the call to be light
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6 Calls On Your Life
The Call to be Light
John 8:12 I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in darkness but have the light of life.
The Call to be Light
Matt. 5:14 You are the light of the world.
The Call to be Light
Matt. 5:15 A city set on a hill cannot be hidden nor do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl.. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
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The Call to be Light
Matt. 5:16 Let your life so shine before men that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father in heaven.
We Reveal…
• Who God really is.
We Reveal…
The way to God:
John 14:6 I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father but through me.
We Reveal…
The value of living God’s way
Prov. 10:9 He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his way will be found out.
We Reveal…
The problems of living other ways
Proverbs 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
We Reveal…
Matt. 5:16 Let your life so shine before men that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father in heaven.
We Reveal…
They see the value of who God is:
• We do the things that reveal God’s reality.
• We say the things that reveal God’s reality.
• We don’t do/say the things that confuse his reality.
We Walk the Talk
1 Timothy 1:5 The goal of our instruction is love, that issues from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith.
We Walk the Talk
1 Thess. 4:11 Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.
We Walk the Talk
Prov. 16:28 A perverse man stirs up dissension and a gossip separates close friends.
We Walk the Talk
Eph. 5:22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.
We Walk the Talk
John 13:34-35 A new command I give you that you love one another as I have loved you…. By this all men will know that you are my disciples if you love one another.
We Walk the Talk
Phil. 2:14-15 Do everything without grumbling or complaining so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life...
We Walk the Talk
1 Corinthians 1:10 I appeal to you, brothers, that all of you agree and that there be no divisions among you.
We Share Our Faith
1 Peter 3:15 In your hearts, set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect…
We Share Our Faith
Acts 10:38 And you know that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Then Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
We Share Our Faith
Titus 3:8 And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good.
