Matthew 5; Verses 14-16; Light of the World

The awesome chapter of Matthew 5. Thank you for taking a look †

(Matthew 5:14-16) "Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

(Individually, we're the light in the candlesticks. Being responsible through Christ for keeping the World lit).

(The only bright side is Christ and His people in this World of darkness. True Christians cannot be hidden. You will know it, they should stand out--standing tall as they will when Christ comes back as well).

15Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

Candlestick = The Church or Churches. Light = Each individual within. Seen in Revelation 1 as well.

(Hiding the light "playing church", that would be a pretty selfish thing to do. Kind of like having someone in your house reading the Bible under a lamp, but telling them to go sit in that dark basement alone like sentencing them to darkness for life! No one does that, so why with the Gospel that gives eternal life? There is no such thing as a "closet Christian." No we want to be at the place when darkness flees from us. The darkness cannot comprehend the light).

Therefore, we conclude being a "Sunday Christian" is a very selfish thing to be.

Kind of like having two pairs of night vision goggles in pitch black darkness (the World), and not sharing.  We would not go into physical battle with them not sharing and equipped setting them up for failure and impending death.

16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works (production for the Kingdom of God), and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

(Father gets the credit. No one can give themselves the light within--the Holy Spirit. Don't sell out. We're to be consistent day in and day out. Not letting that light/lamp go out even in the daytime. But a consistent flow of oil. When the 2 witnesses show up Christians will get a consistent double flow as well. Per Zechariah 4 and Revelation 11. And which two churches does Christ approve of with there lamps lighted? Smyrna and Philadelphia. Revelation 2:8-11; Revelation 3:7-13. I'd be checking it out if I said Christ was my savior).

And Finally,

(Luke 12:35-37) 35"Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;

36And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.

37Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them."


One second coming of Christ. We're not to be as in the trumpets, and trumpet 3 specific to let our lamps go out (the are the foolish virgins: Matthew 25). The first thing that sets in is bitterness towards God, then people.  Those who lamps go out of course call themselves Christians still. Which only adds to the deception of the false Gospel preached and taught to many. Many would not even know the first thing about the Gospel Armor. Why we put it on, for what, etc. So let's turn that around, and turn it around on satan. Stand up (girding ourselves) and be can-do, keeping those lamps lighted.


We learn from the parable of the sower of the utmost importance of learning the Gospel correctly from the get-go. If not, they coming out worse than before they heard the Gospel. It is their choice.


(Revelation 8:10-11) "And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
(The sea of course is the people always in Revelation. The rivers and fountains are the source, what they take in i.e. drink from. In this sense as Christians we certainly do not want to see the waters polluted. Learning the Gospel correctly begins why we need to be saved and the savior in the first place. Galatians 3:23-25 is a good place to take a look. Matter of fact please check the archive on all of Galatians 3 if needs be. Living by faith, and what it means to live by faith. Romans 8 great in parallel and how it's carrioud out living by and through the Holy Spirit).


11And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter."


(Bitter of course towards God then people. And the decpetion increases because it's not like they don't call themselves Christians anymore, they certainly do. But their hearts are very hardened. Walls up that cannot be penetrated when it comes to the Lord and His Word, then of course next people. As we learn our relationship through the Lord first, then people and how to treat people. The Gospel is good will for people towards salvation first at the very root, then baring (forrbearing, long-suffering, a couple fruits of the spirit out of and based in love) with people holding them up. For that you naturally would have to be well-rooted. Thus all begins with forgiveness of sins towards the Lord, then others. Please refer to Colossians 3:12-14).

Amen †