4836 light, and people of God
Scripture often uses light as a symbol of the people of God, and especially the manner in which believers are able and required to reflect the glory of God in a dark world of sin.
The people of God as the light of the world
Mt 5:14-16 See also Ps 37:5-6; Pr 4:18; Pr 13:9; Isa 58:8-10; Isa 60:1-5; Isa 62:1; Da 12:3; Lk 2:32; Ac 13:47
Examples of believers acting as light to the world
Moses on Mount Sinai: Ex 34:29-30,352Sa 23:3-4 the righteous ruler, fully realised in Jesus Christ; Job 29:21-25 Job as a counsellor; Jn 5:35 John the Baptist; Ac 6:15 Stephen; Php 2:15 the Philippian church
God is the source of the light of his people
God and his law as the source of light Ps 27:1; Ps 118:27 See also Jdg 5:31; Job 11:13-17; Job 22:27-28; Ps 19:8; Ps 34:5; Ps 56:13; Ps 97:11; Pr 6:23; Ecc 8:1; Isa 60:19-20; Jn 1:5
The gospel of forgiveness as a source of light Ac 26:17-18 See also Job 33:28-30; Ps 112:4; Isa 9:2; Isa 29:18; Mt 4:16; Jn 3:19-21; Eph 1:18; Eph 5:27; Heb 6:4; Heb 10:32
The people of God are called to live in his light
Eph 5:8-14; 1Jn 1:7 See also Ps 36:9; Ps 89:15; Isa 2:5; Lk 16:8; Jn 9:4; Jn 12:35-36; Ro 13:12; 1Th 5:5-6; 1Jn 2:8-10
See also
| 5622 | witnesses |
| 6610 | adoption, descriptions |
| 6744 | sanctification |
| 7115 | children of God |
| 7140 | people of God |
| 8266 | holiness |
| 8495 | witnessing |
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