dot.

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 Whatever that struggle is, whether that is social media, whether that is friends, whether that is spouse,

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 whether that is whatever is in the place, fill in the blank.

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 Because in our lives, Paul describes it well,

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 Whatever gain I had, I count it as loss for the sake of Christ.

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 Indeed, I count everything as loss because it's surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.

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 So with that, we have the you are statement.

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 That we are to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world.

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 And that the world hates us and the world is tempting us to conform to the simple desires of the flesh.

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 Now let's come to the first you are statement.

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 You are the salt of the earth.

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 In history, salt was seen as something very valuable.

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 The Greeks called it theon.

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 I think I said that right, theon.

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 And it means divine.

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 The Romans saw it as the second most important thing.

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 The only thing above that is their God of Son.

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 And then the Romans actually paid their soldiers in salt for their work.

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 The idea of you're not worth your salt is from Roman society when they would pay their workers, their soldiers.

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 So obviously we see that the people hearing this sermon would process that when Jesus says,

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 You are the salt of the earth.

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 That they're saying that you're valuable to the earth.

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 But there's so much more impacting in that statement of, You are the salt of the earth.

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 I read John MacArthur's commentary in preparation for this sermon.

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 And he gives four reasons.

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 And he says one of them is the primary.

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 And I read a few other things.

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 I think his was the best way of saying it.

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 So I'm going to borrow, if you will, from him the four things.

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 First off, salt has a strong flavor.

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 It is flavorful.

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 You put salt on food, and that food that's kind of tasteless becomes stronger.

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 In the same way, Christians bring a divine flavor to the world to bring blessing to them.

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 In Matthew 5, 44 through 45, Jesus says,

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 Love the world.

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 Love your enemies.

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 And in that, you'll be bringing a blessing to them.

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 And God uses the analogy that both the righteous and the unrighteous get rain.

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 Salt, when placed on a wound, stings.

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 Christians, in their obedience to God, and in their representation of God,

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 it can be an aroma of death.

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 It's condemning in some way because Christians are living holy before the world,

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 and the world's living completely opposite of them.

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 John MacArthur says,

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 Christians are to sting the world, prick its conscience, and make it uncomfortable in the presence of God's holy gospel.

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 When the world hears of the holy and just creator,

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 create the heavens and the earth,

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 and that man, every man, has sinned against God and turned from him,

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 it hurts.

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 It stings.

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 Because they don't want to submit to the Lord.

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 They want to live for themselves.

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 Because most people, their own idol is themselves.

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 Their own image they're making is of themselves.

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 So it stings.

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 It stings because at the end of the day,

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 they're going to be judged for their sin,

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 or they're going to believe in Jesus.

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 And they're either going to reject that truth or accept it.

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 Third, salt, when consumed, causes thirst.

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 When you have salt, it gives a natural thing that you want water.

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 In the same way, when Christians are testifying of what they believe,

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 they're proclaiming the good news.

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 It is salty to those who hear it in the fact that they see their spiritual dehydration

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 and pressing danger of death.

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 That they haven't had water in a long time,

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 and without this living water, they will die and perish for their sins.

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 And finally, which I believe is the primary use of salt in this passage,

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 is salt preserves food.

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 We live in a world where we have a refrigerator,

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 so we're able to preserve stuff just by opening a door and putting it in there.

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 But they had to put salt on things to preserve their food,

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 to keep it lasting longer.

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 I believe in Matthew 5.13, this is the primary use,

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 that as salt of the world, our influence matters.

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 As we go from this church building,

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 and as we go our separate ways to our jobs, to our schools,

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 that our influence in the jobs and schools has an effect.

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 We're a preserving,

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 we have a preserving effect on these people.

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 We deter moral degradation.

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 We help prevent the world's rotting more and more because of our influence,

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 because we stand for truth,

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 we stand for righteousness,

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 which can help have effect to change things in this world.

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 So, we are to prevent the world's rottenness

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 to have a powerful influence here in this world.

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 We are God's children,

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 and we are temples of the Holy Spirit.

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 We represent and manifest God's presence to the world.

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 So, as we experience God personally,

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 He is experienced by those who interact with us.

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 We are to represent God's presence on this earth

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 through the power of His Holy Spirit.

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 So, in the way we interact with all those we see,

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 we should be a fragrance, a smell.

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 Our influence in this world should be a blessing of our selfless love.

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 It should be a sting of our bold witness.

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 It should cause others to see their desperate need for salvation.

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 And ultimately, it should preserve humanity

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 by deterring moral and spiritual corruption and improve society.

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 We are God's salt.

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 So, the best example I've ever, I think, seen of this is,

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 as I was growing in my walk with the Lord,

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 it was probably around 2010,

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 I met this one young man, he was like 8.

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 I watched him grow up, but as he's grown up,

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 he's like 18 now,

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 but when he was 16, I watched his influence change in business.

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 Because he'd go into business,

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 he'd live righteously before the people,

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 and people would notice when he comes.

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 He'd walk in the door,

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 and people would start modifying their language when he walks in the door,

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 because, not that they just don't want to offend him,

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 but they felt wrong talking bad around him.

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 So, in the same way,

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 when we walk in the room,

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 people should know what we represent.

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 We shouldn't be undercover,

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 or hiding under a basket.

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 We should be salt.

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 They might not like it,

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 and we can still honor them in how we live our lives,

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 but we can't hide what we stand for,

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 who we are.

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 God's presence lives in us,

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 and should shine through us.

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 So, my question is,

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 in light of what it means to be salt,

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 does your life embody saltiness?

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 Would you say your influence in the world is salty?

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 Do you have a tendency to conform to the world,

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 rather than stand for truth?

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 Do you hold your brothers and sisters accountable

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 for being salty to each other,

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 or to the world?

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 And, what impact does your presence have

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 where you're at right now?

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 The rest of verse 13 says,

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 But if salt has lost its taste,

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 how shall its saltiness be restored?

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 It is no longer good for anything,

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 except to be thrown away,

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 and trampled under people's feet.

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 This is used three times in the Gospels.

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 It's used in Mark 9.50 and Luke 14.34.

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 And then, each time it's used,

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 it's an exhortation for a Christian to be a Christian

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 by resisting temptation,

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 by loving God above all things,

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 and by having an impact in this lost and broken world.

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 In our walk with the world,

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 we're supposed to resist temptation,

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 resist the enticement of our evil desires.

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 We're supposed to turn away from the things the world offers.

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 But sometimes,

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 we fall in seasons where we experience temptation.

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 We experience those seasons where we fall,

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 and we start doubting the love of God.

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 And sometimes,

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 we turn from our first love,

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 and start living completely counter-cultural

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 to what it means to be in the kingdom of heaven.

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 But brothers and sisters,

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 what is great news,

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 is that we have a Savior.

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 We have one who mediated for us.

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 He walked before us.

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 He came,

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 he lived perfectly,

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 he died,

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 and took our sins on him,

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 and he rose again from the grave.

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 And because of that,

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 we have the privilege of confessing our sins.

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 1 John 1.9 says,

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 if you confess your sins,

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 he is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins,

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 and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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 So,

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 if you're there,

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 if you're at that point where you are struggling,

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 be encouraged.

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 We have a Savior who died for us,

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 and if we run to him,

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 and pray,

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 and confess our sins,

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 he can cleanse us,

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 and move us forward,

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 to act more like a citizen of the kingdom.

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 Second,

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 you are statement.

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 You are the light of the world.

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 A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

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 So here,

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 the author uses two illustrations

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 to help us understand this example.

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 First off,

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 he says,

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 you are,

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 so our being is light.

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 We are lights.

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 But then he said,

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 he describes in two illustrations.

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 My goal here is to come back to those.

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 I think it will help us

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 really understand

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 what it means to be light to the world

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 after we understand

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 what it means to be a light.

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 So I'm going to chase the trail

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 of what it means to be a light,

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 and then use these illustrations

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 to better support that.

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 The Bible uses light and darkness

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 to represent righteousness

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 and unrighteousness.

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 It talks about light being truth.

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 It talks about light being righteousness,

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 light being life-giving,

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 peace,

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 godliness.

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 Then it talks about darkness

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 being blind,

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 lost,

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 wickedness.

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 The emphasis here

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 in the text

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 of you are the light of the world

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 is you and you alone

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 are the light of the world.

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 There is a singular light,

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 not multiple lights

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 in this text.

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 Ultimately,

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 light is from God.

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 First John says,

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 God is light.

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 So all light is derived from God,

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 but it's ultimately manifested

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 in Christ himself.

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 Christ is the light of the world,

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 John 8, 12.

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 Jesus perfectly manifested

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 the light of the glory of God

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 in himself,

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 and it is his light

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 that offers the way of salvation.

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 So in some sense,

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 we're not the light,

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 but we are the light

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 because the light lives within us.

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 We have the spirit of Christ.

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 So the way we live

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 should shine Christ's light

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 in our lives.

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 Christ should be shining

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 from our living.

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 So he,

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 but ultimately,

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 Christ is the light

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 that shines in the darkness

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 and darkness cannot comprehend it.

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 It is by his light

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 that those who are lost

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 are found.

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 We were once lost.

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 We were once captive

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 to our sins.

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 We once believed

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 the lies of the world

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 and we identified

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 with who he used to be.

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 But that light

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 shined in our hearts

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 and opened our eyes

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 to the glory of Christ

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 and realized that

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 when we believed in Jesus,

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 we died in him

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 and now we're identified

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 in him.

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 The spirit of God

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 has caused us

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 believers of Jesus

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 to be born again

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 and the power of spirit

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 has made us lit,

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 if you will.

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 So now we have the spirit

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 inside shining from us.

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 God's presence

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 has come and dwells in us.

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 We are God's temple

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 and as the light of the world,

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 our job is to make

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 the gospel known.

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 We are to make Christ known

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 to the world.

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 So now we come

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 to these two illustrations

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 that will help us

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 better understand

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 what it means

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 for the light

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 to shine out of us.

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 First illustration,

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 a city on a hill

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 cannot be hidden.

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 When you think

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 of building a city,

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 you think of

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 building it on a river,

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 building it on the ocean

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 so you can do trade

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 or building in the middle

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 of a state

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 so people can get

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 into and from it

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 to do their business

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 in America.

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 In Israel,

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 they would build

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 their cities on a hill

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 because they were

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 in a place

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 that was often invaded.

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 They were kind of

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 the bridge

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 for all the other nations

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 around them

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 that were superpowers

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 to go through.

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 So in building this hill,

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 it gave them

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 a superior advantage

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 when an army came,

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 though the armies

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 are usually a lot bigger

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 than the Israelites.

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 But why does this matter

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 to the text

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 is that when you're

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 a traveler

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 and you're going

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 to this city,

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 if it gets night

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 and you can't see,

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 if one person

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 lights a light

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 at that city,

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 it can be seen

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 from miles away.

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 People can see

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 that light

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 and they know

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 that they're heading

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 in the right direction.

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 It's like the light

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 at the end of the tunnel

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 after a long journey.

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 In the same way,

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 this text uses

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 the word city.

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 It's not talking

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 about a soul light.

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 It's talking about

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 all these different lights

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 in one place

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 shining so bright

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 that from miles

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 and miles away,

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 people can see

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 this light

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 and know that

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 that's the way to go.

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 In the same way,

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 we are the city

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 of God.

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 We are the city

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 here at Christ's family

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 shining our lights.

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 Each of us individually

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 have been lit

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 if we are believers

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 of Christ.

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 And if we move forward,

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 we are those

00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.460
 who proclaim

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 the ecstasy of him

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 who called us

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 out of darkness

00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:26.779
 into this marvelous light.

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 So let us shine

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.259
 our lights brightly

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 into the world,

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 whether it's our workplace,

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 whether it's our school.

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 And I just imagine,

00:24:33.439 --> 00:24:33.899
 like, think about

00:24:33.899 --> 00:24:34.679
 if we all,

00:24:35.699 --> 00:24:36.519
 to the best ability

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.199
 we're pursuing Christ

00:24:37.199 --> 00:24:37.859
 and shine our light,

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:38.319
 it could have

00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:39.500
 such a massive impact.

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 But I also want

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 to encourage you right now.

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:42.579
 I've never been

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:43.419
 part of a church

00:24:43.419 --> 00:24:45.399
 that is so gospel-oriented,

00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:46.059
 shines our light

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:46.980
 so bright already.

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:48.140
 There's people

00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:48.799
 new coming here

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.579
 almost every Sunday.

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 Either they've been

00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.400
 witness to

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 or someone's

00:24:52.120 --> 00:24:52.500
 bringing to church,

00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:53.620
 but the effort is

00:24:53.620 --> 00:24:54.200
 that our church

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:55.160
 is mobilizing.

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:56.319
 Our church is going out

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:57.279
 and telling people

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:58.079
 about the hope

00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:59.019
 they have in Christ.

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 So be encouraged, guys,

00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:01.519
 that you guys

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.680
 are a church that shines.

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 And that is a beautiful thing.

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:04.940
 It is something

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.599
 that's filled my heart

00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:06.299
 with so much joy

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:07.819
 to see a church

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.539
 that is growing

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.680
 because we shine

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:10.380
 such a bright light.

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 Second illustration.

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 Nor do people

00:25:15.120 --> 00:25:16.240
 light a lamp

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 and put it under a basket,

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 but on a stand

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 and it gives light

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 to all the house.

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 In the first century,

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:23.960
 surprise,

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:25.360
 there was no electricity.

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 But they had clay lamps.

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 The way they lit their house

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 was they had a lamppost

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 right in the middle of the house

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 and they'd get a clay lamp

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 and they would fill,

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 it was like,

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.340
 it wasn't really big,

00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:37.240
 but they'd fill it with oil,

00:25:37.540 --> 00:25:38.220
 put a wick in it,

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 light it,

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 and they'd bring it over

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 to this lamppost

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 and put it in

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 and that lamppost

00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:43.019
 gave light to the whole room.

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 So the whole room

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 was lit up

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 because it's one little lamp,

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 but it takes effort

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 to do that.

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 So the author's

00:25:49.340 --> 00:25:50.140
 just analogy is

00:25:50.140 --> 00:25:51.920
 people don't light this light

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.580
 to put it in a basket.

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 I have to spend some time

00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:54.620
 putting oil on a lamp,

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.240
 putting a wick in it,

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:56.559
 wasting my wick

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:58.500
 and lighting the lamp.

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 So because of that,

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:00.559
 it's not something

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.299
 that's going to be done

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:02.460
 for no purpose.

00:26:02.840 --> 00:26:03.680
 In the same way,

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:04.519
 as Christians,

00:26:04.620 --> 00:26:05.299
 we're not called

00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:07.059
 to become saved,

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:08.100
 enjoy the blessings

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:08.959
 of being a Christian

00:26:08.959 --> 00:26:10.219
 but not tell others

00:26:10.219 --> 00:26:11.119
 about Jesus Christ.

00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:12.599
 If Jesus Christ

00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:13.519
 has came

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:15.179
 and changed your life,

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:15.899
 if you've been lit

00:26:15.899 --> 00:26:16.559
 by the Holy Spirit,

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:18.039
 we're not saved

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.799
 to not go,

00:26:18.899 --> 00:26:19.599
 we're saved to go.

00:26:19.939 --> 00:26:20.899
 Going is our purpose,

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:22.059
 and shining bright

00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:22.980
 is what we're called to do.

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:24.279
 We are lights of the world.

00:26:25.419 --> 00:26:25.839
 But also,

00:26:25.919 --> 00:26:26.480
 Synology brings

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:28.500
 an even more abundant

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:29.480
 part of it

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:30.219
 is that

00:26:30.219 --> 00:26:31.379
 this one little light

00:26:31.379 --> 00:26:32.559
 lit the whole room.

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:34.539
 So as a Christian,

00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:35.619
 are you the only Christian

00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:36.139
 in your workplace

00:26:36.139 --> 00:26:38.019
 or in your school

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:39.079
 or in one of your classrooms?

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:40.299
 Is there somewhere you go

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:41.079
 that you just don't feel

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:41.799
 like you have much

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:43.019
 encouragement

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.960
 by fellow brothers

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.379
 and sisters?

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:46.139
 Well, be encouraged

00:26:46.139 --> 00:26:47.500
 because the light of Christ

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.019
 is in you,

00:26:48.139 --> 00:26:48.700
 and that light

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.779
 can light the whole room,

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.419
 and the darkness

00:26:50.419 --> 00:26:51.619
 cannot comprehend that light.

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.200
 The darkness

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:53.319
 cannot overcome that light.

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:54.159
 It might be able

00:26:54.159 --> 00:26:55.279
 to tempt you away from Christ,

00:26:55.419 --> 00:26:56.079
 and then you're putting

00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:56.919
 your light under a basket.

00:26:57.419 --> 00:26:58.519
 But if you're following Christ,

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.099
 you're in this workplace,

00:26:59.099 --> 00:26:59.879
 you are shining.

00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:01.500
 So be encouraged

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:03.080
 that you can shine bright

00:27:03.080 --> 00:27:04.300
 no matter where you're at.

00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:05.380
 You are the lights

00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:05.840
 of the world.

00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:08.340
 Verse 16 says,

00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:09.640
 In the same way,

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.720
 let your light shine

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.320
 before others

00:27:11.320 --> 00:27:12.220
 so that they may see

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.860
 your good works

00:27:12.860 --> 00:27:13.820
 and give glory

00:27:13.820 --> 00:27:14.580
 to your Father

00:27:14.580 --> 00:27:15.340
 who is in heaven.

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.680
 In this section,

00:27:16.780 --> 00:27:17.680
 I think the text

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:19.100
 offers us a command

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 and then offers us

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:20.720
 a motivation

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:22.560
 why we do that command.

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:25.220
 The command I see here

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:25.800
 is that

00:27:25.800 --> 00:27:26.960
 we are to shine

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:28.020
 our lights before others

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:29.799
 so that they may

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.660
 see our good works.

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:31.879
 The motivation

00:27:31.879 --> 00:27:32.619
 is that

00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:33.220
 they would see

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.819
 these good works

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.579
 and they'd give glory

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:34.960
 to God.

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:35.920
 So first,

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.400
 the command.

00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:38.319
 As Christians,

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.619
 we are to

00:27:39.619 --> 00:27:40.980
 shine our lights

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.900
 that by

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:43.660
 our lives

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.339
 that our lights

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:44.759
 are shining.

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:46.700
 So in our gathering

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.299
 here today,

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:47.940
 in our singing,

00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:48.660
 in our preaching,

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:50.019
 in our living,

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.660
 in our breathing,

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.940
 in our cups of coffee,

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.900
 and whatever we do,

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:54.440
 our light should be shining.

00:27:54.879 --> 00:27:55.799
 Another way you can put this

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:57.119
 is in our experiencing,

00:27:57.639 --> 00:27:58.240
 proclaiming,

00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:59.000
 and displaying

00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:00.259
 the supremacy of Christ

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:01.359
 in all things,

00:28:01.399 --> 00:28:01.839
 all people.

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:03.819
 That's how we should

00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:04.220
 live our lives,

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:05.619
 that whatever we do

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:07.440
 and whatever we say

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:08.619
 should be that

00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:09.740
 of sharing Christ

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.240
 to the world.

00:28:10.399 --> 00:28:11.079
 We should shine

00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:11.680
 so brightly

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.919
 that the world questions

00:28:12.919 --> 00:28:14.419
 why do you act like that?

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.299
 Why are you loving?

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.519
 Why are you doing this?

00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:17.159
 Why are you doing that?

00:28:17.419 --> 00:28:18.399
 It should bring curiosity.

00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:19.299
 And again,

00:28:19.419 --> 00:28:20.519
 they might hate that curiosity,

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:21.700
 but it should be there.

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:24.160
 If you will,

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:24.759
 turn your Bibles

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.620
 to Philippians 2,

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:27.019
 14 through 17 with me.

00:28:31.840 --> 00:28:32.700
 Philippians 2 helps us

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.440
 better understand

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:34.460
 the how of it.

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.960
 The text commands us

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.720
 to shine our lights

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.360
 before the world.

00:28:37.600 --> 00:28:37.840
 How?

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.960
 How do we shine our lights?

00:28:39.120 --> 00:28:39.779
 We are light,

00:28:39.840 --> 00:28:40.559
 we're supposed to shine a light,

00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:41.680
 but how does that happen?

00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:43.640
 I think this text offers us

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:44.580
 some insight on how.

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:46.340
 Philippians 2,

00:28:46.580 --> 00:28:47.860
 14 through 17 says,

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.259
 do all things

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.860
 without grumbling

00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:50.579
 or questioning

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:52.159
 that you may be

00:28:52.159 --> 00:28:53.000
 blameless and innocent

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.839
 children of God

00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:54.579
 without blemish

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:55.259
 in the midst

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.899
 of a crooked

00:28:55.899 --> 00:28:57.319
 and twisted generation

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:59.000
 among whom

00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.859
 you shine

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:01.039
 as lights in the world

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:01.879
 holding fast

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.819
 to the word of life

00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:05.319
 so that in the day of Christ

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:06.559
 I may be proud

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:08.019
 and that I did not run in vain

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:09.139
 or labor in vain

00:29:09.139 --> 00:29:10.599
 even if I am to be poured out

00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:11.319
 as a drink offering

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:13.039
 upon the sacrificial offering

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.639
 of your faith.

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:14.619
 I am glad

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.719
 and rejoice with you all.

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.619
 Paul first commands

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:20.339
 the Philippian believers here

00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:21.239
 that their life

00:29:21.239 --> 00:29:22.019
 should be one

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:23.639
 of good conduct

00:29:23.639 --> 00:29:25.399
 that represents him well

00:29:25.399 --> 00:29:26.359
 in our attitudes

00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:27.519
 and in our living.

00:29:28.199 --> 00:29:29.319
 So when people look at us

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:30.099
 they're not like

00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:31.199
 that guy has a bad attitude

00:29:31.199 --> 00:29:31.459
 at work.

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.419
 He's always grumbling

00:29:32.419 --> 00:29:33.179
 and always complaining

00:29:33.179 --> 00:29:33.839
 about how

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:35.519
 all the things go wrong

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:37.279
 but we should do things

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:38.539
 even when we don't feel like it

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:40.139
 even when things do go wrong

00:29:40.139 --> 00:29:41.959
 in a way that honors Christ.

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:44.720
 Further

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.819
 what we see

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.420
 is that

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:48.180
 when the world

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.960
 sees this conduct

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.660
 when they see that

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:51.019
 we are honoring Christ

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:52.180
 even in the worst situations

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:54.079
 why is he doing that?

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:55.160
 It gives a testimony

00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:56.160
 that we are children of God

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:58.100
 and it makes us look blameless.

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.720
 They can't point fingers

00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.460
 at us saying

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:01.779
 well that guy cussed

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.940
 three times the other day

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:04.420
 or that guy is

00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:05.079
 over there

00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:06.100
 yelling all the time

00:30:06.100 --> 00:30:08.039
 is he really representing Christ

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:09.220
 or that guy is doing this.

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.720
 The point is that

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.980
 when we're not grumbling

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:12.380
 and complaining

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:13.180
 the world will see us

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:14.059
 and they will be

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.960
 wow that guy

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:16.360
 handled that situation so well

00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:18.500
 he really is different than me.

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:19.860
 Why did he not cuss

00:30:19.860 --> 00:30:20.440
 in that situation?

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:21.339
 Why did he not do this

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:22.380
 or that in that situation?

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:25.200
 And in our conduct

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:26.120
 we shine light

00:30:26.120 --> 00:30:27.000
 in the world

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:28.579
 but the text goes further

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:29.000
 it says

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:30.759
 you shine as lights

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.140
 in the world

00:30:31.140 --> 00:30:32.019
 holding fast

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:33.100
 to the word of life.

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:36.579
 2 Corinthians says

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:38.360
 3.18 says

00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:39.419
 And we all

00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:40.779
 with unveiled face

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:42.279
 beholding the glory of the Lord

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:43.159
 are being transformed

00:30:43.159 --> 00:30:44.399
 to the same image

00:30:44.399 --> 00:30:45.399
 from one degree of glory

00:30:45.399 --> 00:30:45.959
 to another

00:30:45.959 --> 00:30:47.599
 for this comes from the Lord

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:48.399
 who is spirit.

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 We have been given

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 the word of life

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 and this word

00:30:53.659 --> 00:30:54.679
 serves as a window

00:30:54.679 --> 00:30:55.740
 into the glory of God.

00:30:56.179 --> 00:30:57.439
 When we get in the scriptures

00:30:57.439 --> 00:30:58.240
 and when we meditate

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.500
 on who the Lord is

00:30:59.500 --> 00:30:59.879
 in the scriptures

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 we get to know him more

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:01.659
 and we get to know

00:31:01.659 --> 00:31:02.759
 his promises more.

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.219
 And in the text

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 it talks about how

00:31:04.979 --> 00:31:06.179
 we are transformed

00:31:06.179 --> 00:31:07.579
 by beholding God's glory.

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:09.339
 As we experience

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:10.179
 God in the text

00:31:10.179 --> 00:31:11.099
 and know he is

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.720
 more and more

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:13.119
 an object of our affection

00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:14.439
 the object of our faith

00:31:14.439 --> 00:31:15.159
 grows

00:31:15.159 --> 00:31:16.559
 our affections grow

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 but we also

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:18.419
 start shining light better

00:31:18.419 --> 00:31:19.599
 and we are transformed

00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:20.279
 more and more

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:21.819
 into Christ likeness.

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:26.240
 2 Peter 1 says

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 And we have something

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:27.839
 more sure

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:28.599
 the prophetic word

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:29.179
 to which

00:31:29.179 --> 00:31:30.879
 you will do well

00:31:30.879 --> 00:31:31.720
 to pay attention to.

00:31:32.159 --> 00:31:33.119
 In this text

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 Peter

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:34.579
 is reflecting

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:35.099
 on the time

00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:36.039
 he spent with Jesus

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 and there was one day

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 that Jesus took him

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 and two other disciples

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 up a mountain

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 and Jesus

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 transfigured

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 he changed

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 and glory shined

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 all around him

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 and when he did this

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 from the heavens

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 roared the voice of God

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 talking to Peter

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 and Jesus

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 and then appeared

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 the prophets

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 but during this time

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 Peter is reflecting

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 back on that experience

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 and saying

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 that was wonderful

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 there was majestic glory

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 but

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 he now has something

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 more sure

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 the prophetic word

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 which will do well

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 to heed to.

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 This copy of God's word

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 is so beautiful

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 and glorious

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 that it is more sure

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 that Jesus

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 or Peter's experience

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 with Jesus

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 on the mount

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 of transfiguration.

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 That is such

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 a marvelous truth

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 and it should humble us.

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 Further in the text

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 2 Corinthians 3.18

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 says the word

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 transformed.

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 That is the exact

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 same word

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 which only appears

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 three times

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 in scripture

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 that is used

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 on the mount

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 of transfiguration

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 that when Jesus

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 transfigured

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 into the glory

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 his heavenly glory.

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 So this idea

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 that we're being

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 transferred

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 one image of glory

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 to another

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 and we're being

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 conformed to Christ

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 is the way

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 in which

00:32:44.100 --> 00:32:44.880
 we become more

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 like God

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 more representing

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 him well

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 but ultimately

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 we're going to

00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:49.600
 shine his glory

00:32:49.600 --> 00:32:51.000
 shine who Christ is

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:52.120
 in our lives more.

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 So let us come

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 to the word

00:32:54.080 --> 00:32:54.840
 and let us behold

00:32:54.840 --> 00:32:55.480
 our king

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:57.100
 and let the word

00:32:57.100 --> 00:32:57.920
 transform us

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:58.759
 from the inside out

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.780
 and change the way

00:32:59.780 --> 00:33:00.200
 we live

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:01.500
 and make us love

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:02.599
 our Lord more.

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 If you'll take

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:05.740
 your bulletin

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:07.299
 the quote on it

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:08.319
 is by Charles Spurgeon

00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:25.980
 Spurgeon says

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 nearness to God

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:28.380
 brings likeness to God

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:29.819
 the more you see God

00:33:29.819 --> 00:33:30.900
 the more of God

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.980
 will be seen in you.

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 So brothers and sisters

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:35.640
 let us see God

00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:37.059
 let us be like Paul

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:37.720
 who said

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:39.940
 that his life

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:41.920
 was poured out

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:43.019
 as a sacrifice

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:43.620
 offering

00:33:43.620 --> 00:33:44.579
 of his faith.

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.779
 Let us be like

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:46.680
 Romans 12 1

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:47.740
 that our bodies

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.539
 our lives

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:49.000
 are being presented

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.259
 to God

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:50.160
 as a living sacrifice

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:51.000
 that the way

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:52.440
 we live and think

00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:53.880
 is to honor God

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:54.579
 that our lives

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:55.500
 our breathing and being

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:56.899
 is for Christ.

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:59.000
 Finally

00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:00.199
 the rest of Matthew 5 16

00:34:00.199 --> 00:34:00.659
 says

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 so that

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:03.079
 they may see

00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:03.720
 your good works

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:04.419
 and give glory

00:34:04.419 --> 00:34:04.939
 to your father

00:34:04.939 --> 00:34:05.839
 who is in heaven.

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.199
 The word

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:08.819
 here

00:34:08.819 --> 00:34:10.000
 glorify

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.440
 is the word

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:11.039
 doxodzo

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:12.139
 and

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:13.079
 what it's saying

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.599
 here is

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:14.380
 this word here

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.880
 is the same word

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.420
 we get the word

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:16.219
 doxology from.

00:34:16.759 --> 00:34:17.259
 And Stephen Lawson

00:34:17.259 --> 00:34:18.179
 has a really enlightening

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:19.380
 description of it.

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:19.699
 He says

00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:20.880
 the word glorify

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.500
 doxodzo

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:22.519
 is the word

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:23.139
 from which we get

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:23.719
 doxology.

00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:24.659
 your life

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:25.359
 becomes a worship

00:34:25.359 --> 00:34:25.799
 service.

00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:26.480
 Your life

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:27.039
 becomes a living

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:28.139
 doxology to God

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:28.839
 when the light

00:34:28.839 --> 00:34:29.739
 is shining from you.

00:34:30.379 --> 00:34:31.259
 We are made

00:34:31.259 --> 00:34:31.899
 to worship God

00:34:31.899 --> 00:34:32.739
 in spirit and truth.

00:34:33.819 --> 00:34:34.259
 Also

00:34:34.259 --> 00:34:35.519
 John Piper famously

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:35.959
 said

00:34:35.959 --> 00:34:37.119
 mission exists

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:37.679
 because worship

00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:38.459
 doesn't.

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:39.399
 Worship is ultimate

00:34:39.399 --> 00:34:40.319
 mission not missions

00:34:40.319 --> 00:34:41.719
 because God is ultimate

00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:42.319
 not man.

00:34:42.819 --> 00:34:43.679
 When this age is over

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:44.599
 and countless millions

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:45.559
 of the redeemed

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:46.299
 fall on their faces

00:34:46.299 --> 00:34:47.359
 before the throne of God

00:34:47.359 --> 00:34:48.939
 missions will be

00:34:48.939 --> 00:34:49.419
 no more.

00:34:50.439 --> 00:34:50.759
 Therefore

00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:53.060
 our motivation

00:34:53.060 --> 00:34:54.620
 in our mission

00:34:54.620 --> 00:34:55.660
 to be the church

00:34:55.660 --> 00:34:56.060
 and our mission

00:34:56.060 --> 00:34:56.840
 to be salt and light

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.300
 and our mission

00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:58.460
 to experience

00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:59.060
 and proclaim

00:34:59.060 --> 00:34:59.620
 and display

00:34:59.620 --> 00:35:00.720
 the supremacy

00:35:00.720 --> 00:35:01.060
 of Christ

00:35:01.060 --> 00:35:01.440
 in all things

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:01.920
 all people

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:02.960
 should be

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:04.000
 the glory of God.

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:04.960
 Should be

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 that the one

00:35:05.740 --> 00:35:06.380
 who came

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 and died

00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:07.640
 and saved us

00:35:07.640 --> 00:35:08.440
 is one we're

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:08.940
 living for.

00:35:09.260 --> 00:35:10.160
 That because he's

00:35:10.160 --> 00:35:10.920
 deemed it worthy

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.760
 that a sinner

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:12.480
 should be saved

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:13.000
 because of his

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.980
 life, death

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:14.460
 and resurrection

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:15.520
 in the same way

00:35:15.520 --> 00:35:16.120
 that he is worthy

00:35:16.120 --> 00:35:17.180
 to live life for.

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:18.599
 Ultimately

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:19.659
 our breath

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:20.219
 our living

00:35:20.219 --> 00:35:21.179
 our motivation

00:35:21.179 --> 00:35:21.919
 to be salt and light

00:35:21.919 --> 00:35:22.659
 in this broken world

00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:23.599
 is to bring everlasting

00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:25.279
 praise and honor

00:35:25.279 --> 00:35:26.279
 and glory to our king

00:35:26.279 --> 00:35:27.619
 who we will be doing

00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:28.960
 in eternity past

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:30.359
 or eternity future.

00:35:32.699 --> 00:35:33.599
 So ultimately

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:34.079
 one day

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.779
 when we die

00:35:34.779 --> 00:35:35.519
 and we are believers

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:35.879
 in Christ

00:35:35.879 --> 00:35:36.619
 we'll be raised again

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:37.339
 and we'll be with Christ

00:35:37.339 --> 00:35:37.980
 eternally

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:39.359
 praising our king

00:35:39.359 --> 00:35:40.179
 and worshiping him

00:35:40.179 --> 00:35:40.619
 eternally.

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:42.259
 So let's do it now

00:35:42.259 --> 00:35:43.519
 let's praise him now

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:44.940
 and let's shine brightly now.

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:46.179
 So in closing

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:48.099
 when we realize

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:49.219
 our spiritual poverty

00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:50.000
 before Yahweh

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:51.339
 and the wickedness

00:35:51.339 --> 00:35:51.819
 of the world

00:35:51.819 --> 00:35:53.299
 we come humbly

00:35:53.299 --> 00:35:54.059
 before Yahweh

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:54.960
 hungering and thirst

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.399
 and be solely

00:35:55.399 --> 00:35:56.239
 satisfied in him

00:35:56.239 --> 00:35:57.019
 and not wickedness.

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:59.019
 From our exclusive

00:35:59.019 --> 00:36:00.079
 love for God

00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:01.339
 we'll be merciful

00:36:01.339 --> 00:36:02.419
 pure in heart

00:36:02.419 --> 00:36:03.019
 and peacemakers.

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:04.179
 People will hate us

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:04.699
 for sharing about

00:36:04.699 --> 00:36:05.460
 the peace of God

00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:06.359
 brought about

00:36:06.359 --> 00:36:07.319
 through the blood of Christ

00:36:07.319 --> 00:36:08.259
 but take heart

00:36:08.259 --> 00:36:09.239
 our Lord Jesus

00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:10.579
 has overcome the world

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:12.179
 so let us be encouraged

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:13.119
 and bring about

00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:14.079
 a salty preservation

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:14.739
 to the rottenness

00:36:14.739 --> 00:36:15.179
 of this world

00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:16.019
 and let us

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.579
 individually

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:17.539
 and corporately

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.359
 shine bright

00:36:18.359 --> 00:36:19.440
 the light of Christ

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:19.919
 in his dark

00:36:19.919 --> 00:36:20.659
 and perverse world.

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.699
 Feel prayer with me.

00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:22.599
 Pray with me.

00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:22.759
 Sorry.

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 Let us pray.

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