You are the Light of the World

Sunday, 06/22/2008

Matthew 5:13-20

Key verse 5:14a

“You are the light of the world.”

Read verse 13.  What kinds of things is salt good for?  What does it mean to be the salt of the earth?  What will happen if we lose our saltiness?  

Read verse 14-16.  Why is light necessary?  How can we be the light of the world (16)?

Read verses 17-18.  The Law and the Prophets refer to all the words of the Old Testament.  What does it mean that Jesus came, not to abolish, but to fulfill them?

  

Read verses 19-20.  What part should we take in fulfilling the words of God?  Why did Jesus say that our righteousness must surpass that of the Pharisees and teachers of the law?