• In a large cave one can experience probably the closest man can get to total darkness

• There one can get some idea of the world without light and of the absolute necessity of light on earth

• USES OF LIGHT– Dispels darkness – Light supports life – Light source of all power on the earth – Light from the sun greatest source of

energy known to man

• GOD'S PEOPLE ARE CALLED LIGHTS – Light of the world Matt 5:14 – Shine as lights in the world Phil 2:15 – Children of light 1Thess 5:5 – Walk in the light 1Jhn 1:7 – Turn from darkness to light Acts 26:18 – Congregations called lampstands Rev 2&3

• CHRISTIANS AS LIGHTS – Dispel darkness Psa 119:105; 1Jhn 1:5;

Acts 26:18 – Light necessary for life Rom 6:23; Jhn 14:6 – There is power in light Rom 1:16; Isa 55:11– Christians are lights (reflected light) - we

exemplify the life of Christ 1Pet 2:21; Matt 5:16; 2Cor 3:2; 1Cor 11:1

• FAILURE TO SHINE AS LIGHTS – If our light has gone out we are of no more

use than salt that has lost it's savor – If we are not lights we are in darkness – If we walk in darkness we lie and do not

the truth 1Jhn 1:6 – All liars have their part in the lake of fire

Rev 21:8

• Imagine ourselves as mirrors, reflecting the image of God and Christ

• Visualize old and new mirror - one reflects a distorted image the other doesn't

• Do you reflect the image of Christ or the image of the world

• Is you light burning bright on a candlestick or hidden under a bushel?