Tuesday bible study 16 May 2023

 

IT IS TIME TO SHINE (par t 2)

Text: Matthew 5:13-16

INTRODUCTION

If light refuses to shine, it ceases to carry out the original purpose

for which it is meant. No wonder Jesus Christ said “if salt looses

its saltness or savour, it is good for nothing but to be trampled

under the foot of men. As well if light cannot shine again, it

becomes irrelevant. May your light not become irrelevant and

useless in Jesus name. Matt. 6:23.

A. BENEFITS OF SHINING

i. Your life affects others regularly as you keep shining. Salt affects

anything it comes in contact with, so also the life of every child of

God ought to affect the people around him or her.

ii. You become a terror to the kingdom of darkness. Darkness is

always threatened in the presence of light. David, Daniel and

Paul are examples of people that troubled hell.

iii. Boldness becomes a lifestyle. Light is not afraid of darkness.

Fear is associated with darkness.

Col. 4:5-6, Isa. 60:3, Phil. 2:15, Eph. 5:8-14, Prov. 28:1,

Acts 4:13, Acts 19:8, II Tim. 1:7.

B. DANGERS OF NOT SHINING

I. BACKSLIDING Peter could not openly profess Jesus as His

Lord because he was afar. Demas forsook the Lord because of

the things of the world.

II. SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL DEATH- Saul was an anointed

king, but because of disobedience to God, his light became

darkness. He became a man who consulted witches coven that

he condemned at the beginning of his reign. Samson is also

another example. He died spiritually when God left him before his

physical death.

Matt. 26:58, 69-74, 2 Tim. 4:10, I Sam. 28:3, 6-7, Judges 16:20-

30.