matthew 5:16 sermon

Maclaren, D. D.I do say that if the fountain never rises into the sunlight above the dead level of the pool there can be very little pressure at the main; that if a man has not the longing to speak his religious convictions, these convictions must be feeble.(A. The withholding of a good example may be more fatal to religion than positive irregularities, because the turpitude of the latter destroys their power of seduction. Maclaren, D. D.)The purity of example the primary care of the ChristianA. Slocombe.1. THE MEANS BY WHICH THIS WITNESS-BEARING MAY BE THE MOST EFFECTUALLY DONE.1. )The light of Christian exampleH. Barnes. The city is lit by lamps, and yet it is the gas that lightens it. If such was his care of lights, the extinction of which could lead only to temporal catastrophes, oh I what should be ours!I. )Glorifying GodH. The SHINING.(C. , D. D.I. H. "And glorify your Father which is in Heaven." Men are to see the works, not the worker.4. That to attempt to conceal or hide our light is to betray our trust, and hinder the cause of piety, and render our lives useless. "And glorify your Father which is in Heaven." Curling, M. A.I. We had been studying in the section of the Sermon on the Mount called “The Beatitudes” before I went on vacation. Men are affected by what they see.(W. Beecher., Sir William Dawes, Bart. In the sixth chapter our Lord gives cautions. Hence it appears that we ought frequently to contemplate the examples of good men, out of which there are so many and so great advantages to be drawn. This rule may serve for some external direction in this perplexed case. )Christians must be receptive of lightS. ", 3. A prism, analyrically solving this moral light, and exhibiting its beauties of colour. On the contrary, many advantages may arise to the cause of religion from the exhibition of piety. And there are many who put such devices on the window, through which the light of their characters shines, that no beholder is ever moved to think of God. Believers are "the light of the world. A Christian that hums with holy love to God cannot be-unnoticed.II. Goode, M. Wythe. It is the most successful method of illustrating truth and imparting instruction.II. Partridge, M. Self-justifying scribes. The city is lit by lamps, and yet it is the gas that lightens it. , D. D.I. A reproducer of this light.3. Matthew 5:16 What Does Matthew 5:16 Mean? 5. D. how Godlike was their employ. THE FACT THAT THERE IS A LIGHT POSSESSED BY CHRISTIANS WHICH PECULIARLY BELONGS TO THEM. And there are many who put such devices on the window, through which the light of their characters shines, that no beholder is ever moved to think of God. IV. S. Show me the worker," the sun answers us with a rebuke of intolerable light.(Dr. Let the separate deeds be hidden, according to the precept of the sixth chapter; let the general design of goodness be known, according to the text. CHRISTIAN CONSISTENCY. 1. There are some germs of truth, even in dark heathen systems, and these the light of Christ is sure to quicken. It is not you that is to shine, but your light. The WORLD'S MORAL DARKNESS IMPLIED. The world talks of enlightenment. This obligation of giving light is still further enforced by the thought that THAT WAS CHRIST'S VERY PURPOSE IN ALL THAT HE HAS DONE WITH US AND FOR US. Then the light is a joyous and happy sort of thing.(W. D. Fraser.Persons who are not averse to make all the show they can in social life are wonderfully sensitive about any disclosure of spiritual conviction or feeling.(Dr. It is upon this state of facts that Christ ordained that men should carry their moral faculties up to the highest degree of excellence.IV. The genuine Christian's character — "light.". Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. Matthew 5. )Th,e light to reveal the work, not the workerDr. This holy light possesses a peculiar character, which the light of mere science, literature, or secular knowledge has not and cannot have. As a member of society he must be blameless.2. said the keeper, "go out, sir? Look at the negative side of this injunction, which requires that we REMOVE EVERYTHING WHICH TENDS TO HIDE OR OBSCURE THE LIGHT.1. Let the separate deeds be hidden, according to the precept of the sixth chapter; let the general design of goodness be known, according to the text. Cussing. Your good works may be seen, and ought to be seen, but to God's glory, and not your own. Christian Influence: J.A. A Divine work.2. 0000003901 00000 n Both statements are true. If you take a red-hot ball out of a furnace and lay it down upon a frosty moor, two processes will go on — the ball will lose its heat and the surrounding atmosphere will gain. The silver reflectors are burnished to the brightest purity, and every funnel and glass are absolutely without a spot. This will be the result of Christian consistency. Our mission is to enlighten the sphere in which we are placed, etc.(Dr. In the same way the evil deeds of open and avowed unbelievers are taken no notice of by the world, for there is no light behind them. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. H. Spurgeon.I. Curling, M. A.I. The silver reflectors are burnished to the brightest purity, and every funnel and glass are absolutely without a spot. Moberley, D. C. L.What are the limits of lawful showing of our deeds, so that we may not break the law which bids us be secret?1. That where it is not manifest in the life, it does not exist.III. Hence it appears that we ought frequently to contemplate the examples of good men, out of which there are so many and so great advantages to be drawn. M. Let Christ be all and in all. As a master his Christian character must shine.8. The holy and exemplary lives of Christians will so powerfully represent to unbelievers the reasonableness and excellency of the Christian religion, as well as the usefulness and advantage of it, towards the present and future happiness and well-being of mankind, that they will be led to examine into the grounds of it. 2. There is a right way of shedding light.3. The holy and exemplary lives of Christians will naturally attract the eyes of unbelievers. Positive.III. Your good works may be seen, and ought to be seen, but to God's glory, and not your own. There must be nothing to mar the brilliancy of the light. Their song, like that of the cuckoo, is a constant repetition of their own name, and the listener is wearied with its iteration. Obeying the Commandments, 1 John 2 3. Fraser, D. D.)Shine by expressed convictionA. There is a moral constitution by reason of which Christian qualities seem admirable to men. Maclaren, D. D.)If you are not warming the world, the world is chilling yA. That where it is not manifest in the life, it does not exist.III. It is the light of Christianity that solves the deepest questions and answers the most anxious inquiries of mankind. The Christian's place and functions.III. Modestly but yet bravely carry out your Christianity, and men will see it. Be consistent.4. The holy and exemplary lives of Christians will so powerfully represent to unbelievers the reasonableness and excellency of the Christian religion, as well as the usefulness and advantage of it, towards the present and future happiness and well-being of mankind, that they will be led to examine into the grounds of it. A diamond is dull in the dark. Benevolence.II. In like manner, if wherever you go you would sound out the music of your Christian experience, other hearts would respond to the melody, and your joy would be redoubled.Christian example must be free from inconsistencyThe visitor to a lighthouse is struck with the perfect cleanness of everything about the lantern or the lamps. Maclaren, D. D.The lighthouse-keeper takes no pains that the ships tossing away out at sea may behold the beam that shines from his lamp, but all that he does is to feed and tend it. Goode, M. A.of the world. This implies that the true light has been kindled in us. CHRISTIAN CONSISTENCY. THE END with a view to which the exhibition takes place. Not to let our works be seen when they ought to be seen would be to desert our Lord. THE DUTY OF CHRISTIANS TO EXHIBIT THEIR LIGHT IN A GODLY CONVERSATION. 5 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. The human mind was constructed so that every faculty in its organization tends to produce good qualities. A. 17 “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to … 1. , D. D.I. They will ascribe to God the power by which we have been made what we are. Maclaren, D. D.The lighthouse-keeper takes no pains that the ships tossing away out at sea may behold the beam that shines from his lamp, but all that he does is to feed and tend it. Action.4. Goshen only has light: Christians once dark; hut have received light.1. The holy and exemplary lives of Christians will naturally attract the eyes of unbelievers. Beecher.)I. These were " burning and shining lights " in the darkness; these displayed the glory of the Saviour's love and power to save, in the very midst of Satan's empire.(F. In looking at a painted window, we think more of the artist and his picture than of the light. But so soon as you put a light behind it you thereby reveal its filthiness to every beholder. The next thing to do with a lamp is to set it where it may be seen and give light.3. )God glorified by our good worksH. The genuine Christian's character — "light."II. W. Wythe.1. It is also the most successful way of winning the esteem of the world. The gas would be unavailable without the lamps; the lamps would be useless without the gas. You may have a window all covered with dust, and spun over with the cobwebs of spiders, that have not been disturbed for years, and the passer-by, in the darkness, will take no note of its impurity. Your good works may be seen, and ought to be seen, but to God's glory, and not your own. The holy and exemplary lives of Christians provoke men to a curious observation and examination of them, and also of the grounds and principles from which they proceed.III. May 21, 1995. 0000015463 00000 n 16 Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. Not only the honour but the progress of religion depend upon your examples. This light discloses God, the way to heaven, etc. )Christ shines into the world through the lives of His peopleW. By that discovery, to which we have been so long accustomed that we have ceased to reckon it wonderful. A. The lowest requirement of Christian consistency is the absence of every evil work — the least immorality vitiates the entire profession. Fraser. Men oppose light and yet light is pleasant to them.III. The moral qualities enjoined in Christianity are in the highest degree natural — not artificial or secondary. Moberley, D. C. L.What are the limits of lawful showing of our deeds, so that we may not break the law which bids us be secret?1. )Th,e light to reveal the work, not the workerDr. We should get rid of that undue reserve which keeps the real character from being as powerful an influence for good as otherwise it might be.2. No, no! Beecher.)I. Every man has a light peculiar to himself.2. Candles are not lit to be looked at, but that something else may be seen by them. 3. And so the text seems to offer the antidote to its own difficulty. The holy and exemplary lives of Christians provoke men to a curious observation and examination of them, and also of the grounds and principles from which they proceed.III. The gospel light makes so impressive heathen darkness. By the exertions which we make for the conversion of our fellow men.II. Whilst standing looking on, the keeper of the house boasted of its brilliancy and beauty, observing there were few such lights in the world beside. This is to be done by the position we take up.2. Light is derived, and therefore humble.2. W. The city is lit by lamps, and yet it is the gas that lightens it. II. His calling is from the elevated position he occupies, to shed light upon the whole world.II. APPLY THIS TRUTH TO THE CASE BEFORE US.1. Even if nobody else sees us, we cannot hide from those people we are serving. How CAN MEN, THE CREATURES, BE SAID TO GLORIFY THE CREATOR? A prism, analyrically solving this moral light, and exhibiting its beauties of colour.(S. It is better adapted to good than bad. Intro: Here in The Sermon on the Mount, the Lord Jesus uses two powerful metaphors to describe His people. Taylor. Light is self-evident and consistent.3. The greatest praise we cam bestow upon a religion is to practise it. The city is lit by lamps, and yet it is the gas that lightens it. In the same way also, you are to let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father Who is in heaven. "Take heed that ye do not your alms before men to be seen of them." It is the most successful method of illustrating truth and imparting instruction.II. Do not fear that you incur any danger of ostentation in performing visibly such religious observances as your parents or teachers direct.2. These were " burning and shining lights " in the darkness; these displayed the glory of the Saviour's love and power to save, in the very midst of Satan's empire.(F. Let our song be like that of the skylark, as he rises with dewy breast from his lowly earth-couch, singing as he soars, until, unseen in the deep blue above, he rains a shower of melody on the listening earth. It is also the most successful way of winning the esteem of the world. But so soon as a man becomes connected with Christ and His Church, the light that is within him will be sure to make manifest his inconsistencies to all around.God, not self, the end of Christian exampleW. You may have a window all covered with dust, and spun over with the cobwebs of spiders, that have not been disturbed for years, and the passer-by, in the darkness, will take no note of its impurity. "Take heed that ye do not your alms before men to be seen of them." The glory of God.2. We can bury the light of the Word under cowardly and indifferent silence.IV. The object of light is to disclose what would be otherwise unseen. )Christian example a converting agencyAnecdotes.When Lord Peterborough lodged for s, season with Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambray, he was so delighted with his piety and virtue, that he exclaimed at parting, "If I stay here any longer, I shall become a Christian in spite of myself."(Anecdotes. M. Taylor.The purpose of letting our light shine is, that God, not ourselves, may be glorified. All others are in darkness. A Faithful Version. III. Men oppose light and yet light is pleasant to them.III. MEN THE LIGHT-BEARERS. So we may feast our eyes upon a paradise of flowers, and get much of heaven out of it, but the moment we venture to say, "Who did this — where is he? "See your good works."III. 3. "Take heed that ye do not your alms before men to be seen of them." The object of light is to disclose what would be otherwise unseen. Sermon on the Mount: Salt and Light – Matthew 5:13-16 January 21, 2021 January 18, 2021 by Ed Jarrett The Sermon on the Mount starts with the Beatitudes and then Jesus has something to say about the role of his followers. F. Goode, M. A., W. W. 0000005330 00000 n CHRISTIAN PROFESSING. M. Maclaren, D. D. A good man or woman reveals the ugliness of evil by showing the beauty of holiness.(A. II. God alone can light you; teachers may polish.2. Slocombe.1. W. This Christian profession should be made in union with the Church of Christ.II. There are two ways by which you equalize the temperature of a hotter and a colder body, the one is by the hot one getting cold, and the other is by the cold one getting hot. Good works are to be done for the glory of God, and not for our own glory. John Piper ... Sermon. Slocombe.Our measure of light will depend greatly upon the clearness and sensibility of our spiritual perceptive and receptive capacities. There is a moral constitution by reason of which Christian qualities seem admirable to men. Let the Savior's light shine through us (vs. 14-16). Modestly but yet bravely carry out your Christianity, and men will see it. How does the matter stand between our profession and our conduct?(W. By the exertions which we make for the conversion of our fellow men. Matthew 5:16, ESV: "In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven." Then the light is a joyous and happy sort of thing. Maclaren, D. D.)Missionaries the lightF. The positive injunction that Christians are to do all in their power TO SECURE THAT THEIR LIGHT SHALL SHINE AS BRIGHTLY AS POSSIBLE.1. Taylor. Jesus knew all the attainments of the earth, and He could appreciate their excellency and beauty too;... but nothing of all this could east light on the deepest problems that agitate the human heart — what must I do to be saved? Taylor. We are naturally inclined to imitation.6. All earnest Christian conviction will demand expression; and all deep experience of the purifying power of Christ upon character will show itself in conduct. The eye was not made any more for beauty in the outward world than a man's moral nature was made for beauty in the moral world. It is possible for good men to smother and shroud their light. M. Taylor.Do you ever pause to think out how it is that our streets are nightly lighted up? �Bz4�2)2����U! We turn our eyes up to him and he rebukes us with darts of fire; he says, "Look down, not up: look at the works, not the worker." of 5:16, Jesus says that our good works are to be done so that men will glorify your Father in heaven. They will recognize the truth and Divinity of Christ's religion, and many will be thus led to embrace it for themselves. In looking at a painted window, we think more of the artist and his picture than of the light. Kindled from the Sun, they are to go forth and cast their light upon the world. "And glorify your Father which is in Heaven." Hughes, M. No, no! 0000006708 00000 n III. Matthew 5:16. )Christ shines into the world through the lives of His peopleW. A great central storehouse of coal-gas is accumulated, and with that all the lamps are connected by a hidden system of pipes, so that each is supplied with the necessary quantity; and, as the result, we can thread our way through the intricate places of the city as easily, if not as safely, by night as by day. D. Fraser.Persons who are not averse to make all the show they can in social life are wonderfully sensitive about any disclosure of spiritual conviction or feeling.(Dr. THE DUTY OF CHRISTIANS TO EXHIBIT THEIR LIGHT IN A GODLY CONVERSATION. When “Papa Mack,” as the children call him, asked me to do the children’s sermon this morning, of course, I said, “Yes!”. 0000011408 00000 n The best style in writing is that which gives the thought with such transparency that the reader sees nothing else; and that is the noblest Christian character which shows the most of Christ. (The Preachers' Monthly. It attracts attention.IV. In this verse from the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells his followers to do the right thing to set a good example and so God may be glorified. As a master his Christian character must shine. There is a moral constitution by reason of which Christian qualities seem admirable to men. Matthew 5:16. )These words are descriptive of: —I. That good actions will be seen, and will lead men to honour God.(Dr. The first thing to be done with a lamp is to light it. )The Lamp and the BushelA. The impressions which a Church makes on the moral consciousness of the community in which it byes is a fair test of its life and power.(H. The next thing to do with a lamp is to set it where it may be seen and give light. <]>> )Spiritual modestyG. But we still need to learn the lesson of the descending sheet that was taught to St. Peter. How SHINE. 3. The passage read to the end will remove the difficulty suggested. xref "He hath dispersed abroad," etc. Whilst standing looking on, the keeper of the house boasted of its brilliancy and beauty, observing there were few such lights in the world beside. So we may feast our eyes upon a paradise of flowers, and get much of heaven out of it, but the moment we venture to say, "Who did this — where is he? God forbid that such a thing should ever occur. Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. Fraser, D. D.)Shine by expressed convictionA. Rees. Even so, let your light shine before people; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. )Hidden light diesD. )Example is the source of the Christian's most powerful influence on the world. "God is the eternal fountain of all honour and glory, therefore, strictly speaking, cannot be dishonoured; He cannot but be glorified, because to be Himself is to be-infinitely glorious. The scandal is, not to see religion opposed by unbelievers, but that Christians dare not maintain their religion with zeal and proclaim it as their greatest honour and glory.4. It was Michael Angelo who, according to the beautiful illustration of a Boston preacher, placed his candle so in his pasteboard cap that his own shadow might not fall upon his work. Slocombe.Our measure of light will depend greatly upon the clearness and sensibility of our spiritual perceptive and receptive capacities. (Sir William Dawes, Bart. Let the separate deeds be hidden, according to the precept of the sixth chapter; let the general design of goodness be known, according to the text. 0000008686 00000 n 0000011374 00000 n These rules will aid spiritual modesty.(G. Let Christ be all and in all. Secrecy in good deeds is not absolute, but relative; not positive, and for its own sake, but in order to exhibit the vitiating effect of ostentation.2. In the same way the evil deeds of open and avowed unbelievers are taken no notice of by the world, for there is no light behind them. A personal work to every man who is the subject of it.4. )Work entailed by Christ on His peopleS. The passage read to the end will remove the difficulty suggested. H. "Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. J. Wilmot Buxton.)I. 1. If the light which you let shine in your profession be the true light, there will be good works to be seen. 0000002267 00000 n Beecher.)I. I. CHRISTIAN PROFESSING. Slocombe. M. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. , D. D.)Christian example leads to the discovery of Christian sympathyWhen the English minstrel went to seek for his master of the Lion Heart, he played everywhere the monarch's favourite tune, and was at length rewarded by hearing its notes sent feebly back to him from the prison wherein Richard was confined. %PDF-1.4 %���� 2. The first thing to be done with a lamp is to light it. Worldly philosophy can only analyze. )God glorified by our good worksH. A. When I was a lad, in my native town, I knew a painter there whose favourite works were all portraits of himself, taken in different costumes; and one of England's most famous poets produced a series of writings, in which his moody, misanthropic self was ever the central figure. H�lTݎ�8��)Υ�6���TjG����h;H��z�'�8�)�ћ���0�D!Nt���c_��cp���"�-�\�R|�%AK|%�\¾��?�nl�w��������1�w��T��—W}��?��=.���'J�2�D Be modest in other things. Feb 2, 1986. That to attempt to conceal or hide our light is to betray our trust, and hinder the cause of piety, and render our lives useless.V. (Sir William Dawes, Bart. )The beauty of moral qualitiesH. Hughes, M. A.I. Maclaren, D. D.)A good example a rebuke of evilA. The reproof of ostentation does not apply when the motive is already good. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. II. M. The holy and exemplary lives of Christians will so powerfully represent to unbelievers the reasonableness and excellency of the Christian religion, as well as the usefulness and advantage of it, towards the present and future happiness and well-being of mankind, that they will be led to examine into the grounds of it. Maclaren, D. D.)A good example a rebuke of evilA. A reflector of spiritual light.2. This will be the result of Christian consistency. As a subject he must be orderly.3. )The importance of good exampleS. A reflector of spiritual light.2. 0000000016 00000 n M. Maclaren, D. D. A sunbeam has no power to shine if it be severed from the sun than a man has to give light in this dark world if he be parted from Jesus Christ. J. Wilmot Buxton., Dr. A. Barnes.1. By so doing will engage them in some serious reflections upon the Christian religion. THE END with a view to which the exhibition takes place. The true disciple's POSITION and calling. Slocombe.1. We should get rid of that undue reserve which keeps the real character from being as powerful an influence for good as otherwise it might be.2. By the exertions which we make for the conversion of our fellow men.II. Christians are made what they are to attract the world. Goode, M. Be consistent.4. "And glorify your Father which is in Heaven." Maclaren, D. D.)Missionaries the lightF. It is a demonstration of the practicability of religious life, as well as the truthfulness of Christianity, and the most successful method of removing objections to it. Unity.5. H. Spurgeon.I. Men are affected by what they see.(W. 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A great central storehouse of coal-gas is accumulated, and with that all the lamps are connected by a hidden system of pipes, so that each is supplied with the necessary quantity; and, as the result, we can thread our way through the intricate places of the city as easily, if not as safely, by night as by day. Hughes, M. A. Do not be as a dark lantern, burning with the shades down and illuminating nothing and nobody.(A. The word light implies a saving knowledge of the truth. MATTHEW 5:16 “ Let your light shine ” KING JAMES VERSION (KJV) TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT. , D. D.I. The Beatitudes - He said: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. And so the text seems to offer the antidote to its own difficulty. All the glass in the optical instruments, whether they are intended for scientific purposes, or for ordinary use, should be free from dross.(S. 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