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Verse Matthew 5:16. _LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE_] Or more literally,
_Thus let_ _your light shine_, ουτω λαμψατω το φως. As
the sun is lighted up in the firmament of heaven to diffuse its light
and heat...
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LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE ... - Let your holy life, your pure
conversation, and your faithful instructions, be everywhere seen and
known. Always, in all societies, in all business, at home and abroad,
i...
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5. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE KING CONCERNING HIS KINGDOM. CHAPTER S 5-7
_ 1. The Characteristics of the heirs of the Kingdom.(Matthew 5:1 .)
2. The Confirmation of the Law and its Expansion.(Matthew 5:...
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Mt. here brings together material (_a)_ found scattered in Lk., (_b)_
peculiar to himself.
MATTHEW 5:13. SALT AND LIGHT. Good men are not only rewarded in the
coming age, they help the world now and...
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EVEN SO, LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE.
Like the city set on. hill, or the lighted lamp on. stand. We are
told, 1. To let our light shine, 2. Before men, 3. By good works, 4.
That they may glorify the Father i...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (Matthew 5:1-48)
As we have already seen, Matthew has a careful pattern in his gospel.
In his story of the baptism of Jesus he shows us Jesus realizing that
the hour has struc...
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SO. thus.
THAT. so that....
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_Let your light so shine_ The word translated "shine" is rendered
"giveth light" in the preceding verse. It would be better to use the
same English word in both cases. _So_= "in like manner." _That_is...
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_JESUS' TEACHING ABOUT INFLUENCE AND LAW MATTHEW 5:13-20:_ Those that
exhibit the characteristics of the beatitudes become the salt of the
earth and the light of the world. Those with humble and pure...
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DISCOURSE: 1296
CHRISTIANS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
Matthew 5:14. _Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an
hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a
bushel, b...
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NEITHER DO MEN LIGHT A CANDLE, &C.— This seems to be a proverbial
expression. See the application that Christ makes of it on another
occasion; Mark 4:21.Luke 8:16; Luke 11:33. They formerly used _lamp...
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B. THE MISSION OF THE WISE AND GODLY MAN
TEXT: 5:13-16
13. Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor,
wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but
to b...
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Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good
works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MEN, THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD
WORKS, AND GLORIFY...
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18-19 Compare Mar_1:16-18; Luk_5:1-11; Joh_1:40-42.
21-22 Compare Mar_1:19-20; Luk_5:10-11.
23 See Mar_1:21-39.
25 Compare Mar_3:7-8.
1-2 Compare Luk_6:20:23.
1 The “Sermon on the Mount” was proba...
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5:16 upright (c-14) I do not put 'good works,' because it has
acquired the force of benevolent actions, which is not the force here,
but all that is upright and honourable and comely, what ought to b...
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LET YOUR LIGHT] This is not inconsistent with the command to be humble
and to do good by stealth, especially as the collective good works of
the Christian brotherhood as a whole are chiefly spoken of....
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
John 5:1 to John 7:29. The Sermon on the Mount: see Luke 6:20. This
sermon is so similar to the sermon reported by St. Luke (Luke 6:20),
that it is
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THE RELATION OF CHRIST'S DISCIPLES TO THE WORLD. Nothing corresponding
to this section is found in St. Luke's sermon, but parallels occur in
Luke 14:34 and Luke 11:33. The section is well placed by St...
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 5
JESUS TEACHES 5:1–7:29
INTRODUCTION
This is the first of the five main sections that report what Jesus
taught in Matthew’s *gospe...
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LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE. — The English form of the sentence is
somewhat misleading, or at least ambiguous. It is not simply, Let your
light so shine that men may glorify; but, “Thus, like the lamp on...
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CHAPTER 7
The Gospel of the Kingdom
("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 7:1
IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon
on the Mount"; yet, so smal...
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οὕτω. Do ye as they do in cottage life: apply the parable.
λαμψάτω, let your light shine. Don't use means to prevent it,
turning the rare exception of household practice into the rule, so
extinguishin...
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_Disciple functions_. It is quite credible that these sentences formed
part of the Teaching on the Hill. Jesus might say these things at a
comparatively early period to the men to whom He had already...
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THE NEW SALT AND LIGHT OF HUMAN SOCIETY
Matthew 5:10-16
We must expect to be persecuted, if we hold up the pure light of a
consistent life amid the evils of the world. Men hate the light which
expose...
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In the three Chapter s beginning here we have the Magna Charta of the
Kingdom. This chapter opens with a great revelation of its supreme
condition. Character is everything. The first word is suggestiv...
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CHAPTER 16
SERMON ON THE MOUNT
Matthew 5-7, and Luke 6:20-49. A few days ago it was my privilege to
spend two beautiful bright days at the sea of Galilee, sailing over
it, and visiting the places of...
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Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Well may the LORD'S people rejoice, convinced of their interest in
him. Luke 10:20; P...
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God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our
Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the
infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
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_THE INFLUENCE OF CHRISTIAN LIFE_
‘Ye are the light of the world.… Let your light so shine before
men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which
is in heaven.’
Matthew 5:14; M...
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16._Let your light shine before men _After having taught the apostles
that, in consequence of the rank in which they are placed, both their
vices and their virtues are better known for a good or bad e...
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He then gathers around Him those who were definitively to follow Him
in His ministry and His temptations; and, at His call, to link their
portion and their lot with His, forsaking all beside.
The str...
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LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MEN,.... Here Christ applies the
foregoing simile to his disciples, and more fully opens the meaning
and design of it. His sense is this; that the light of the Gospel,
w...
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Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Ver. 16. _Let your light so shine before men_] We use to hang the
picture of a dear...
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_Let your light_ The light of that doctrine which you receive from me,
and the light of your holy conversation, _so shine before men_ Be so
evident and apparent unto men, _that they may see your good...
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SHINE; let the goodness of your principles be seen in your conduct,
that men may be led to honor God, the author of all good. Consistent
Christian example is a means of leading men to honor God, and o...
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Jesus Himself applies the parable: LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MEN
THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS, AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN
HEAVEN.
The policy of obscuration, of hiding beliefs and co...
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From every direction He attracted followers, Galilee mentioned first,
but also Decapolis beyond the sea of Galilee, Jerusalem and Judea, and
east of Jordan. No doubt their motives for following Him we...
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13-16 Ye are the salt of the earth. Mankind, lying in ignorance and
wickedness, were as a vast heap, ready to putrify; but Christ sent
forth his disciples, by their lives and doctrines to season it w...
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Our Saviour now plainly tells us what he intended by the comparisons
before mentioned. Let the light of that doctrine which you receive
from me, and the light of your holy conversation, (the latter by...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II
That God is the Creator of the world is accepted even by those very
persons who in many ways speak against Him, and yet acknowledge Him,
styling Him the Creator, and...
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Matthew 5:16 your G5216 light G5457 so G3779 shine G2989 (G5657)
before G1715 men G444 that G3704 see...
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RATHER THAN DESERVING REPROACH AND CALUMNIATION THEY ARE TO BE THE
SALT OF THE EARTH AND THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD (5:13-16).
Having commenced His sermon by revealing what the disciples are, by
virtue of...
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THE PERSECUTION OF THE GODLY, AND THE BLESSEDNESS THAT IS SEEN TO BE
THEIRS AS A RESULT. THEY WILL THEREFORE BE LIKE THE PROPHETS OF OLD
WHO WERE ALSO PERSECUTED, AND WILL BE THE SALT OF THE EARTH AND...
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Matthew 5:16. EVEN SONG OF SOLOMON, _i.e._, like the city on the hill,
the candle on the candlestick, not ‘so that they may see,' as the
common version might be understood.
LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE BEFOR...
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GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding
of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on
earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
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The scene (Matthew 5:1), the formal preface of the Evangelist (Matthew
5:2); the opening description of the citizens of the kingdom of heaven
(Matthew 5:3-10); their relation to the world ...
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EVEN SO
(ουτως). The adverb points backward to the lamp-stand. Thus men
are to let their light shine, not to glorify themselves, but "your
Father in heaven." Light shines to see others by, not to c...
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Matthew 5:16
True religion a Manifestation.
I. It is the design of God that His true servants should show the
world around them what they are, and should not only possess faith,
love, and the other f...
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Matthew 5:14
I. "Ye are the light of the world." The words are, so to speak, a
reflection of a higher and more perfect truth which was to be spoken
hereafter by our Lord Himself. "I am," He said, "the...
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Matthew 5:13
Influence of Christian Character.
I. Christians such Christians as those to whom the Beatitudes of the
previous verses belong are called to be, and will be, the "salt of the
earth," and...
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Matthew 5:13. _Ye are the salt of the earth:_
The earth would go putrid if there were no salt of grace to preserve
it. So, dear friends, if God's grace is in you, there is a pungent
savor about you w...
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Matthew 5:1. _And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain:
and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his
mouth, and taught them, saying,-_
Our Saviour soon gathered a...
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CONTENTS: Sermon on the mount. Beatitudes. Believer as salt and light.
Christ's relation to the law. Divorce.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus.
CONCLUSION: The relationship of a child of God will be manifeste...
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Matthew 5:1. _Seeing the multitudes,_ assembled from six provinces to
see and to hear the great, the promised prophet, who had opened his
ministry with glorious miracles. But our Saviour looked upon t...
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YOUR LIGHT MUST SHINE. Christians allow their light to shine by doing
good things which honor God in the eyes of people. People are more
impressed by what you do, than by what you say....
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:1 The Authoritative Message of the
Messiah: Kingdom Life for His Disciples. This is the first of five
major teaching sections in Matthew 1:1 (chs....
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Jesus teaches about being the light of the world Matthew 5:14-16; Mark
4:21-22; Luke 8:16-18; Luke 11:33-36;...
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CHAPTER 5
_Went up into a mountain._ Let us inquire what mountain this was?
"Some simple brethren," says S. Jerome, "think that Christ taught the
Beatitudes, and the things which follow, on the mount...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
GENERAL REMARKS ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
_The aim and contents of the_ “_Sermon_.”—No mere sermon is
this, only distinguished from others of its class by its reach and
sweep and po...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 5:1
AND SEEING THE MULTITUDES; _i.e. _those spoken of in Matthew
4:25—the multitudes who were at that point of time following him. HE
WENT UP. From the lower ground by the lake. I...
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Tonight we have the Sermon on the Mount, what a fantastic portion of
scripture. Matthew five,
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he has
sat down, his disciples came unto...
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1 Corinthians 14:25; 1 John 1:5; 1 Peter 2:12; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 Peter 3:
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So shine [ο υ τ ω ς]. Often misconceived, as if the meaning were
"Let your light shine in such a way that men may see," etc. Standing
at the beginning of the sentence, it points back to the illustrati...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
Matthew 5:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The key to the Sermon on the Mount is found in Matthew 4:23 :
"preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom."
Before the Lord sat a great crowd of p...
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That they may see — and glorify — That is, that seeing your good
works, they may be moved to love and serve God likewise....