{"id":1011,"date":"2023-09-17T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/261-james-diliberto-exhortation-you-are-the-light-of-the-world-matt-5\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T02:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T02:46:17","slug":"261-james-diliberto-exhortation-you-are-the-light-of-the-world-matt-5","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/261-james-diliberto-exhortation-you-are-the-light-of-the-world-matt-5\/","title":{"rendered":"261: James Diliberto – Exhortation: You Are the Light of the World (Matt. 5)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to an exhortation titled \u201cYou Are the Light of the World\u201d by Brother James Diliberto which he gave at the Mt. Barker Eccleisa in South Australia on January 22, 2022.<\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

Thank you for listening, God bless, and talk to you next week.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd now we’ll get into the intro
\nfor the talk for this week. <\/p>\n

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\nSo this week we’re listening to
\nan exhortation that was given by<\/p>\n

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\nBrother James Diliberto at the
\nMount Barker Ecclesia in South <\/p>\n

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\nAustralia at the beginning of
\n2022. <\/p>\n

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\nThe title of his exhortation is
\nYou Are the Light of the World <\/p>\n

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\nand Brother James has been a
\nguest host before and we were <\/p>\n

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\nable to get the sort of behind
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\none.
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\nable to share that with us.
\nWhat I really enjoyed about this<\/p>\n

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\nexhortation was that it was a
\ngood reminder of. <\/p>\n

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\nNot just waiting for the light
\nof the world that is Christ to <\/p>\n

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\nreturn to the earth, but instead
\nto let our light shine, and is a<\/p>\n

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\ngood encouragement to us about
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\nthrough it.
\nAnd I’m going to put this in the<\/p>\n

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\ntitle of the talk as well.
\nBut Matthew 5 was the reading <\/p>\n

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\nthat was read before this
\nexhortation, and Brother James <\/p>\n

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\nand a couple other ones that I <\/p>\n

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\nbe particularly powerful when it
\ncame to the visual of. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat our role is for shining our
\nlight, even though Christ is <\/p>\n

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\nalso the light of the world but
\nwe also have the job to be able <\/p>\n

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\nto reflect and share that light
\nto the people around us. <\/p>\n

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\nHe gives a very strong called
\naction which I enjoy in <\/p>\n

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\nexcitations that it takes some
\ngood Nuggets and good digging <\/p>\n

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\ninto the scriptures but then
\nalso take some practical <\/p>\n

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\napplication to say now go out
\nand do something different then <\/p>\n

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\nyou may have.
\nPreviously been doing. <\/p>\n

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\nto be a good reminder and a good<\/p>\n

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\nencouragement.
\nThis was sent in as a suggestion<\/p>\n

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\nJames and he was able to share <\/p>\n

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\nsuggestion had been put in. <\/p>\n

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\nsuggestion for this one and for
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\nin.
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\nto be encouraging and uplifting
\nas you begin your week. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd with that, I will turn it
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\nexhortation entitled You Are the
\nLight of the World. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, as indicated by the lack.
\nOf my two of my. <\/p>\n

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\nback, as you know, it’s very <\/p>\n

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\nbrother Nathan, he pulls out of
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\nyou’re very wonderful and lovely
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\nyou didn’t turn it on?
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\nthe room, the pain that we were
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\nperson.
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\ncould see the path to the exit.
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\nand a light unto our path.
\nYou know, blessed to hear <\/p>\n

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\nAletheia sing that for I think
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\nPsalm 119, verse 105.
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\nmetaphorical sense.
\nWe know that this word. <\/p>\n

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\nNow whether we use it as often
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\nstory.
\nBut we know that this word is. <\/p>\n

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\nA way in which we shine light on
\nthe path of our life, in the way<\/p>\n

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\nof life that Nathan mentioned in
\nhis prayer. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when I think about this in
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\nstep further.
\nNot just the Word, but the Word <\/p>\n

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\nthat was made flesh, our Lord
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nWe sing it in our hymn, don’t
\nwe? <\/p>\n

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\nHim. 212 OH Son of Man.
\nWho walked? <\/p>\n

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\nEach day.
\nA humble Rd. serene and strong <\/p>\n

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\nthinking about his life.
\nGroping through the darkness of <\/p>\n

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\nthe Gentile night that he came
\ninto. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it goes on, and it says, oh,
\nSon of God, who came and shed a <\/p>\n

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\nlight for all the ages long Thy
\ncompany shall make me glad, Thy <\/p>\n

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\nfellowship shall keep me strong.
\nAnd whilst that was so true for <\/p>\n

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\nthose disciples in that 1st
\ncentury who literally had the <\/p>\n

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\nLord, we have him in a figure on
\nour table this morning. <\/p>\n

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\nWe don’t have our Lord here.
\nWe have His Spirit, the one <\/p>\n

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\nwithin us and renewing our
\nhearts day by day as we go from <\/p>\n

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\n1 degree of glory to the other.
\nBut he’s not here. <\/p>\n

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\nI wonder then, as we seek this
\ntheme this morning, I wonder <\/p>\n

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\nthat if we think about that him
\nonce again about our own selves,<\/p>\n

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\ncould that be said of?
\nYou would. <\/p>\n

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\nBrother, sister for me, come.
\nAnd shed a light for all of the <\/p>\n

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\nages long.
\nWill your company make me glad? <\/p>\n

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\nWill your fellowship keep me
\nstrong? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd as I look at some of the
\nfaces in this room, I can tell <\/p>\n

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\nyou.
\nThat that is true. <\/p>\n

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\nThat is true.
\nBut there is a. <\/p>\n

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\nWhole world.
\nOut there that needs Christ in <\/p>\n

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\nyou.
\nAnd this morning, as we seek <\/p>\n

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\nafter this theme, I’m hoping
\nthat the exertation that we take<\/p>\n

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\nis that you will feel.
\nYou will feel the weight of <\/p>\n

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\nresponsibility of it is for you
\nto be that light. <\/p>\n

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\nYou are brothers and sisters,
\nthe light of the world. <\/p>\n

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\nNow this is a bit of a challenge
\nfor us. <\/p>\n

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\nLet’s turn to John chapter one,
\nbecause the scripture appears on<\/p>\n

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\n1st.
\nGlance to be perhaps a bit <\/p>\n

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\ncontradictory of this, I thought
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ was the <\/p>\n

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\nlight.
\nWell, let’s try to explore that <\/p>\n

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\ntheme for a moment.
\nAs you all know, John begins his<\/p>\n

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\ngospel with this beautiful
\npoetic passage. <\/p>\n

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\nHere.
\nLet’s take verses 4 to 9. <\/p>\n

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\nSpeaking of our Lord Jesus
\nChrist In him was light and the <\/p>\n

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\nlife was the light of men.
\nThe light shines in the <\/p>\n

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\ndarkness, and the darkness has
\nnot overcome it. <\/p>\n

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\nThere was a man sent from God
\nwhose name was John. <\/p>\n

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\nHe came as a witness to bear
\nwitness about the light that all<\/p>\n

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\nmight believe through him.
\nHe was not the light, but came <\/p>\n

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\nto bear witness about the light
\nand the true light which <\/p>\n

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\nenlightens everyone was coming
\ninto the world. <\/p>\n

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\nSo John makes absolutely no
\nquestion about it. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Lord Jesus Christ is the
\nlight. <\/p>\n

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\nNow I find it interesting that
\nwithin this same gospel. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says about John the Baptist
\naffectionately. <\/p>\n

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\nJTB.
\nFor those of you who remember <\/p>\n

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\nJohn, it says he was not the
\nlight, but this is the same <\/p>\n

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\ncousin, friend, burning and
\nshining lamp together with him <\/p>\n

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\nthat confesses that exact phrase
\nabout John. <\/p>\n

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\nOnly a few chapters later.
\nIn John chapter five, he says of<\/p>\n

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\nJohn the Baptist that he was a
\nburning and a shining lamp. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd about those teachers of the
\nlaw, he says. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you were willing.
\nFor a while to rejoice in his <\/p>\n

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\nlight.
\nSo even within just just simply <\/p>\n

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\nwithin these two pages of John,
\nwe understand. <\/p>\n

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\nWhilst.
\nWe might not be the light, make <\/p>\n

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\nno mistake, we absolutely can be
\nlight to the darkness around us.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd John, as the best friend of
\nthe Lord, was a burning and a <\/p>\n

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\nshining lamp, and those who were
\nthere that were dwelling in <\/p>\n

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\ndarkness.
\nOf as it’s described in a in a <\/p>\n

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\npassage we’ll read in a moment.
\nThey were dwelling in deep <\/p>\n

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\ndarkness, and John had a role to
\nplay in shedding that light for <\/p>\n

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\nall the ages long.
\nAnd the Lord Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nHe almost illustrates that
\nopening story that I gave in <\/p>\n

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\nJohn chapter 12.
\nFlip over to John chapter 12. <\/p>\n

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\nJust two short verses, verses 35
\nto 36. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says.
\nThe Lord says rather. <\/p>\n

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\nThe light is among you a little
\nlonger while you have the light.<\/p>\n

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\nLest the darkness overtake you
\nWalk. <\/p>\n

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\nThe one who walks in darkness
\ndoes not know where he is going.<\/p>\n

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\nWhile you have the light,
\nbelieve in the light. <\/p>\n

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\nNow here’s the interesting piece
\nthat you may become children of <\/p>\n

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\nlight.
\nSo everyone can understand. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s basically the opening
\nstory. <\/p>\n

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\nEveryone can understand this.
\nIf you have no light, you’re <\/p>\n

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\ngroping around in the dark, you
\ncan’t see and you need to walk <\/p>\n

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\nwhile you have the light.
\nLet’s say it was a candle. <\/p>\n

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\nWhile before the candle was
\ngoing out. <\/p>\n

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\nYou try to get to that exit as
\nfast as you could. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this of course is how the
\nLord was describing his own <\/p>\n

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\nself.
\nBut what he’s saying is, while <\/p>\n

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\nthey had the light, if they took
\nthat light and walked in his <\/p>\n

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\nlight, they themselves became
\nthe children of light. <\/p>\n

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\nThey became children of light.
\nAnd John the Baptist was <\/p>\n

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\nprobably one of the first, the
\nfirst of that new Covenant light<\/p>\n

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\nbearing beacon for the world
\nthat he lived in, plowing that <\/p>\n

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\nground and turning it over,
\npreparing the way for the Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when we think about this,
\nunder that horrible period of <\/p>\n

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\ntime, the Lord knew that his
\ntime was going to be. <\/p>\n

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\nShort.
\nHe was not going to be there for<\/p>\n

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\nvery long and he knew what was
\ncoming. <\/p>\n

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\nWe understand from some of our
\nother hymns and some of the <\/p>\n

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\nother songs that we sing.
\nWe sing phrases like in abide <\/p>\n

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\nwith me.
\nYou think when the darkness <\/p>\n

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\nevens Lord With me abides we
\nsing in Blessed be your name. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen the darkness closes in
\nstill I will say blessed be your<\/p>\n

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\nname.
\nAnd where is our role in? <\/p>\n

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\nIs it just metaphorical?
\nIs it just theoretical? <\/p>\n

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\nIs it just read the Bible a
\nlittle bit more, pray a little <\/p>\n

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\nbit more?
\nOr do you have a participatory <\/p>\n

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\nrole in that fact?
\nWell, I think that we do, and I <\/p>\n

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\nthink that that’s what we’ve
\nbeen called to do. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, Brother Nathan actually
\nquoted Second Corinthians 4 <\/p>\n

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\nversus 5 to 7.
\nNow you know this this happened <\/p>\n

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\nto you.
\nRight. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s he’s making a reference to
\nthe creation period of time and <\/p>\n

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\nand we think about that moment
\nwhen the Lord opens up the the <\/p>\n

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\nBible really in the first few
\nverses and says that the earth <\/p>\n

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\nprobably like some of the
\nmoments that we have with our <\/p>\n

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\nfamily at times.
\nI’m sure you can understand that<\/p>\n

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\nthe earth was without form and
\nvoid, and darkness was over the <\/p>\n

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\nfacing the deep.
\nAh but the spirit of the Lord is<\/p>\n

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\nbrooding over that moment.
\nSo when we have these dark <\/p>\n

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\nmoments, Genesis, one puts it in
\na metaphor. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen we have these dark moments
\nand maybe young, young person or<\/p>\n

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\nolder person, if you’ve not
\naccepted the light into your <\/p>\n

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\nheart, maybe this is how you
\nfeel. <\/p>\n

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\nMaybe you feel like the the
\nworld your world is void and <\/p>\n

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\nwithout form and and darkness is
\nisn’t closing in especially <\/p>\n

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\nthese days.
\nBut God is there being over that<\/p>\n

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\nmoment, and he said.
\nLet there be and there was <\/p>\n

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\nlight.
\nSo Paul picks this up in that <\/p>\n

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\npassage that Nathan quoted, And
\nhe says the God who commanded <\/p>\n

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\nlight to shine in the darkness
\nhas shown in our hearts. <\/p>\n

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\nTo do what?
\nTo give the light of the <\/p>\n

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\nknowledge of the glory of God in
\nthe face of Christ Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we have that treasure in
\nvessels of clay. <\/p>\n

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\nSo that the surpassing power
\nmight be to him and not to us. <\/p>\n

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\nSo God intended it to be this
\nway. <\/p>\n

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\nSo that when light shines in
\ndarkness and your life comes, <\/p>\n

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\ncomes to life.
\nWhen your life comes to life, <\/p>\n

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\nit’s because of the light of the
\nknowledge of the glory of God in<\/p>\n

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\nthe face of this man.
\nAnd that probably happened <\/p>\n

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\nthrough another person.
\nGod didn’t say abracadabra ex <\/p>\n

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\nniello all of a sudden.
\nMichael Edge come Faith. <\/p>\n

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\nIt came through someone, someone
\ndelivered that light. <\/p>\n

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\nSomebody carried that limb.
\nTo you. <\/p>\n

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\nEven though it originated with
\nChrist, it is his life. <\/p>\n

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\nSo God’s speaking this into
\nbeing in practice in our life. <\/p>\n

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\nIt has a very tangible
\napplication for us in the <\/p>\n

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\nEcclesia.
\nDid you notice that it says <\/p>\n

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\nthere to give.
\nI’ve never read it that way <\/p>\n

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\nuntil preparing this talk.
\nIt’s the light of the knowledge <\/p>\n

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\nof the glory of God.
\nAnd it’s to give or to proclaim.<\/p>\n

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\nWhat happened to us?
\nWe have been asked to share. <\/p>\n

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\nGod is like.
\nAnd in him is no darkness at all<\/p>\n

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\nas we had in that beautiful him.
\nI almost was like which which <\/p>\n

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\nverse of that him?
\n151 should we talk about? <\/p>\n

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\nI just picked 2 lines because we
\ncould have done the whole thing <\/p>\n

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\nand but that that phrase where
\nit says whose light is truth and<\/p>\n

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\nwhose warmth is love.
\nBoy, is there a world out there <\/p>\n

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\nright now that needs warmth.
\nAnd love. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we are the ones that are
\ncalled the brand. <\/p>\n

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\nThe reason why I entitled this
\ntalk You are the Light of the <\/p>\n

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\nWorld this morning is because I
\nfound that to be a bit of a <\/p>\n

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\nconundrum.
\nAs everyone knows Jesus and John<\/p>\n

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\nchapter eight said I am the
\nlight of the world and whoever <\/p>\n

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\nfollows me will not walk in
\ndarkness but will have the light<\/p>\n

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\nof life.
\nFrom Psalm 56. <\/p>\n

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\nWas a bit of a conundrum though,
\nbecause. <\/p>\n

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\nIn Matthew chapter 5 that Jason
\njust read for us, it says you <\/p>\n

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\nare the light of the world.
\nSo sorry, which one is it? <\/p>\n

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\nIs it him or is it us?
\nOf course the answer is yes. <\/p>\n

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\nIs it him or us?
\nYes, And and I think the Lord <\/p>\n

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\nhimself answers this in in John
\nChapter 9. <\/p>\n

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\nBut let’s work our way to John
\nchapter nine with two very short<\/p>\n

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\npassages in Matthew, and then
\nwe’ll land at the Lord’s answer <\/p>\n

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\nin John Chapter 9.
\nSo let’s turn to Matthew, <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 4, verses 13 to 16.
\nSo really in the beginning of <\/p>\n

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\nall, just as an interesting
\npoint for those who are follow <\/p>\n

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\nthis kind of a thing, you know,
\nJohn’s Gospel opens with this <\/p>\n

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\npoetry.
\nWell, the Synoptic Gospels, they<\/p>\n

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\nmentioned the same opening theme
\nof light, but they do it more <\/p>\n

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\nthrough a fulfillment of the
\nprophetic word, especially the <\/p>\n

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\nbook of Matthew, as many of you
\nwould know. <\/p>\n

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\nWhich itself is is styled a lamp
\nshining in a dark place until <\/p>\n

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\nthe day dawns.
\nWell, Matthew takes one of those<\/p>\n

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\nlamp prophecies and he describes
\nthe Lord Jesus opening ministry <\/p>\n

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\njust like this Matthew chapter 4
\nverses 13 to 16. <\/p>\n

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\nIt says of the Lord opening his
\nministry and leaving Nazareth. <\/p>\n

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\nHe went to live in Cupernium by
\nthe sea in the territory of <\/p>\n

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\nZebulon and Naftali.
\nSo that which was spoken by the <\/p>\n

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\nprophet Isaiah might be
\nfulfilled. <\/p>\n

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\nThe land of Zebulon.
\nIn the land of Naftali, way of <\/p>\n

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\nthe sea beyond the Jordan,
\nGalilee of the Gentiles, the <\/p>\n

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\npeople dwelling in darkness,
\nhave seen a great light for <\/p>\n

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\nthose who dwell in the region of
\nthe shadow of death, On them a <\/p>\n

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\nlight has dawned.
\nNow when I think about that in <\/p>\n

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\nthe great light, I think about
\nthat creation story where we’re <\/p>\n

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\ntold the Lord made two young
\npeople. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat do you know?
\nHe made two great lights. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s right.
\nExactly. <\/p>\n

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\nYou can’t ask your mom the
\nsecond. <\/p>\n

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\nLet me give you one more
\nquestion. <\/p>\n

329
\n00:19:12,860 –> 00:19:15,420
\nReady.
\nSo he made the two great lights.<\/p>\n

330
\n00:19:15,460 –> 00:19:16,860
\nAnd then what does he make after
\nthat? <\/p>\n

331
\n00:19:17,380 –> 00:19:21,580
\nHe makes the yes.
\nAnd he also makes what? <\/p>\n

332
\n00:19:21,580 –> 00:19:25,780
\nThere’s two great lights and.
\nThe lesser lights, the start. <\/p>\n

333
\n00:19:25,780 –> 00:19:26,980
\nWe got to work on this family
\nover here. <\/p>\n

334
\n00:19:27,140 –> 00:19:30,660
\nWe got that’s and the stars
\nalso, which obviously as many of<\/p>\n

335
\n00:19:30,660 –> 00:19:32,820
\nyou know is in passing.
\nYou’re thinking what do you mean<\/p>\n

336
\n00:19:32,820 –> 00:19:34,740
\nin the stars Also these billions
\nof galaxies. <\/p>\n

337
\n00:19:34,860 –> 00:19:37,300
\nHe speaks into being from what
\nHebrews 3. <\/p>\n

338
\n00:19:37,420 –> 00:19:40,340
\nHebrews 11 tells us.
\nYou know by faith. <\/p>\n

339
\n00:19:40,340 –> 00:19:42,420
\nWe believe this universe was
\ncreated by the word of God. <\/p>\n

340
\n00:19:42,420 –> 00:19:46,860
\nHe speaks and universe is in is
\nis there and all of these stars.<\/p>\n

341
\n00:19:47,220 –> 00:19:51,340
\nAnd when I think about that in
\nmy life, I think I bother with <\/p>\n

342
\n00:19:51,340 –> 00:19:53,110
\nthe stars.
\nYou know, I mean. <\/p>\n

343
\n00:19:53,390 –> 00:19:55,630
\nThey really have much function
\nlike what’s the purpose of the <\/p>\n

344
\n00:19:55,630 –> 00:19:58,150
\nstars?
\nWell, in reality, if you <\/p>\n

345
\n00:19:58,150 –> 00:20:02,110
\nactually flip back to Genesis
\nchapter one, we think about the <\/p>\n

346
\n00:20:02,110 –> 00:20:04,790
\ngreat lights.
\nOf course the Lord Jesus is that<\/p>\n

347
\n00:20:04,830 –> 00:20:07,590
\ngreat light that Matthew is
\nbringing out, but let’s not <\/p>\n

348
\n00:20:07,590 –> 00:20:12,190
\nforget the lesser lights.
\nGenesis chapter one Note in <\/p>\n

349
\n00:20:12,190 –> 00:20:14,870
\nverse 16 about the two great
\nlights. <\/p>\n

350
\n00:20:15,410 –> 00:20:17,810
\nIt says the greater light he
\nmade to rule the day and the <\/p>\n

351
\n00:20:17,810 –> 00:20:20,130
\nlesser night to rule the to rule
\nby night. <\/p>\n

352
\n00:20:20,370 –> 00:20:25,010
\nAnd the stars and God set them
\nin the expanse then plural. <\/p>\n

353
\n00:20:25,090 –> 00:20:31,070
\nI’m taking the sun, the moon and
\nthe stars to give light on the <\/p>\n

354
\n00:20:31,110 –> 00:20:33,510
\nEarth.
\nSo even in the creation story <\/p>\n

355
\n00:20:33,630 –> 00:20:36,670
\nyou have the role of the sun,
\nthe role of the moon, which is <\/p>\n

356
\n00:20:36,670 –> 00:20:38,590
\nreflection of the sun, the
\nfather and the sun. <\/p>\n

357
\n00:20:38,910 –> 00:20:42,070
\nAnd all the other lights
\ncollectively have a <\/p>\n

358
\n00:20:42,070 –> 00:20:45,910
\nresponsibility to be light on
\nthe earth and to rule over the <\/p>\n

359
\n00:20:45,910 –> 00:20:49,270
\nday and to rule over the night.
\nAnd when God saw that He said it<\/p>\n

360
\n00:20:49,270 –> 00:20:51,550
\nwas good.
\nAnd Matt Barker, when the Lord <\/p>\n

361
\n00:20:51,550 –> 00:20:54,030
\nlooks down as we gaze up at the
\nsky at night. <\/p>\n

362
\n00:20:54,030 –> 00:20:56,070
\nAnd we’re so amazed by the
\nstars. <\/p>\n

363
\n00:20:56,650 –> 00:20:59,250
\nI wonder if that’s how God feels
\nwhen He looks down on Mount <\/p>\n

364
\n00:20:59,250 –> 00:21:01,530
\nBarker.
\nI wonder if when the Lord looks <\/p>\n

365
\n00:21:01,530 –> 00:21:04,730
\ndown into the darkness of man,
\nor Little Hampton, or wherever <\/p>\n

366
\n00:21:04,730 –> 00:21:07,730
\nwe are, Little Hampton, he looks
\ndown and then he sees all these <\/p>\n

367
\n00:21:07,730 –> 00:21:11,210
\nlights.
\nAnd I wonder if he expresses <\/p>\n

368
\n00:21:11,810 –> 00:21:14,570
\ngratitude for the beauty that He
\nsees in this place. <\/p>\n

369
\n00:21:15,090 –> 00:21:17,810
\nOr do you not see yourself as a
\nbeautiful star for? <\/p>\n

370
\n00:21:17,810 –> 00:21:22,810
\nHim Maybe you should.
\nBecause, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n

371
\n00:21:22,810 –> 00:21:25,250
\nno one who refuses to shine now
\nwill shine. <\/p>\n

372
\n00:21:25,250 –> 00:21:31,040
\nThen let’s go to Matthew chapter
\n5, which was in our reading. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:21:31,040 –> 00:21:35,960
\nLet’s just take a couple very
\nsmall phrases out of that <\/p>\n

374
\n00:21:35,960 –> 00:21:39,920
\nsection that Jason read for us.
\nMatthew chapter 5, verses 13 to <\/p>\n

375
\n00:21:39,920 –> 00:21:52,960
\n16
\nAnd as as you probably noticed, <\/p>\n

376
\n00:21:53,040 –> 00:21:55,240
\nthe Lord opens his sermon on the
\nmount, He goes through the <\/p>\n

377
\n00:21:55,240 –> 00:21:59,600
\nBeatitudes, and his very first
\nexertation is salt and light. <\/p>\n

378
\n00:22:00,040 –> 00:22:03,040
\nHe begins with the metaphor of
\nsalt, and we’ll come back to <\/p>\n

379
\n00:22:03,040 –> 00:22:05,960
\nthat in a second.
\nBut he says in verse 14 this is <\/p>\n

380
\n00:22:05,960 –> 00:22:08,320
\nhis opening.
\nChallenge to these brand new <\/p>\n

381
\n00:22:08,320 –> 00:22:11,640
\ndisciples.
\nYou are the light of the world. <\/p>\n

382
\n00:22:12,080 –> 00:22:13,640
\nA city that is set on a hill
\ncannot. <\/p>\n

383
\n00:22:13,640 –> 00:22:16,560
\nBe hidden.
\nAnd if you come right down to <\/p>\n

384
\n00:22:16,560 –> 00:22:20,760
\nthe verse 16 in the same way he
\nhe gives this metaphor about the<\/p>\n

385
\n00:22:20,760 –> 00:22:23,320
\nlight in the basket.
\nAnd he says in the same way, let<\/p>\n

386
\n00:22:23,320 –> 00:22:27,440
\nyour light so shine before
\nothers that what might happen <\/p>\n

387
\n00:22:29,040 –> 00:22:33,400
\nout of out of duty, out of
\nnecessity, out of commandment. <\/p>\n

388
\n00:22:34,360 –> 00:22:38,880
\nNo way, he says.
\nSo that they may see your good <\/p>\n

389
\n00:22:38,880 –> 00:22:42,870
\nworks and glorify your Father,
\nwho is in heaven. <\/p>\n

390
\n00:22:42,910 –> 00:22:46,110
\nSo the ultimate end of this
\nshining is God’s glory, which is<\/p>\n

391
\n00:22:46,110 –> 00:22:51,750
\nthe ultimate end of everything.
\nBut this is a major way that God<\/p>\n

392
\n00:22:51,910 –> 00:22:56,990
\ngets glory in this Dark World.
\nIt’s by people seeing the light <\/p>\n

393
\n00:22:56,990 –> 00:23:00,770
\nthat you shine.
\nWell, that’s that’s exactly why <\/p>\n

394
\n00:23:00,770 –> 00:23:04,090
\nthat verse that’s sandwiched in
\nbetween and verse 15, he says. <\/p>\n

395
\n00:23:04,090 –> 00:23:06,690
\nThis is why people don’t light a
\nlamp and put it under her <\/p>\n

396
\n00:23:06,690 –> 00:23:08,770
\nbasket.
\nIf we go back to that, it’s like<\/p>\n

397
\n00:23:08,770 –> 00:23:10,530
\nme I’m sure at night time for
\nthe parents. <\/p>\n

398
\n00:23:10,650 –> 00:23:12,410
\nWhen you’re trying to get
\nthrough, you flip, you know you <\/p>\n

399
\n00:23:12,410 –> 00:23:15,250
\ngrab through your phone and you
\nflip your flip your light on and<\/p>\n

400
\n00:23:15,250 –> 00:23:17,410
\nit’s like taking that light and
\nputting in your pocket. <\/p>\n

401
\n00:23:18,210 –> 00:23:20,610
\nThat’s the purpose of having the
\nlight is there, is to, is to <\/p>\n

402
\n00:23:20,610 –> 00:23:24,170
\nshine the way.
\nAnd sometimes I feel in my life <\/p>\n

403
\n00:23:25,010 –> 00:23:28,850
\nI can come into a room like this
\nand I’m so overcome with love <\/p>\n

404
\n00:23:28,850 –> 00:23:33,170
\nfor this man and love for his
\nchurch and love for the gospel. <\/p>\n

405
\n00:23:33,530 –> 00:23:35,770
\nAnd then I walk out there and
\npeople are like, it’s just a <\/p>\n

406
\n00:23:35,770 –> 00:23:41,910
\nnormal guy, that that’s the same
\nas there’s no doubt that there’s<\/p>\n

407
\n00:23:41,990 –> 00:23:43,750
\nfire and that there’s light in
\nhere. <\/p>\n

408
\n00:23:43,830 –> 00:23:46,870
\nBut when we walk out there, if
\nwe hide it, if we keep it to <\/p>\n

409
\n00:23:46,870 –> 00:23:49,030
\nourself, it’s that’s what that’s
\nlike. <\/p>\n

410
\n00:23:49,030 –> 00:23:52,910
\nAnd there’s a whole world that
\nis so unbelievably desperate for<\/p>\n

411
\n00:23:52,910 –> 00:23:56,510
\nyour light, for that word to be
\nmade flesh in you and for you to<\/p>\n

412
\n00:23:56,510 –> 00:24:02,270
\ncome alive and bring salt.
\nNow this is this is a a lovely <\/p>\n

413
\n00:24:02,270 –> 00:24:04,190
\nthing.
\nThis idea of salt and light. <\/p>\n

414
\n00:24:05,150 –> 00:24:07,710
\nKnow if you’ve ever thought of
\nyourself as a flavorful person. <\/p>\n

415
\n00:24:08,390 –> 00:24:10,830
\nThere’s many flavorful flavor
\nsome people in here. <\/p>\n

416
\n00:24:10,990 –> 00:24:13,830
\nBut you know are you, are you
\nbringing savory? <\/p>\n

417
\n00:24:13,910 –> 00:24:16,670
\nAre you plain?
\nOr when the world interacts with<\/p>\n

418
\n00:24:16,670 –> 00:24:19,070
\nyou today huh that’s that’s
\nfresh. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:24:19,070 –> 00:24:20,950
\nThat’s nice.
\nThat’s beautiful. <\/p>\n

420
\n00:24:21,270 –> 00:24:22,870
\nThey’re participating in your
\nlife. <\/p>\n

421
\n00:24:23,030 –> 00:24:25,070
\nThat’s the salt.
\nYou’re you’re the salt. <\/p>\n

422
\n00:24:25,070 –> 00:24:26,550
\nOf the Earth and the light of
\nthe world. <\/p>\n

423
\n00:24:26,670 –> 00:24:30,110
\nThis world needs you.
\nThis savory, you know world <\/p>\n

424
\n00:24:30,110 –> 00:24:32,630
\nthat’s just blase and this whole
\npandemic. <\/p>\n

425
\n00:24:32,630 –> 00:24:36,180
\nThey need lit people like.
\nYou they need lit people like <\/p>\n

426
\n00:24:36,180 –> 00:24:39,860
\nme.
\nWe owe it to Christ to bring him<\/p>\n

427
\n00:24:39,860 –> 00:24:43,380
\nout there.
\nThat’s why he said you are the <\/p>\n

428
\n00:24:43,380 –> 00:24:45,380
\nlight of the world.
\nAnd when the city is set on a <\/p>\n

429
\n00:24:45,380 –> 00:24:48,220
\nhill, it cannot be hidden.
\nIt literally cannot. <\/p>\n

430
\n00:24:48,460 –> 00:24:50,740
\nAnd sometimes I feel like we
\nlive in the valleys. <\/p>\n

431
\n00:24:51,140 –> 00:24:53,100
\nWe’ve gone off the hill and
\nwe’re just living, living in the<\/p>\n

432
\n00:24:53,100 –> 00:24:55,900
\nvalleys.
\nSo how do we bring these two <\/p>\n

433
\n00:24:55,900 –> 00:24:57,900
\nthings together?
\nWell, I think the Lord doesn’t. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:24:57,900 –> 00:25:01,190
\nIn John Chapter 9.
\nBecause you think, well, that’s <\/p>\n

435
\n00:25:01,190 –> 00:25:03,070
\na pretty big call.
\nThe Lord is the light of the <\/p>\n

436
\n00:25:03,070 –> 00:25:04,750
\nworld.
\nAnd all these disciples remember<\/p>\n

437
\n00:25:04,750 –> 00:25:06,630
\nin the Sermon on the Mount, this
\nis brand new for them. <\/p>\n

438
\n00:25:06,630 –> 00:25:08,070
\nThey’re saying, what is this
\nteaching? <\/p>\n

439
\n00:25:08,150 –> 00:25:09,550
\nThey’re astonished at this
\nteaching. <\/p>\n

440
\n00:25:09,590 –> 00:25:11,990
\nHe opens up by saying you’re the
\nsolution. <\/p>\n

441
\n00:25:14,110 –> 00:25:20,500
\nNice to see you, Jeff and the
\nLord, when he’s talking about <\/p>\n

442
\n00:25:20,660 –> 00:25:23,540
\nwhen he’s going through the
\nhealing of the blind man, he <\/p>\n

443
\n00:25:23,620 –> 00:25:25,100
\nputs it this way.
\nAnd I don’t know if you’ve ever <\/p>\n

444
\n00:25:25,100 –> 00:25:28,020
\nread it like this, but let’s
\nread it closely in verse 5, <\/p>\n

445
\n00:25:28,380 –> 00:25:30,700
\nwithout going through the
\nparable or with the living <\/p>\n

446
\n00:25:30,700 –> 00:25:32,700
\nparable, that I hope that you
\nall would know. <\/p>\n

447
\n00:25:33,020 –> 00:25:36,700
\nThe Lord says, and picking up in
\nverse four, we must work the <\/p>\n

448
\n00:25:36,700 –> 00:25:40,380
\nworks of Him you sent me.
\nWhile it is day, the night is <\/p>\n

449
\n00:25:40,380 –> 00:25:44,220
\ncoming when no one can work.
\nAnd as long as I am in the <\/p>\n

450
\n00:25:44,300 –> 00:25:47,580
\nworld, I am the light of the
\nworld that solved it for me. <\/p>\n

451
\n00:25:47,700 –> 00:25:51,180
\nHe’s saying as long as I am in
\nthe world, I am the light of the<\/p>\n

452
\n00:25:51,180 –> 00:25:52,860
\nworld.
\nWell, the Lord is no longer in <\/p>\n

453
\n00:25:52,860 –> 00:25:54,540
\nthe world.
\nSo who’s got the mantle? <\/p>\n

454
\n00:25:55,180 –> 00:26:00,300
\nMount Barker, Canterbury,
\nAdelaide, The the the world that<\/p>\n

455
\n00:26:00,300 –> 00:26:04,140
\ntestifies to Christ.
\nWe take up that mantle and the <\/p>\n

456
\n00:26:04,140 –> 00:26:06,940
\nLord whilst he is still the
\nsource of that light. <\/p>\n

457
\n00:26:07,540 –> 00:26:09,860
\nThey’re not going to see him
\nunless they see us. <\/p>\n

458
\n00:26:10,280 –> 00:26:13,440
\nAnd I love how a memorial
\nservice is actually illustrated <\/p>\n

459
\n00:26:13,440 –> 00:26:15,440
\nthis way.
\nCome over to Acts, Chapter 20. <\/p>\n

460
\n00:26:15,520 –> 00:26:17,640
\nI’m sure some of you have
\nprobably seen this before, but I<\/p>\n

461
\n00:26:17,640 –> 00:26:21,160
\njust thought it was just nice.
\nYou look at Acts Chapter 20 this<\/p>\n

462
\n00:26:21,240 –> 00:26:23,840
\nevening, memorial service.
\nYou think about the 1st century <\/p>\n

463
\n00:26:23,840 –> 00:26:25,960
\nEcclesia.
\nThey’re joining together in this<\/p>\n

464
\n00:26:25,960 –> 00:26:28,320
\nupper room.
\nThis new discovery, this new <\/p>\n

465
\n00:26:28,320 –> 00:26:31,800
\ngospel, is just absolutely on
\nfire in the 1st century. <\/p>\n

466
\n00:26:32,320 –> 00:26:36,230
\nAnd when you get to Acts chapter
\n20, you get this this picture. <\/p>\n

467
\n00:26:36,310 –> 00:26:39,190
\nAnd it’s a literal picture, but
\nit’s just so pregnant with <\/p>\n

468
\n00:26:39,190 –> 00:26:41,190
\nmeaning.
\nI can’t help but think that Luke<\/p>\n

469
\n00:26:41,390 –> 00:26:45,470
\nrecorded this passage this way
\nso that we could see something <\/p>\n

470
\n00:26:45,470 –> 00:26:48,070
\nextra.
\nAnd maybe you will now have a <\/p>\n

471
\n00:26:48,070 –> 00:26:53,990
\nlook at Acts 20 and verse 7 on
\nthe first day of the week, just <\/p>\n

472
\n00:26:53,990 –> 00:26:56,830
\nlike we are here today.
\nWhen we were gathered together <\/p>\n

473
\n00:26:56,830 –> 00:27:00,710
\nto break bread, Paul talked with
\nthem, intending to depart on the<\/p>\n

474
\n00:27:00,710 –> 00:27:03,710
\nnext day, and he prolonged his
\nspeech until midnight. <\/p>\n

475
\n00:27:04,200 –> 00:27:08,320
\nAnd there were many lamps in the
\nupper room that were gathered. <\/p>\n

476
\n00:27:09,520 –> 00:27:11,320
\nWell, that was obviously
\nliterally true. <\/p>\n

477
\n00:27:11,320 –> 00:27:13,280
\nThey’re there at night, and they
\ndon’t have light switches on the<\/p>\n

478
\n00:27:13,280 –> 00:27:16,320
\nwall, so there’s lots of lamps.
\nBut what an amazing metaphor. <\/p>\n

479
\n00:27:16,600 –> 00:27:20,040
\nThere they were, breaking bread.
\nAnd from the Lord’s perspective,<\/p>\n

480
\n00:27:20,600 –> 00:27:24,200
\nthey’re all these lamps
\nsurrounded by the central <\/p>\n

481
\n00:27:24,320 –> 00:27:27,480
\nmenorah, the central Candlestick
\nof the six on the side and the <\/p>\n

482
\n00:27:27,480 –> 00:27:29,640
\none in the center.
\nThey’re all these little lamps. <\/p>\n

483
\n00:27:29,960 –> 00:27:32,920
\nThey’re all these little lights
\nthat are surrounded by the great<\/p>\n

484
\n00:27:32,920 –> 00:27:35,080
\nlight.
\nAnd that’s what they’re there in<\/p>\n

485
\n00:27:35,080 –> 00:27:38,080
\nthat 1st century gathered to do.
\nSo brothers and sisters, here <\/p>\n

486
\n00:27:38,080 –> 00:27:41,560
\nthis morning you see yourself as
\na little lamp. <\/p>\n

487
\n00:27:42,160 –> 00:27:44,760
\nMaybe you feel like you’re maybe
\nyou feel like you’re a smoking <\/p>\n

488
\n00:27:44,760 –> 00:27:48,160
\nflax from Isaiah 42.
\nWell, Christ is here to stand <\/p>\n

489
\n00:27:48,160 –> 00:27:52,440
\nyou into flame, A smoking flax.
\nHe will not snuff out a bruised <\/p>\n

490
\n00:27:52,440 –> 00:27:55,160
\ngreed he will not break.
\nHe’s just glad that you’re here <\/p>\n

491
\n00:27:55,940 –> 00:27:58,860
\nand we’re here to get more oil
\nin our lamp so we can get out <\/p>\n

492
\n00:27:58,860 –> 00:28:01,460
\nthere and shine for him.
\nAnd I just love that. <\/p>\n

493
\n00:28:01,460 –> 00:28:05,140
\nAnd maybe when you read X20 next
\ntime you can remember this, this<\/p>\n

494
\n00:28:05,140 –> 00:28:09,020
\ntalk.
\nNow this is literally commanded <\/p>\n

495
\n00:28:09,020 –> 00:28:12,380
\nto us in Philippians chapter 2.
\nSo let’s have a look at <\/p>\n

496
\n00:28:12,380 –> 00:28:14,900
\nPhilippians chapter 2, verses 15
\nto 16. <\/p>\n

497
\n00:28:15,260 –> 00:28:19,270
\nThis this metaphor is
\nintentionally used by. <\/p>\n

498
\n00:28:19,270 –> 00:28:21,750
\nPaul and I.
\nAnd while he probably wasn’t <\/p>\n

499
\n00:28:21,750 –> 00:28:24,550
\nthinking of all the things that
\nI’m thinking of, he certainly <\/p>\n

500
\n00:28:24,630 –> 00:28:28,910
\nknew that this was a a major
\nportion of God’s creative intent<\/p>\n

501
\n00:28:28,910 –> 00:28:34,310
\nwith creating those stars.
\nLibyan’s Chapter 2, verse 15 and<\/p>\n

502
\n00:28:34,310 –> 00:28:36,110
\n16.
\nVery familiar words, but I hope <\/p>\n

503
\n00:28:36,110 –> 00:28:39,630
\nthey’re so powerful for you now.
\nIn this moment he commands that <\/p>\n

504
\n00:28:39,630 –> 00:28:43,870
\nwe would be blameless and
\ninnocent children of God, like <\/p>\n

505
\n00:28:43,870 –> 00:28:48,890
\nthe children of the light in in
\nthe Gospels, without blemish, in<\/p>\n

506
\n00:28:48,890 –> 00:28:52,570
\nthe midst of a crooked and
\ntwisted generation, among whom <\/p>\n

507
\n00:28:52,650 –> 00:28:55,530
\nyou shine as lights in the
\nworld. <\/p>\n

508
\n00:28:55,730 –> 00:28:59,810
\nAnd verse 16 says, holding fast
\nthe word of life, so that in the<\/p>\n

509
\n00:28:59,810 –> 00:29:04,130
\nday of Christ I may be proud
\nthat I did not turn in, that I <\/p>\n

510
\n00:29:04,130 –> 00:29:06,490
\ndid not run in vain, or labor in
\nvain. <\/p>\n

511
\n00:29:07,570 –> 00:29:10,130
\nThe exhortation really for me is
\nthe the statement that I <\/p>\n

512
\n00:29:10,130 –> 00:29:14,450
\nmentioned before.
\nThose who do not shine now will <\/p>\n

513
\n00:29:14,450 –> 00:29:20,250
\nnot shine Then the commandment
\nis to shine his lights in the <\/p>\n

514
\n00:29:20,250 –> 00:29:24,130
\nworld, holding for us this word
\nof life, so that in the day of <\/p>\n

515
\n00:29:24,130 –> 00:29:28,410
\nChrist the teachers, the fathers
\nin the ecclesia would be proud. <\/p>\n

516
\n00:29:29,130 –> 00:29:30,490
\nThat’s how, Paul.
\nFeels. <\/p>\n

517
\n00:29:30,930 –> 00:29:32,570
\nNow, where does he get this idea
\nfrom? <\/p>\n

518
\n00:29:32,690 –> 00:29:34,650
\nI think he gets it from Daniel
\nchapter 12. <\/p>\n

519
\n00:29:34,890 –> 00:29:40,810
\nSo flip over to Daniel chapter
\n12, where it effectively says <\/p>\n

520
\n00:29:41,010 –> 00:29:45,840
\nexactly that.
\nSo Daniel, chapter 12, verses <\/p>\n

521
\n00:29:45,840 –> 00:29:59,120
\ntwo and three,
\nSpeaking of that great day of <\/p>\n

522
\n00:29:59,120 –> 00:30:03,120
\nthe of Christ’s return, says and
\nmany of those who sleep in the <\/p>\n

523
\n00:30:03,120 –> 00:30:06,600
\ndust of the earth shall awake,
\nsome to everlasting life, and <\/p>\n

524
\n00:30:06,600 –> 00:30:14,340
\nsome to shame and everlasting.
\nBut those who are wise will <\/p>\n

525
\n00:30:14,340 –> 00:30:19,940
\nshine like the brightness of the
\nsky above, and those who turn <\/p>\n

526
\n00:30:20,260 –> 00:30:24,540
\nmany to righteousness, like the
\nstars forever and ever. <\/p>\n

527
\n00:30:26,740 –> 00:30:28,980
\nBrothers and sisters, that’s a
\nhuge responsibility. <\/p>\n

528
\n00:30:30,220 –> 00:30:35,100
\nWe’ve been called to earn many
\nto righteousness, to shine a <\/p>\n

529
\n00:30:35,100 –> 00:30:38,220
\nlight where there’s darkness.
\nAnd how many times do we walk <\/p>\n

530
\n00:30:38,220 –> 00:30:42,500
\npast Someone that you can you
\ncan see clearly is in darkness, <\/p>\n

531
\n00:30:43,300 –> 00:30:45,260
\nwhether it’s in here or out
\nthere. <\/p>\n

532
\n00:30:46,140 –> 00:30:48,380
\nSomeone who is struggling,
\nsomeone who was wrestling. <\/p>\n

533
\n00:30:48,660 –> 00:30:52,660
\nAnd we walk by.
\nThe commitment that we need to <\/p>\n

534
\n00:30:52,660 –> 00:30:57,380
\nhave is to be carry his name,
\ncarry his lamp, and to turn many<\/p>\n

535
\n00:30:57,380 –> 00:30:59,420
\nto righteousness by just shining
\na light. <\/p>\n

536
\n00:30:59,580 –> 00:31:03,420
\nIt’s not ours, it’s His shining
\na light on a dark place. <\/p>\n

537
\n00:31:04,580 –> 00:31:09,660
\nThat is the commitment that we
\ngive to Christ when we let His <\/p>\n

538
\n00:31:09,660 –> 00:31:12,300
\nWord shine a light on our own
\npath. <\/p>\n

539
\n00:31:12,780 –> 00:31:15,460
\nEven when it’s on our path.
\nOther people can join our path. <\/p>\n

540
\n00:31:15,660 –> 00:31:18,900
\nWe can lead others as He is
\ncommanded to be, a light for the<\/p>\n

541
\n00:31:18,900 –> 00:31:21,740
\nnation’s, a beacon of hope to a
\nlost world and as we’ll see in <\/p>\n

542
\n00:31:21,740 –> 00:31:26,260
\nthe closing video, a lighthouse
\nfor those who are lost adrift on<\/p>\n

543
\n00:31:26,260 –> 00:31:32,100
\nthe sea of life.
\nAnd I hope that as we do that <\/p>\n

544
\n00:31:32,100 –> 00:31:36,500
\nGod looks down and he sees that
\nbeautiful starry sky down here, <\/p>\n

545
\n00:31:36,780 –> 00:31:39,860
\nperceiving us as the lights that
\nshine in this Dark World. <\/p>\n

546
\n00:31:42,090 –> 00:31:46,370
\nThere’s one challenge with this
\nthough, and the challenge is the<\/p>\n

547
\n00:31:46,370 –> 00:31:50,170
\nLord’s commanding us to let our
\nlight shine before others. <\/p>\n

548
\n00:31:50,610 –> 00:31:53,970
\nHow do we avoid being proud?
\nHow do we avoid this becoming a <\/p>\n

549
\n00:31:54,370 –> 00:31:57,530
\na chest pumping exercise where
\nwe’re showing all the things <\/p>\n

550
\n00:31:57,530 –> 00:32:00,130
\nthat we do?
\nWell, right within the Sermon on<\/p>\n

551
\n00:32:00,130 –> 00:32:03,250
\nthe mouth, the Lord counters
\nthis with some balancing <\/p>\n

552
\n00:32:03,250 –> 00:32:05,010
\nteaching, and we don’t have to
\nread it. <\/p>\n

553
\n00:32:05,010 –> 00:32:08,810
\nBut in Matthew chapter 6, you
\nknow that the Lord says beware <\/p>\n

554
\n00:32:08,850 –> 00:32:12,710
\nof practicing your righteousness
\nbefore others. <\/p>\n

555
\n00:32:13,230 –> 00:32:16,070
\nBeware of practicing your
\nrighteousness before others in <\/p>\n

556
\n00:32:16,070 –> 00:32:19,670
\norder that they may see you or
\nto be seen by them. <\/p>\n

557
\n00:32:20,550 –> 00:32:22,510
\nHe’s saying let these things be
\ndone in secret. <\/p>\n

558
\n00:32:22,670 –> 00:32:27,790
\nHere’s how I make sense of this
\nYou can’t help your neighbor in <\/p>\n

559
\n00:32:27,790 –> 00:32:30,030
\ndarkness or in secret by
\ndefinition. <\/p>\n

560
\n00:32:30,030 –> 00:32:33,350
\nHelping your neighbor, assisting
\nyour neighbor, giving, <\/p>\n

561
\n00:32:33,350 –> 00:32:35,230
\nsupporting.
\nIt’s by definition going to be <\/p>\n

562
\n00:32:35,230 –> 00:32:37,310
\nseen by others.
\nWhat are the things that the <\/p>\n

563
\n00:32:37,310 –> 00:32:39,270
\nLord is asking to be done in
\nsecret? <\/p>\n

564
\n00:32:40,510 –> 00:32:42,190
\nIt’s private devotions, isn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n

565
\n00:32:42,310 –> 00:32:44,750
\nHe’s not.
\nHe’s not contradicting himself <\/p>\n

566
\n00:32:44,750 –> 00:32:47,590
\nby saying let your lights are
\nshine before others, that people<\/p>\n

567
\n00:32:47,590 –> 00:32:50,590
\nmay see your good works and
\nglorify God, and then the next <\/p>\n

568
\n00:32:50,590 –> 00:32:54,390
\nbreath say, well actually don’t
\ndo any, you know, don’t do these<\/p>\n

569
\n00:32:54,390 –> 00:32:57,350
\nthings to be seen by others.
\nWhat he’s referring to in the <\/p>\n

570
\n00:32:57,350 –> 00:33:00,510
\ncontext of that is actually
\nthings like prayers and praise. <\/p>\n

571
\n00:33:00,870 –> 00:33:02,470
\nWe’re not.
\nWe’re not looking to be have our<\/p>\n

572
\n00:33:02,470 –> 00:33:06,310
\nprivate devotions shown out.
\nBut private devotions and good <\/p>\n

573
\n00:33:06,310 –> 00:33:09,470
\nworks are two quite distinct
\ndifferent things. <\/p>\n

574
\n00:33:09,990 –> 00:33:13,110
\nOne is about carrying our
\nburning lamp to a place of <\/p>\n

575
\n00:33:13,110 –> 00:33:16,590
\ndarkness, while the other one is
\nindication of how great the <\/p>\n

576
\n00:33:16,590 –> 00:33:18,310
\ndarkness is within our own
\nhearts. <\/p>\n

577
\n00:33:18,590 –> 00:33:22,390
\nOf one God will be the judge
\nexclusively, while of the others<\/p>\n

578
\n00:33:22,750 –> 00:33:26,750
\nothers will be.
\nOthers will be judged by those <\/p>\n

579
\n00:33:26,750 –> 00:33:29,510
\nwith whom we have to do and
\ndoing good for other people, by <\/p>\n

580
\n00:33:29,510 –> 00:33:31,870
\ndefinition is to be seen by
\nothers. <\/p>\n

581
\n00:33:31,950 –> 00:33:35,990
\nSo when you see someone who’s
\novercome with the black dog, and<\/p>\n

582
\n00:33:35,990 –> 00:33:37,670
\nI know many of you know what I’m
\ntalking about. <\/p>\n

583
\n00:33:38,530 –> 00:33:42,210
\nWhen you see someone struggling
\nwith depression and anxiety, <\/p>\n

584
\n00:33:42,690 –> 00:33:46,250
\nwrestling under the ailments of
\nold age, someone with a broken <\/p>\n

585
\n00:33:46,250 –> 00:33:49,130
\nbody or suffering as some of our
\nmembers here and we mentioned in<\/p>\n

586
\n00:33:49,130 –> 00:33:51,410
\nour prayer, or suffering with
\nphysical illness. <\/p>\n

587
\n00:33:51,570 –> 00:33:54,530
\nOr maybe it’s someone who’s
\nsingle and lonely, or someone <\/p>\n

588
\n00:33:54,530 –> 00:33:57,490
\nwho’s has constant conflict in
\ntheir family, or just maybe lack<\/p>\n

589
\n00:33:57,490 –> 00:33:59,450
\nself esteem.
\nThat’s your moment. <\/p>\n

590
\n00:33:59,930 –> 00:34:02,090
\nThat’s your time to bring the
\nlight there. <\/p>\n

591
\n00:34:02,810 –> 00:34:06,530
\nThat’s your time to share your
\nlamp and bring the warmth and <\/p>\n

592
\n00:34:06,530 –> 00:34:09,130
\nlove that we sung about to that
\nperson’s life. <\/p>\n

593
\n00:34:10,530 –> 00:34:13,610
\nAnd this is exactly how Peter so
\nI hope everybody enjoyed end of <\/p>\n

594
\n00:34:13,610 –> 00:34:15,409
\nyears.
\nJonna’s talks were awesome. <\/p>\n

595
\n00:34:15,969 –> 00:34:18,850
\nAnd when Jonna was reflecting on
\nPeter, when he’s thinking about <\/p>\n

596
\n00:34:18,850 –> 00:34:21,850
\nthe end of his life, Peter’s
\nreflecting back on his <\/p>\n

597
\n00:34:21,850 –> 00:34:24,929
\nresponsibility and he writes in
\nFirst Peter chapter 2. <\/p>\n

598
\n00:34:24,929 –> 00:34:29,690
\nIn verse nine you are a chosen
\nrace, a royal priesthood, a holy<\/p>\n

599
\n00:34:29,690 –> 00:34:35,830
\nnation, a people for his own
\npossession, that you may <\/p>\n

600
\n00:34:35,830 –> 00:34:40,670
\nproclaim the excellencies of him
\nwho called you out of darkness <\/p>\n

601
\n00:34:40,670 –> 00:34:45,350
\ninto his marvelous light, that
\nyou might proclaim it, that you <\/p>\n

602
\n00:34:45,350 –> 00:34:48,310
\nmight speak it.
\nIt’s a responsibility. <\/p>\n

603
\n00:34:48,830 –> 00:34:50,989
\nIt’s we’re commissioned to do
\nthis. <\/p>\n

604
\n00:34:51,909 –> 00:34:55,150
\nAnd when we think about this
\nlater in Peter, in in first <\/p>\n

605
\n00:34:55,150 –> 00:34:58,790
\nPeter 2 verse 12, only a few
\nverses later, he says and keep <\/p>\n

606
\n00:34:58,790 –> 00:35:02,810
\nyour conduct among the Gentiles
\nhonorable, so that when they <\/p>\n

607
\n00:35:02,890 –> 00:35:06,690
\nspeak against you as evil doers,
\nagain like the Lord, and he was <\/p>\n

608
\n00:35:06,690 –> 00:35:09,490
\nthere, he was there in the
\nsermon on the mouth he heard the<\/p>\n

609
\n00:35:09,490 –> 00:35:12,570
\nLord say it.
\nAnd he says in his own way that <\/p>\n

610
\n00:35:12,570 –> 00:35:16,570
\nthey may see your good deeds and
\nglorify God on the day of <\/p>\n

611
\n00:35:16,570 –> 00:35:17,730
\nvisitation.
\nAnd that’s not. <\/p>\n

612
\n00:35:17,730 –> 00:35:20,930
\nWhat you want?
\nI don’t want someone to, on the <\/p>\n

613
\n00:35:20,930 –> 00:35:25,610
\nday of visitation, glorify me.
\nI want them to say Christ made <\/p>\n

614
\n00:35:25,610 –> 00:35:28,130
\nan impact in that person’s life,
\nand I want to know about it. <\/p>\n

615
\n00:35:28,630 –> 00:35:30,990
\nChrist got them through that
\ndepressive state. <\/p>\n

616
\n00:35:31,150 –> 00:35:33,270
\nChrist got them through that
\nfamily tragedy. <\/p>\n

617
\n00:35:33,390 –> 00:35:35,670
\nChrist got them through that
\nphysical sickness. <\/p>\n

618
\n00:35:35,870 –> 00:35:42,710
\nAnd Christ carried that lonely
\nperson through Christ his glory.<\/p>\n

619
\n00:35:42,710 –> 00:35:48,950
\nNow I’m going to finish this
\nbook reminding you of a story. <\/p>\n

620
\n00:35:49,510 –> 00:35:53,830
\nCast your mind back to 2010 when
\nwe spent some time together up <\/p>\n

621
\n00:35:53,830 –> 00:35:56,510
\nin Hebron.
\nYou couldn’t forget it, right? <\/p>\n

622
\n00:35:57,050 –> 00:35:58,370
\nWho can forget the Palmer’s
\ncooking? <\/p>\n

623
\n00:35:58,370 –> 00:35:59,530
\nThe pig?
\nWho could? <\/p>\n

624
\n00:35:59,810 –> 00:36:03,770
\nWho could forget David Hackett’s
\npillar that he built to the <\/p>\n

625
\n00:36:03,770 –> 00:36:05,610
\nceiling?
\nAnd of course, who could forget <\/p>\n

626
\n00:36:05,610 –> 00:36:10,130
\nLuke trying to get us to eat
\nmeerkat on a stick and buy Uncle<\/p>\n

627
\n00:36:10,130 –> 00:36:12,930
\nBen’s tofu anyway, for those who
\nyou know, you know. <\/p>\n

628
\n00:36:13,410 –> 00:36:16,090
\nBut in that study, when we
\nlooked at the Tabernacle, one of<\/p>\n

629
\n00:36:16,090 –> 00:36:19,130
\nthe final things that we looked
\nat was going into the Most Holy <\/p>\n

630
\n00:36:19,130 –> 00:36:22,250
\nPlace and seeing the light that
\njust was. <\/p>\n

631
\n00:36:23,030 –> 00:36:25,630
\nThere was no lamp, no oil,
\nnothing burning. <\/p>\n

632
\n00:36:25,670 –> 00:36:28,870
\nThe chicana glory that dwelled
\nthere, but we’re not there now, <\/p>\n

633
\n00:36:29,470 –> 00:36:31,470
\nHebrews says.
\nThat’s heaven itself. <\/p>\n

634
\n00:36:31,870 –> 00:36:33,430
\nThat’s when heaven and earth
\ncombined. <\/p>\n

635
\n00:36:33,430 –> 00:36:35,510
\nWe’re waiting for that day.
\nBut that’s not now. <\/p>\n

636
\n00:36:36,190 –> 00:36:38,470
\nNow is in the previous
\nTabernacle. <\/p>\n

637
\n00:36:38,590 –> 00:36:42,430
\nHebrews talks about two enter
\ninto the first Tabernacle before<\/p>\n

638
\n00:36:42,430 –> 00:36:44,870
\nthe 2nd, and the first had that
\nmenorah. <\/p>\n

639
\n00:36:44,990 –> 00:36:48,990
\nAnd every day they had to trim
\nthose lamps, fill them with oil <\/p>\n

640
\n00:36:49,590 –> 00:36:53,760
\nso that they could see, you see,
\nthat menorah in that holy place.<\/p>\n

641
\n00:36:53,760 –> 00:36:55,880
\nThere was no windows.
\nIt was like the blackouts in my <\/p>\n

642
\n00:36:55,880 –> 00:36:58,080
\nopening story.
\nThere was absolutely nothing in <\/p>\n

643
\n00:36:58,080 –> 00:36:59,600
\nthere.
\nThey’d be stepping on, you know,<\/p>\n

644
\n00:36:59,600 –> 00:37:02,960
\nsnuffers and whatever else they
\nhad from the from the incense <\/p>\n

645
\n00:37:03,000 –> 00:37:05,240
\naltar.
\nBut that light was there always.<\/p>\n

646
\n00:37:05,240 –> 00:37:07,200
\nAt morning and night, they
\ntrimmed those lamps and they <\/p>\n

647
\n00:37:07,200 –> 00:37:09,280
\nfilled them.
\nThat’s our life today. <\/p>\n

648
\n00:37:09,840 –> 00:37:11,880
\nWe gotta shine, brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

649
\n00:37:13,080 –> 00:37:16,960
\nThis world, the Ecclesia world,
\nneeds us to do that as well. <\/p>\n

650
\n00:37:17,040 –> 00:37:19,680
\nNot just the outside world, but
\nhere in the Ecclesia. <\/p>\n

651
\n00:37:19,880 –> 00:37:22,940
\nAnd boy can it be easy to get
\ndiscouraged in our community. <\/p>\n

652
\n00:37:22,940 –> 00:37:25,300
\nCan it?
\nWe got to hang in there. <\/p>\n

653
\n00:37:25,540 –> 00:37:29,780
\nWe need you all to shine that
\nlight while we are communing in <\/p>\n

654
\n00:37:29,780 –> 00:37:33,100
\nthat first holy place, so that
\nwe can get through that veil and<\/p>\n

655
\n00:37:33,100 –> 00:37:35,100
\nget into the most holy in the
\nfuture. <\/p>\n

656
\n00:37:35,380 –> 00:37:38,980
\nAnd the Lord says exactly that.
\nHe tells us that we are those <\/p>\n

657
\n00:37:38,980 –> 00:37:41,740
\nlamp stands.
\nThink about in Revelation. <\/p>\n

658
\n00:37:42,500 –> 00:37:45,580
\nOf course God’s word is a lamp
\ninto our path, but in Revelation<\/p>\n

659
\n00:37:45,780 –> 00:37:48,740
\nthat becomes personified in the
\necclesia. <\/p>\n

660
\n00:37:49,720 –> 00:37:54,120
\nThen in Revelation chapter 2,
\nthe Revelation chapter one <\/p>\n

661
\n00:37:54,160 –> 00:37:57,640
\nrather, and verse 20, it says As
\nfor the mystery of the seven <\/p>\n

662
\n00:37:57,640 –> 00:38:00,040
\nstars that you saw in my right
\nhand. <\/p>\n

663
\n00:38:00,840 –> 00:38:02,920
\nAnd the seven golden lamp
\nstands. <\/p>\n

664
\n00:38:03,200 –> 00:38:06,520
\nThe seven stars are the angels
\nof the seven ecclesias, and the <\/p>\n

665
\n00:38:06,520 –> 00:38:09,640
\nseven lamp stands over the seven
\necclesias. <\/p>\n

666
\n00:38:09,800 –> 00:38:12,040
\nIt’s us.
\nWe are that. <\/p>\n

667
\n00:38:12,080 –> 00:38:15,280
\nWe are the lamp to the world’s
\ndark path. <\/p>\n

668
\n00:38:15,480 –> 00:38:21,360
\nIt’s us, and it’s also
\nindividually as much as it is <\/p>\n

669
\n00:38:21,360 –> 00:38:24,080
\ncollectively.
\nAs we think about the Lord’s <\/p>\n

670
\n00:38:24,080 –> 00:38:26,360
\nsacrifice.
\nThere’s one moment in this life <\/p>\n

671
\n00:38:26,600 –> 00:38:30,000
\nthat I hope that as we partake
\nof these emblems now let’s try <\/p>\n

672
\n00:38:30,000 –> 00:38:31,800
\nto apply this.
\nBut think about how the Lord <\/p>\n

673
\n00:38:31,800 –> 00:38:34,480
\nreceived this.
\nDo you remember when the Lord <\/p>\n

674
\n00:38:34,480 –> 00:38:38,120
\nwas about to be taken in Luke
\nchapter 22? <\/p>\n

675
\n00:38:38,320 –> 00:38:40,000
\nI think we actually had this at
\nend of your studies. <\/p>\n

676
\n00:38:40,000 –> 00:38:44,120
\nWe might have gone through that.
\nAnd Luke, chapter 22, when he’s <\/p>\n

677
\n00:38:44,120 –> 00:38:48,770
\nabout to be taken, the Lord
\nsays, while I was with you day <\/p>\n

678
\n00:38:48,770 –> 00:38:52,170
\nby day in the temple, you did
\nnot lay your hands on me. <\/p>\n

679
\n00:38:52,970 –> 00:38:56,210
\nBut this is your hour and the
\npower of darkness. <\/p>\n

680
\n00:38:58,210 –> 00:39:01,250
\nYou know the Lord felt that
\ndarkness just like you and I do.<\/p>\n

681
\n00:39:02,650 –> 00:39:04,570
\nAnd the Lord needed in that
\nmoment. <\/p>\n

682
\n00:39:05,050 –> 00:39:09,850
\nHe needed friendship and support
\nfrom in the ecclesia. <\/p>\n

683
\n00:39:10,690 –> 00:39:14,370
\nAnd he asked for the three Peter
\nJames. <\/p>\n

684
\n00:39:14,530 –> 00:39:19,750
\nJohn And in his moment of
\ngreatest need, he came back <\/p>\n

685
\n00:39:20,430 –> 00:39:24,950
\nutterly disappointed.
\nThey were sleeping and he said <\/p>\n

686
\n00:39:24,950 –> 00:39:26,470
\nto them, couldn’t you watch One
\nhour? <\/p>\n

687
\n00:39:27,790 –> 00:39:31,030
\nAnd some of us are suffering,
\nsome of us are carrying these <\/p>\n

688
\n00:39:31,150 –> 00:39:35,950
\ngreat and and heavy burdens in
\nlife, and some of us are looking<\/p>\n

689
\n00:39:35,950 –> 00:39:37,390
\ninto each other and are we
\nsleeping? <\/p>\n

690
\n00:39:38,350 –> 00:39:39,630
\nCouldn’t you?
\nCouldn’t we watch with each <\/p>\n

691
\n00:39:39,630 –> 00:39:44,430
\nother for one hour?
\nThe Lord had only one place to <\/p>\n

692
\n00:39:44,430 –> 00:39:46,630
\nturn in that time.
\nAnd there will be times when <\/p>\n

693
\n00:39:46,630 –> 00:39:48,430
\nthere is no light other than our
\nGod. <\/p>\n

694
\n00:39:48,830 –> 00:39:52,110
\nAnd we have to say to ourselves,
\nthe Lord is my light and my <\/p>\n

695
\n00:39:52,110 –> 00:39:57,750
\nsalvation.
\nSo, brother, sister, you don’t <\/p>\n

696
\n00:39:57,750 –> 00:40:01,750
\nhave to be the light of the
\nentire world like He was. <\/p>\n

697
\n00:40:02,670 –> 00:40:08,750
\nYou are not the light, but you
\ncan be a light to someone in <\/p>\n

698
\n00:40:08,750 –> 00:40:11,950
\nneed.
\nYou can be a burning and shining<\/p>\n

699
\n00:40:11,950 –> 00:40:15,570
\nlamp.
\nTo another person’s world, and <\/p>\n

700
\n00:40:15,570 –> 00:40:18,290
\nin the multitude of all of us
\ncarrying that little bit of a <\/p>\n

701
\n00:40:18,290 –> 00:40:21,210
\nlamp, we shine such a great
\ncollective light. <\/p>\n

702
\n00:40:21,330 –> 00:40:25,930
\nIt’s like the stars in the sky.
\nWe can turn even the darkness of<\/p>\n

703
\n00:40:26,050 –> 00:40:29,890
\na period like this pandemic into
\na period of beauty as we see all<\/p>\n

704
\n00:40:29,890 –> 00:40:32,330
\nof us doing our little piece in
\nour little corner. <\/p>\n

705
\n00:40:33,570 –> 00:40:36,330
\nAnd there’s lots of little
\nchildren songs that you could <\/p>\n

706
\n00:40:36,330 –> 00:40:39,930
\nsing not for today, but you
\nknow, you could sing Give me oil<\/p>\n

707
\n00:40:39,930 –> 00:40:41,970
\nin my Lamp.
\nYou could sing this little light<\/p>\n

708
\n00:40:41,970 –> 00:40:43,930
\nof mine.
\nBut I want to bring to it to you<\/p>\n

709
\n00:40:43,930 –> 00:40:47,610
\nattention to the words of a
\nvery, very old song that I’m <\/p>\n

710
\n00:40:47,610 –> 00:40:50,770
\njust going to read as a poem to.
\nConclude how many people <\/p>\n

711
\n00:40:50,770 –> 00:40:53,370
\nremember that little red book,
\nthat little Sunday school book, <\/p>\n

712
\n00:40:53,370 –> 00:40:55,570
\nThe little red one with all the
\nSunday School songs. <\/p>\n

713
\n00:40:55,690 –> 00:40:56,930
\nRaise your hand if you remember
\nthat one. <\/p>\n

714
\n00:40:57,570 –> 00:40:59,930
\nYou remember the song?
\nJesus, Pizza shine. <\/p>\n

715
\n00:41:01,010 –> 00:41:02,010
\nCome on, Carol, you got to play
\nit. <\/p>\n

716
\n00:41:02,010 –> 00:41:04,970
\nAfter this, I’m going to read.
\nI’m going to read you the words <\/p>\n

717
\n00:41:04,970 –> 00:41:07,690
\nbecause they’re so beautiful.
\nFor children, for adults and for<\/p>\n

718
\n00:41:07,690 –> 00:41:09,930
\neveryone.
\nAnd I’d like to conclude with <\/p>\n

719
\n00:41:09,930 –> 00:41:11,930
\nthese thoughts because I think
\nthey’re so powerful. <\/p>\n

720
\n00:41:12,810 –> 00:41:18,530
\nJesus bids us shine with a pure
\nclear light, like a little <\/p>\n

721
\n00:41:18,530 –> 00:41:22,970
\ncandle burning in the night.
\nIn the world is darkness, and so<\/p>\n

722
\n00:41:22,970 –> 00:41:27,010
\nwe must shine.
\nYou and your small corner and I <\/p>\n

723
\n00:41:27,010 –> 00:41:31,270
\nin mine.
\nJesus bids us shine first of all<\/p>\n

724
\n00:41:31,270 –> 00:41:34,070
\nfor him well, He sees and knows
\nit. <\/p>\n

725
\n00:41:34,070 –> 00:41:38,670
\nWhen our light grows dim, he
\nlooks down from heaven to see us<\/p>\n

726
\n00:41:38,670 –> 00:41:41,950
\nshine.
\nYou and your small corner and I.<\/p>\n

727
\n00:41:41,950 –> 00:41:48,350
\nIn mine Jesus bids us shine.
\nFor all around many kinds of <\/p>\n

728
\n00:41:48,350 –> 00:41:53,550
\ndarkness in this world are found
\nsin and want and sorrow. <\/p>\n

729
\n00:41:54,390 –> 00:41:59,300
\nAnd so we must shine.
\nYou and your small corner and I <\/p>\n

730
\n00:41:59,300 –> 00:42:02,780
\nand mine.
\nBeautiful words, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

731
\n00:42:04,460 –> 00:42:08,020
\nThe light that we have that we
\nremember this morning was not <\/p>\n

732
\n00:42:08,020 –> 00:42:11,780
\nmeant to be undisclosed.
\nThere’s a whole world out there <\/p>\n

733
\n00:42:12,020 –> 00:42:15,140
\nwaiting for you to come.
\nAnd some attending here that are<\/p>\n

734
\n00:42:15,140 –> 00:42:19,100
\ngroping around in the darkness
\nof life, trying to find the <\/p>\n

735
\n00:42:19,100 –> 00:42:22,060
\nedges, looking for the switch,
\nlooking for a light. <\/p>\n

736
\n00:42:23,220 –> 00:42:29,830
\nThe question for us this morning
\nis, are we waiting for Christ to<\/p>\n

737
\n00:42:29,830 –> 00:42:35,670
\ncome back for the light to?
\nAppear, or will you keep this <\/p>\n

738
\n00:42:35,670 –> 00:42:40,030
\nlight to yourself?
\nBecause if we are not shining <\/p>\n

739
\n00:42:40,230 –> 00:42:47,270
\nHis light in this world, then
\nwho will so carry your lamp, run<\/p>\n

740
\n00:42:47,270 –> 00:42:49,870
\nto the darkness and go light
\nyour world? <\/p>\n

741
\n00:42:50,950 –> 00:43:06,070
\nThank you.
\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

742
\n00:43:06,070 –> 00:43:07,670
\nGood Cause Adelphian Talks
\nPodcast. <\/p>\n

743
\n00:43:08,510 –> 00:43:10,950
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\nyour walk and brightened your <\/p>\n

744
\n00:43:10,950 –> 00:43:13,350
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745
\n00:43:13,350 –> 00:43:15,070
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747
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748
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749
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\n00:43:27,840 –> 00:43:31,720
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755
\n00:43:44,200 –> 00:43:45,920
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756
\n00:43:45,920 –> 00:43:48,560
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758
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760
\n00:43:56,950 –> 00:43:59,830
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261: James Diliberto – Exhortation: You Are the Light of the World (Matt. 5)<\/a><\/blockquote>