Matthew 5:14

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You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill cannot be hidden.

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  • Phil 2:15 : 15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world
  • John 8:12 : 12 Jesus as the Light of the World Then Jesus spoke out again,“I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
  • John 12:36 : 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus had said these things, he went away and hid himself from them.
  • Eph 5:8-9 : 8 for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live like children of light– 9 for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth– 10 trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. 11 Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. 12 For the things they do in secret are shameful even to mention. 13 But all things being exposed by the light are made visible. 14 For everything made visible is light, and for this reason it says:“Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!”
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.
  • 1 Thess 5:5 : 5 For you all are sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of the darkness.
  • John 5:35 : 35 He was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time in his light.
  • Rom 2:19-20 : 19 and if you are convinced that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20 an educator of the senseless, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the essential features of knowledge and of the truth–
  • 2 Cor 6:14 : 14 Unequal Partners Do not become partners with those who do not believe, for what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
  • Rev 1:20-2:1 : 20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. 1 To the Church in Ephesus“To the angel of the church in Ephesus, write the following:“This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who has a firm grasp on the seven stars in his right hand– the one who walks among the seven golden lampstands:
  • Rev 21:14-27 : 14 The wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 The angel who spoke to me had a golden measuring rod with which to measure the city and its foundation stones and wall. 16 Now the city is laid out as a square, its length and width the same. He measured the city with the measuring rod at fourteen hundred miles(its length and width and height are equal). 17 He also measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits according to human measurement, which is also the angel’s. 18 The city’s wall is made of jasper and the city is pure gold, like transparent glass. 19 The foundations of the city’s wall are decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation is jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates are twelve pearls– each one of the gates is made from just one pearl! The main street of the city is pure gold, like transparent glass. 22 Now I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God– the All-Powerful– and the Lamb are its temple. 23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God lights it up, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24 The nations will walk by its light and the kings of the earth will bring their grandeur into it. 25 Its gates will never be closed during the day(and there will be no night there). 26 They will bring the grandeur and the wealth of the nations into it, 27 but nothing ritually unclean will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or practices falsehood, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
  • Gen 11:4-8 : 4 Then they said,“Come, let’s build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens so that we may make a name for ourselves. Otherwise we will be scattered across the face of the entire earth.” 5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the people had started building. 6 And the LORD said,“If as one people all sharing a common language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be beyond them. 7 Come, let’s go down and confuse their language so they won’t be able to understand each other.” 8 So the LORD scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building the city.

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    15People do not light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.

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  • Matt 5:11-13
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  • Luke 11:33-36
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    33Internal Light“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.

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    35Therefore see to it that the light in you is not darkness.

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    5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

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    22“The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

    23But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

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    15so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world

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    8for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live like children of light–

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    4But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would.

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    24For just like the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

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    16the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned.”

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    13But all things being exposed by the light are made visible.

    14For everything made visible is light, and for this reason it says:“Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!”

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    34“Salt is good, but if salt loses its flavor, how can its flavor be restored?

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    43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears had better listen!

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    6For God, who said“Let light shine out of darkness,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.

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    4For no one who seeks to make a reputation for himself does anything in secret. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.”

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    5Wherever they do not receive you, as you leave that town, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

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    48So then, be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

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    50Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other.”

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    4among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.

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    5And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.

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    18And you will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

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    5They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world’s perspective and the world listens to them.

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    6Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.

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    19Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.