Sunday Service 051621

Good morning. Good morning. How are you? Are the light of the world CD? Lady said, he'll do men, light a candle and put it under a Candlestick, your light. So shine before men, they may see your good works and glorify your father, Matthew chapter 216

Amen. Amen. I hope we truly believe that every song and begin our praises to God this morning, I'm hoping that you are able to pick up on the thing. It was a theme that I intended to convey to us this morning and that was the scene of like Adam said every week and I come up I am glad to be here on the Lord's day. I am glad to be here in the Lord's house. And I'm glad to be here among the people as we enter into this covid-19 transmission. I've been thinking of the church and what it would take to get people back into coming to the worship services. but as I began to develop my lesson this week, I realized that. My thought process is the thing that I was trying to go about it were a little mixed up. I was focused on the wrong thing, I was focused on what I can do and how I can do it instead of what God can do and how to do it. We know that God can do anything, but the Bible says that, you know, if God be for us then who can be against us? And so be at the realize that Jesus God, his son, God the Father God, the Holy Spirit. And I know what I what I speak of God and I was the Wednesday night and I want us to realize that we talked of the god, that God is a Triune being and we shouldn't start outside in God and focusing on one part too much because God, Is unit. God is, love, God is Black. Jesus said in John, the 12th chapter of the focus on him and first number 32, that if I be lifted up, From here, I will draw all men unto me. Well, I never thought I'd come to this point that I have Pro, but here I am struggling with my glass. But to Jesus should be the focus of all things in this world because Jesus is what this world truly need. Jesus is the answer is a song called for the world today that above him. There is no other. Jesus is the way this world that we live in, it isn't dark, and it is under the control of the Prince of Darkness. But there is a remedy to this problem. And so today I would like for you to consider my top, let your light shine, we're all familiar with the test, but before I get into the text, I like to give you a little background on the Book of Matthew and what led up to the tech today, the Book of Matthew was one of four gospels, ever recorded in Arkansas. It is one of three, Cigna optic gospels. Now, the word synoptic comes from a Greek word and action. Two Greek words is a compound word. The first word is seen which means with, and the second part is optic, which means so when those two words for put together, the words and knocked it conveys, the meaning, with the same up to Matthew, Mark, and Luke Panda, 3, synopsis gospel, they would cover many of the things bit, and Jesus is blocked. And most of them came from the ministry in gallery and in much the same or But there are differences in them to Matthew was written to a Jewish body there for. And Matthew were going to find things by Matthew references prophecy, a lot in the Book of Matthew, because he's a Jew would know what the Prophecy of the Messiah should be, and he would then go and show a picture showing how Jesus fulfilled, the Old Testament prophecies and soda Matthew. As he starts to write a book, a gin, he begin with the genealogy. And so and again and understanding who is audience was we can see that he keyed in on two prominent figures in Jewish history that is Dave and Abraham. Matthew, the 1st chapter and verse 1 says, the book of the generation of Jesus Christ, that is the genealogy of Jesus Christ, his son, baby, son of Abraham. And when he says the son of David, they knew what he meant because the son of Danny bills at the stupidity has come to redeem the people and establish his kingdom and 2nd Annual the 7th, chapter verses 12 and 13 respond at the right. And right, when I tell people filled and I shall sleep with that father, I will set up their dead after be with your for Speed out of that Bob will establish his kingdom. Jesus, that mess was right enough voice back to Samuels. And then he goes and tell me the time of Abraham build, a promise of that, our nation would be blessed forever, ham. We find in Genesis chapter number 3, that's all. They were hamburgers in be all the families of the earth, be blessed in Jesus, all the family, you and Gentiles alike, male, and female a lot, and free alike. Matthew, he knew this and thought he made sure that he directed it to his audience and then after Book of Matthew, we come to the chapter where Jesus is being baptized by John the Baptist and this book The prophecy then and it shows that the father in the Holy Spirit, both approve of Jesus, and acknowledge Jesus and panty for his dad, that he would involve the spirit of God, with the spinning on him like a dub, and it was waiting upon him. And then, there came a boy, telling his mother loves him and taught the father recognized Jesus. And again, I'm asking you to search that for me and God is God, that we pay attention that bothered we have time and we have no one is more important than the other, but they both are different roles in perfect unity and harmony. Do Jesus. Again, Matthew was saying from the very beginning, is God himself. After the baptism of Jesus, we find the devil creeping up, as it empties is interesting because I would see that in Genesis, the first chapter, when God created man ever show me the rap, the death, the devil waste, no time in coming to us. So, Jesus being tempted of the devil after the baptizing was taken up into the desert and Matthew the 4th chapter verses 1 through 11. And this is big with this shows. What is that we already thinking that Jesus was did it, but this shows it's in Matthew 4 chapter 11 1 through 11. That Jesus was also fully human and if he were riding with steak the same thing as he tells us Hebrews the fourth chapter and verse number 15 E7. We don't have a high priests that can't be with her feelings in all of our infirmities, but it was an Allpoint. Just as we are yet without seeing Jesus went to the very same thing that you did. He was tempted of the yard. He was different people pictures of the private part. What did Jesus do? When the devil came to Jesus? He went to the word of God. He can't say nothing. It is written. And then we want to better things and you have to understand that we must give him is written. So Jesus he's attempted. Matthew shows us that Jesus, Matthew shows that Jesus was born a man and then Jesus as he begins his public Ministry and Jen are the masses of 5th chapter. Versus number on the 5th. Chapter starting the first number once, he starts off with the Beatitudes and I'm sure we're all familiar with that. Said, statement of scriptures are the Beatitudes in as he finishes the Beatitudes, he gets into Transmission in his speaking of thought in life. So this brings us to our subject and I'd like you to turn your files to Matthew the 5th. Chapter starting at verse number 14, we're going to talk about preset, the power, the purpose of life. In Matthew, the 5th, chapter and verse number 14, we learned something. Jesus said, we are the light of the word.

Here in this very first car, we find that Matthews is a literary style that Paul frequently used in his letters and that he first started with indicative and then get to him. Now this is important that we understand and Vicky that Panda. Because when we don't understand that it caused us to get out of whack of things that we start the place, the then carry the first and that would lead us to a workspace type of religion and we're we're trying to work things out. I feel that we find all throughout scripture and allies that we will try to do it ourselves. It doesn't work out too good. So what is the importance of indicative. It's literally saw you met at and I'm so glad that you did cuz Been picking. It shows a spine or something that has bit. It says, geography of the world. She didn't even telling us to do something telling us who we are. We are like, we are the light of the world. So because We are the light of the world that was the greatest compliment. The highest compliment that can be given to a Jew. Because she's himself was the light. And now he's saying that you are the light of the world Jesus was black as prophesied beginning. Isaiah the 42nd chapter and verse number 612, Isaiah the 49th chapter and verse number 9, and this life that was prophesied in Isaiah was being fulfilled by Jesus in John. The first chapter verses 6 through 9 verse John said that, you know, that there was a man that was God, whose name was John. And this man being Johnny, came for women to Bear witness of what to Bear witness of the life that all men might believe but John was not that life. But what's a bear with me? Some of that life that was Jesus again, is the true light that lighteth every movie that coming through the world. Again, the focus is on Jesus, the light of the world. That light was being proclaimed by Jesus himself. Jesus spoke of himself as being the life tales and we spoken of and John the eighth chapter and verse. Number 12 GPS says, I am the light of the world, Jesus is the light of this world and as Christian as Christians, we have the same honor and responsibility of being called that. Like we find it first beginning in Hebrews 13, chapter and verse. Number 47, it was spoken to Paul and Barnabas when they went to the Gentiles. This again is referring back to Isaiah because it's about the suffering servant and it said that for the Lord has no Commander that saying that I said to be a light unto the Gentiles that they shouldn't be but that should be Salvation unto the ends of the Earth in light of the world Resort is what he's paying me saying that we are that life with me in the second to the number 15 that we may be blameless and harmless the Thunder God with that review in the midst of a crooked and perverse Nation, among whom you shine as bright in the world. We are the light of the world and the world here is at Evan's. It's being poked, a place where is talking about darkness and blindness and and, and no siding. So we don't want to be in this type of condition becomes a power with Mike, as I stated earlier that the world wasn't targeted. And that's why we have liked to Sean to be a pain to the world. Because the be in darkness has to be blind to be. Contrary to the word of God for God is like 1st John the 5th chapter verse 1, through 7 letters know that God is like an Indian in him, is no Darkness at all. See the first theater, very first thing that God did after creating the Earth was to apply light 2nd Corinthians 4 chapter verse number, six for God who commands the right to shine out of darkness and shine in our hearts, to give the light of knowledge and the glory of the father, in the face of Jesus Christ, and who never likes my little light shine because Blake has power and light illuminate, white guy fights like shows awake light, protect it does all the thing. The very first thing I did it created, you know, it would begin in Genesis chapter one, is that the God created the heavens and the Earth, and what the very first thing after that, it said that if there was it was it was dark and it didn't have anything. But God sent Serebii wife understand that God producer life even before he produced his son. And so this light, was it normal for Luminate the world? It was ordered to show God's presence in the world that you previously read that he is right at work. God damn, there can't be any Darkness. Let there be light and there was like it. Illuminating, they got rid of the darkness, you my love, you my love but we can understand. If you read our Bible study better chance we'll find in the end of later on. I believe. In the book Moby Dick you will find that there was a war in heaven, and there was a war between Satan and his angels, than Michael and his angels. That Peyton was talked down to the yard and he was going to be held here until the time came, when the time comes, he'll be taking him to the Lake of Fire. But if he was cast down from the beginning and do what God did the Saints win over this world completely. But what he did was he gave a man, any man that God has given me an answer to do and to have a perfect authority over the world. And it just Do the rest of the power of the rules here but he did the man cave, Kentucky matter of. Jesus Christ that light that looks like, John the 3rd Chapter verses 3 through 19 says that this is the condemnation that the light has come to the world and Men loved Darkness, rather than life. The weirdest human cancel of those things that are dark and never notice when someone tries to do something with it, going through, they go try too hard to hide in the dark because their deeds are people, they don't want to get caught, so they sneak into the shadow, that sneak into those dark places, but there's nothing for every one that doeth evil face. No one wants to come out into the light when they're doing something good, they want to be all sneaky about it and do it in the dark alleys and in places where there's not much visibility because they don't want to come into the light less than peace should be reproved. They understand everything coming to the light and they they're going to get exposed but he better do it through it, then to look like when you're in the word of God, you have to Gina Gina said, I am the way, the truth and the life no man can come to the father but by me. So when you come to the truth coming to the right and that your jeans, they'll be made manifest in God. When you come to the wife, he said, when you feel you've been translated out of Darkness into his kingdom of white, and if you've been transforming translated into Virginia, Please light bet. You're right. Sean is with Matthew with rent. What else does like like guide?

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Even if you fly to Texas, when you get over El Paso on all that still just going to see messenger. Nothing you see the child from the elevation for this is nothing but laying in the DFW. Right. Right. City. Like they did with writing a song. 419 chapter verse five. It didn't die word is a lamp unto my feet and a light place that we are the light shows.

You know, we'll see a lot of people when you know everything when they live in that area. You have streetlights said that they go down the streets of the illuminate, the card for the sidewalks are the blackout in my neighborhood. A few weeks ago, you can tell you just can't see. Anything, just dark four blocks blocked in blocked out that like guys who died was to protect that life is not meant to be here for 15th of the Beaver. Do men hide a candle and put it in a bushel, but they put it on the Candlestick where giveth white all better in the house. I was reading the story said that there was a Lighthouse Keeper.

And his son had been on a whaling Voyage in the father was expecting him to come home on a particular life. but that very night in which the father was expecting him to come home, it found itself, pirated fell asleep and while they slept there came a Mighty Wind in a four-wheel jail that swept up the coastal water, the light in the lighthouse was the sting Wendell and awake. He looked toward the shore and their resolve vessel that it be rich soon. He rushed over to the beach and he was horrified to see the body of his son walks upon the Shore by Randy Quaid. That's Bob. I've been waiting for his son for months. but when the boy was finally within sight, He was lost. Because the father has seriously. Allow his life to go out. This is what happens to us in the world. We at the church. Allow our lot to stop the world could no longer see, Jesus Christ. And if the group,

Let your light shine before me. That they may see your good works. Unfortunately, we don't do that. We hide our life by being quiet, when we should be talkin to some by going along with the crowd you ever hear that getting up going along just to get real loud and Life to go out or not. The true who allows things in the world to just go on and we say nothing about We allowed my life to be put out and he didn't when we let me send them or witness for Christ. We let our light go out by not explaining the truth of Christ. The other we let our light go out when we ignore the needs of us.

Put your cat under a bush. I mean, your Camp, your light under a bushel but I'm a candle as perfect as it seems that we are the light of the world. And I talked about this indicate who you are because you are the light of the world is what you will do.

What is Sean? We saw it because we are locked. And we are a reflection of the true life. This is an important thing is we don't want to be the lottery. So we are, like, Jesus is a life of the life just like the guy, but it reflects the light of the sun will reflect the life of Jesus Christ. First Corinthians, the first chapter in me, the 10th chapter and verse number 31, we do this Burr, good work, whatever you do. And where they do all to the glory of God TV reflects the light of Jeep. Do we know those good words? We don't do good work understand this again. Sometime if I go to church if I clean the little more, if I give a little more If I, if I, if I just do a little more physical things but I'm good. Then I'll become a better Christian, that's not what makes you a Christian, what makes you a Christian? And when you put on Jesus, in baptism the Lord asks you to the body of Christ and because you were added to the body would fight. You are the light of the virtues of Jesus because you are reflecting the keys with the reflection. Do they show that which is already there because you are like, because you are cute. You are one of his apartment party and you do, you don't do it, you Christian.

If there's no good working. Brenda Christina. Parkway

You haven't let your light shine if you have not been letting your light shine. You need to repent. You need to ask you, to forgive you of your sins, and you need to go and let your light shine understand who you are understanding. You are a child of the king. Ye are the light.

You are a son of God. if you're not a member of the church, however, you are

Do you want to put on Jesus today? You can do so by hearing is work Thursday, 17th October faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. After you hear you believe, what are you believe? You believe that Jesus is the son of God. Why, cuz it without faith, it's impossible to believe that he is and that he's sick of. You didn't repent of your sins Route, 13 and 3, except you show all way, all likewise perish. After repentance. You must confess the sweetest name, knowing the Mortal time. Did the Matthew chapter verse 32, people capacity for men, hair loss of the capacity for my father. He goes in the first 33 and said, but if you deny me before men, I'm going to deny you for my father was in Paris, last but not least, you must be baptized for the remission of your pain. You're not baptized to show its outward. Sign of any rate you got baptized today At the phone with your backpack because it forget it. Is it will put you into the blood of fright. The Bible says, in the people that believe the two chapter 4:32. Michelle in the blood, there is no remission of sin. In the Bible says March 16th at verse 16. He that believeth and is baptized, if it was a Red Letter Bible, these are the words of Jesus, if you love Jesus. Jesus said that you love me, you keep my Commandments his commandment playing these damn. He that believeth he doesn't even know what is baptism.

I'm sure I've gave you plenty of person. That's why you should be back, and don't give me the pictures of a really don't know. I'm just hearing the truth. What is the old man? You became the 53rd telling people about Jesus, and if you're saying that you're sticking up for Jesus, I'm assuming that you picked up your Bible, and you bring me a little bit about Jesus, and what he's done for you and now that, you know, you can't stay because you even fill up a little more water.

There's no reason, you know, but you shouldn't been getting in the water and bring a baptism to put yourself on the side of white people make your life.

I hope I said something to you today, to make you better Christian today than you were yesterday to make you better tomorrow than you were today. If you want to put God on the back, picking you send me your hand and give God, your heart ever seen imitation song. I invite