{"id":1275,"date":"2026-05-05T19:56:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T19:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fgmblog.com\/?p=1275"},"modified":"2026-05-08T14:57:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:57:28","slug":"let-the-light-shine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fgmblog.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/let-the-light-shine\/","title":{"rendered":"Let The Light Shine | Matthew 5:16"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 ez-toc-wrap-right counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/fgmblog.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/let-the-light-shine\/#Let_The_Light_Shine_Everyday\" >Let The Light Shine Everyday<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/fgmblog.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/let-the-light-shine\/#Light_In_Darkness\" >Light In Darkness<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/fgmblog.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/let-the-light-shine\/#Power_And_Light\" >Power And Light<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/fgmblog.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/let-the-light-shine\/#Salt_And_Light\" >Salt And Light<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/fgmblog.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/let-the-light-shine\/#True_Light_v_Angel_Of_Light\" >True Light v Angel Of Light<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/fullgospelministry.ws\/FGM2mp3\/2026mp3\/2605_2606mp3\/260505.mp3\" autoplay><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Let The Light Shine<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\r\n    <div style=\"max-width:300px;\">        \r\n    <video id=\"plyr6a15f15f1583f\" controls class=\"easy-video-player\">\r\n       <source src=\"https:\/\/fullgospelministry.ws\/FGMmp4\/2026mp4\/2605_2606mp4\/260505.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>\r\n    <\/video>\r\n    <\/div>    <script>\r\n        const evplayerplyr6a15f15f1583f = new Plyr(document.getElementById('plyr6a15f15f1583f'));\r\n        evplayerplyr6a15f15f1583f.ratio = '16:9';\r\n        evplayerplyr6a15f15f1583f.iconUrl = 'https:\/\/fgmblog.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-video-player\/lib\/plyr.svg';\r\n        evplayerplyr6a15f15f1583f.blankVideo = 'https:\/\/fgmblog.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-video-player\/lib\/blank.mp4';  \r\n    <\/script>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-4273f1dbd3f5d552d0428a951077f2e8\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(250,250,249) 0%,rgb(255,105,0) 100%)\">Philippians 2:14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:<br><br>..15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; 16 Holding forth the word of life..<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-d9a95d3f1472ed9cdb4612d0341d28a7\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Let_The_Light_Shine_Everyday\"><\/span>Let The Light Shine Everyday<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-be9a6721ec98f61171c2d3f19217c0c4 wp-block-paragraph\">.. So we see here about light shining in the midst of our everyday walk &#8211; the everyday things we do.. At times we fall victim to &#8216; murmurings and disputings &#8216;, at times we start griping and moaning. And so you are not to act or react as the world does because that&#8217;s what can start to put the light out in you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-2491da46f0f64768e9b7e294be78ce55\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Light_In_Darkness\"><\/span>Light In Darkness<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-8e60809bc08f1178985e1411ff8c03eb wp-block-paragraph\">.. God has called us in these conditions and our lights are to shine every day in the practical things that we do and in the way that we come over with family, at work and with people that we meet. We are to love even the unloveable and all of this is to let the light shine in the darkness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-9ae1171e537d1be911f9f1316e177457\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Power_And_Light\"><\/span>Power And Light<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-d12e037876426dcfc9d012aaedc98b00 wp-block-paragraph\">The church in general today knows very little on being light to the world, there is a lack of the power of The Holy Spirit. The baptism of The Holy Spirit is no longer espoused. <a href=\"https:\/\/fgmblog.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/01\/we-are-powerless-without-him\/\"><em><strong>The empowerment of the Spirit is the light and if the church loses this the light slowly goes out.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-4815a8164aeb7a7608ae30c37f0aada8\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Salt_And_Light\"><\/span>Salt And Light<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-329fb460e962d99b703bf2e31e6d45c5 wp-block-paragraph\">The power of the Holy Spirit is also cleansing in nature &#8211; through the Word of God taught under the anointing. We are like salt being preserved as seasoning in the world. Salt may still look like salt but it can lose it&#8217;s flavour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-62679c86e8009625418893faa7300082\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"True_Light_v_Angel_Of_Light\"><\/span>True Light v Angel Of Light<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-810d9f671baa6881c889ba7f6f202db2 wp-block-paragraph\">In the world many call themselves Christians but are not necessarily so, the light within them reveals whether or not they are Christians. So we mustn&#8217;t be deceived, the enemy comes like an angel of light.. ..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-d5897f480c385acaec947be8fb0d04d1\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(248,248,247) 0%,rgb(255,105,0) 100%)\">2 Timothy 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-2094cbd0fb60e770ea3411e22ee24e47\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(243,243,241) 0%,rgb(255,105,0) 100%)\">2 Corinthians 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-25f46b30e95ae3e1bb173309892206e4\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(242,239,233) 0%,rgb(255,105,0) 100%)\">Matthew 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.<br><br>.. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-bfcfe1535d170ddda2a7c8ead2282568\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(244,243,240) 0%,rgb(255,105,0) 100%)\">Revelation 2:4 ..Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.<br><br>..5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-34eff271c86f94fdfddfb694abbec2c4\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(244,242,235) 0%,rgb(255,105,0) 100%)\">Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-c0b316eb3038e6077de631a0fb2b7069\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(241,237,229) 0%,rgb(255,105,0) 100%)\">Genesis 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-b01ffb280258786cb8db650be93cd493\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(241,239,234) 0%,rgb(255,105,0) 100%)\">John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.<br><br>.. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-9d3886c582dad65ccb7bf929e75ed1bc\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(240,240,240) 0%,rgb(255,105,0) 100%)\">Ephesians 5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-93589ff27a637422da8f8598cc097d20\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(238,236,232) 0%,rgb(255,105,0) 100%)\">2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. <br><br>..7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-2c43b1498faf4881a5dd45fc270824dc\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(233,228,216) 0%,rgb(255,105,0) 100%)\">Colossians 3:23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-775cc80c1085596677f3d5c415c31b6f\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(244,242,235) 0%,rgb(255,105,0) 100%)\">Revelation 22:5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-fe997ce34a992cb28a17d73a33242bf5\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(239,237,230) 0%,rgb(255,105,0) 100%)\">Matthew 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2265\" height=\"1699\" src=\"https:\/\/fgmblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260505-Let-The-Light-Shine.jpg\" alt=\"Let The Light Shine\" class=\"wp-image-1282\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fullgospelministry.ws\/FGM2mp3\/2026mp3\/2605_2606mp3\/260505.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/fgmblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/audioImage1.jpg\" alt=\"Let The Light Shine\" class=\"wp-image-1066\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Let The Light Shine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philippians 2:14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:..15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; 16 Holding forth the word of life.. 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