We chose one per week.
The first one we looked at was
mark 4: 21 to 25 The Lamp
A lamp on a stand
21 He said to them, ‘Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its stand? 22 For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open. 23 If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.’24 ‘Consider carefully what you hear,’ he continued. ‘With the measure you use, it will be measured to you – and even more. 25 Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.’
I felt from God:
The parallel passage in Matthew includes " In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." (Matthew 5:16)
We have the light of Christ in us, given to us by Holy Spirit. It's allowing, - letting that light out. Let it be seen by others. How? "That they may see your good works," Jesus said. Showing how Jesus haa changed us.
Hiding the light is a deliberate act. Light cannot help but being shone. So hiding the light can seem like a bit of a rebellious act. We don't want that, do we?
It is shone by showing of our Godly deeds.(a kindly act, a prayer in the right place, etc)
Sometimes we do not realise we are doing this. This shows we are truly shining.
Result? Glorifying your Father in Heaven. Which is really what we want and is our true motivation.
Our friend commented
I really like that idea Steve. You have to be very deliberate not to show your light. Like putting up black out curtains in the war Ben says!
So if we are spending time with Jesus we will naturally be showing our light.
I also commented:
Yes that is just what we need to continue do.
There is a strong warning by Jesus In Matthew 10: 32-33
32“Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. 33But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.😐
The following Saturday We considered:
The Patches and the Wineskins Luke 5:37-38
(Matthew 9:16-17; Mark 2:21-22)
36He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will tear the new garment as well, and the patch from the new will not match the old.
37And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. 38Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins. 39And no one after drinking old wine wants new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”
We did not come up with anything between us as some other events occupied our minds.
