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YOU ARE THE LIGHT

Text : Matthew 5:13

You are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

While teaching on the mountain, Jesus described His disciples as Salt of the earth and light of the world. 

We considered what He meant by describing His disciples as the salt of the earth yesterday. Today, we shall be considering the second part which described you as the light of the world.

Light finds expression mostly in darkness. So, when Jesus described you as the light of the world, He's simply describing you as the  source of illumination  for our world. 

He said same thing about Himself in the book of John 9:5. He said, *"As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world"* This same statement holds true about every true disciple of our Lord Jesus Christ. *No matter how civilised the world may appear, the people in it will still be groping in darkness. Darkness will only dissapear when  sons and daughters of the most High shine their light.* 

Jesus wants His followers to shine forth their light because the whole world lies in wickedness.  _And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness._ (1 John  5:19)

 *Unless you are intentional about shinning your light like a city upon the hill, the darkness (wickedness) in our world will keep on increasing.* 

Bible Reading: ACTS 8:5-13.

PRAYER FOCUS

1.) Father God,  I receive the grace to be deliberate about shinning my light in this wicked world.

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