The Light of Christmas Part 4/Christmas Lights Call Us to Shine
Pastor Lee Faust
Part of Sermons
December 22, 2024

Webster defines SHINE:
-to be bright by reflection of light
-to perform extremely well
-to have a bright glowing appearance
-to be conspicuously evident or clear
As a verb:
-to cause to emit light
-to throw or direct the light of…

“In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness but the darkness has not understood it.”
John 1:4-5


WHEN WE ARE AROUND OTHERS,

WHAT WE ABOUT

“Saul spent a few days getting acquainted with the Damascus disciples, but then went right to work, wasting no time, preaching in the meeting places that this Jesus was the Son of God.”
Acts 9:19-20

“Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.”
1 Corinthians 15:1-5

“All those hearing him continued to be amazed, and were saying, “Is this not he who in Jerusalem destroyed those who called on this name, and who had come here for the purpose of bringing them bound before the chief priests?”
Acts 9:21


WHEN WE ARE QUESTIONED BY OTHERS,

IN OUR OF

“Saul preached with such power that he completely confused the Jewish people in Damascus, as he tried to show them that Jesus is the Messiah. Later some of them made plans to kill Saul…”
Acts 9:22-23


WHEN OTHERS THREATEN YOU BECAUSE YOU SHINE,

ON IN THE OF

“…but Saul learned of their plan. Day and night they kept close watch on the city gates in order to kill him. But his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall.”
Acts 9:24-25


WHEN WE HAVE SEEN GOD’S LIGHT WHAT ARE WE TO DO,

OUR WITH

“This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us.”
1 John 1:5-10