Why does Jesus call His disciples "salt"? What are the functions of salt? Why does He mention "salt" before light? What are the characteristics of light? Why does Jesus call His disciples "light"? What are the functions of light? Why would anyone think of hiding their light or placing their light "under a basket"? How, practically, does a Christian "let their light shine"? How does light shine from a follower of Jesus? Where does the believer's light shine?

1. “You are the Light of the World”

2. 11th in a series of studies on the
Sermon on the Mount

3. 1. Anyone in the world, without the knowledge
of Jesus Christ and a relationship with God
through faith in Christ, remains in darkness.
John 1:9 That was the true Light which gives light
to every man coming into the world.
TRUE
“You are the Light of the World”

4. 1. Anyone in the world, without the knowledge
of Jesus Christ and a relationship with God
through faith in Christ, remains in darkness.
John 8:12 Then Jesus spoke to them again,
saying, “I am the light of the world. He who
follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have
the light of life.”
TRUE
“You are the Light of the World”

5. 1. Anyone in the world, without the knowledge
of Jesus Christ and a relationship with God
through faith in Christ, remains in darkness.
John 12:46 I have come as light into the world,
that whoever believes in Me should not abide
in darkness.
TRUE
“You are the Light of the World”

6. 2 Corinthians 4:3–4 But even if our gospel is
veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, 4
whose minds the god of this age has blinded,
who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel
of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God,
should shine on them. 6 For it is the God who
commanded light to shine out of darkness,
who has shone in our hearts to give the light of
the knowledge of the glory of God in the face
of Jesus Christ.
“You are the Light of the World”

7. 2. Because Jesus said “I came to give the light of
the world”, as His disciple, I am responsible
to enlighten the world.
FALSE
“You are the Light of the World”
John 8:12 Then Jesus spoke to them again,
saying, “I am the light of the world.”
Matthew 5:14 “You are the light of the
world.”

8. 3. If we believe that Jesus is God, that He is the
Messiah, and that He is our Savior and our
Lord we will be fully enlightened and never
walk in darkness.
1 John 1:5–7 God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in
darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we
walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship
with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son
cleanses us from all sin.
FALSE
“You are the Light of the World”

9. 4. Education is the only way a nation or a person
can be enlightened and know the Truth.
FALSE
Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path.
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the
truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father
except through Me.
“You are the Light of the World”

10. 4. Education is the only way a nation or a person
can be enlightened and know the Truth.
FALSE
Psalm 119:99 I have more understanding than
all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my
meditation.
2 Timothy 3:7 always learning and never able
to come to the knowledge of the Truth.
“You are the Light of the World”

11. 13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if
the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be
seasoned? It is then good for nothing
but to be thrown out and trampled
underfoot by men.

12. 14 “You are the light of the world. A city
that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15
Nor do they light a lamp and put it under
a basket, but on a lampstand, and it
gives light to all who are in the house.

13. 16 Let your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works and
glorify your Father in heaven.

15. LIGHT DARKNESS
Ephesians 6:12 We do not wrestle against flesh
and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this
age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the
heavenly places.

16. LIGHT DARKNESS
Life & Power Death & Powerless

17. LIGHT DARKNESS
Life & Power Death & Powerless
Truth & Guidance Deceit & Destruction

18. LIGHT DARKNESS
Life & Power Death & Powerless
Truth & Guidance Deceit & Destruction
Holiness & Glory Sin & Condemnation

19. A. Conversion
Ephesians 5:8 For you were once darkness,
but now you are light in the Lord.
Colossians 1:13–14 He has delivered us
from the power of darkness and conveyed
us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
14 in whom we have redemption through
His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

20. B. Identity with Christ
John 1:4 In Him was life, and the life was
the light of men.
Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine
before men, that they may see your good
works and glorify your Father in heaven.

21. B. Identity with Christ
1 John 2:8–10 A new commandment I
write to you, which thing is true in Him and
in you, because the darkness is passing
away, and the true light is already shining. 9
He who says he is in the light, and hates his
brother, is in darkness until now. 10 He who
loves his brother abides in the light, and
there is no cause for stumbling in him.

22. Exodus 10:21–23 So
Moses stretched out his
hand toward heaven,
and there was thick
darkness in all the land
of Egypt three days. 23
They did not see one
another; nor did anyone
rise from his place for
three days. But all the
children of Israel had
light in their dwellings.

23. Romans 2:17-19 Indeed you are called a Jew,
and rest on the law, and make your boast in
God, 18 and know His will, and approve the
things that are excellent, being instructed out
of the law, 19 and are confident that you
yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to
those who are in darkness,

25. A. “Light of the World”
B. “City set on a Hill”
C. “A Lamp on a Lampstand”

27. Herodium

29. SALT LIGHT
Prevents Decay Promotes Life

30. SALT LIGHT
Prevents Decay Promotes Life
Invisible Visible

31. SALT LIGHT
Prevents Decay Promotes Life
Invisible Visible
Limited Contact Far-Reaching Contact

32. A. “Let your light shine”
“Nor do they
light a lamp and
put it under a
basket”

33. B. “Walk in the light”
Ephesians 5:8–14 You were once darkness, but now you
are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light 9 (for the
fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and
truth), 10 finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. 11
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of
darkness, but rather expose them. 12 For it is shameful
even to speak of those things which are done by them in
secret. 13 But all things that are exposed are made
manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is
light. 14 Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, arise
from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”

34. “O GOD, IF ONLY WE HAD JOINED HANDS SOONER”

35. Philippians 2:12–16 …work out your own
salvation with fear and trembling; 13 for it is
God who works in you both to will and to do
for His good pleasure. 14 Do all things without
complaining and disputing, 15 that you may
become blameless and harmless, children of
God without fault in the midst of a crooked and
perverse generation, among whom you shine
as lights in the world, 16 holding fast the word
of life,

36. Matthew 5:17-20

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