14“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden… 16In the same

way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify

your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:14,16

Light of the World1. Jesus’ Example

2. Our Reservations3. God’s Grace

1. Jesus’ Example

16And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. 17This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment:

In this world we are like Jesus.

1 John 4:16-17

18“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to

the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of

sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, 19to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

Luke 4:18-19

18“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to

the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of

sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, 19to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

Luke 4:18-19

“Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the

lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised,

and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.”

Luke 7:22

2. Our Reservations

13When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary

place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. 14When Jesus

landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

Matthew 14:13-14

“…and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the

oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the

noonday.”

Isaiah 58:10

3. God’s Grace

18He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.

19And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were

foreigners in Egypt.

Deuteronomy 10:18-19

Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has

shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.”

Luke 7:47

10This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an

atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12No one has

ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is

made complete in us.

1 John 4:10-12

Light of the World1. Jesus’ Example

2. Our Reservations3. God’s Grace