2. LIGHTS SHINING IN THE DARK A.Let Your Light Shine. "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven." (Matthew 5: 14 - 16, NKJV)

3. LIGHTS SHINING IN THE DARK A.Let Your Light Shine. "For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light." (Ephesians 5: 8 NKJV)

4. LIGHTS SHINING IN THE DARK A.Let Your Light Shine. B.Our Light Is Meant To Be Seen. C.How Do We Shine Our Light?

5. I.Shine In Apparel. A.We are to wear modest apparel. "In like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works." (1 Timothy 2: 9 - 10 NKJV)

6. I.Shine In Apparel. A.We are to wear modest apparel. "Do not let your adornment be merely outward- -arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel-- rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God." (1 Peter 3: 3 - 4 NKJV)

7. I.Shine In Apparel. A.We are to wear modest apparel. B.Modest is defined as being orderly and of good behavior. C.Our clothing should say we are Christians.

8. II.Shine In Speech. A.Our speech is to always be with grace. "Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one." (Colossians 4: 6 NKJV)

9. II.Shine In Speech. A.Our speech is to always be with grace. "Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers." (Ephesians 4: 29 NKJV) B.Our speech is to be edifying.

10. II.Shine In Speech. A.Our speech is to always be with grace. "Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks." (Ephesians 5: 4 NKJV) B.Our speech is to be edifying. C.Our speech is to not include silly talk, as well as, vulgar or lewd joking.

11. III. Shine In Treatment Of Others. A.The way we treat the world. "But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you." (Matthew 5: 44 NKJV)

12. III. Shine In Treatment Of Others. A.The way we treat the world. "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places." (Ephesians 6: 12 NKJV)

13. III. Shine In Treatment Of Others. A.The way we treat the world. "And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you." (Ephesians 4: 32 NKJV) B.The way we treat one another.

14. III. Shine In Treatment Of Others. A.The way we treat the world. "Yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live." (1 Corinthians 8: 6 NKJV) B.The way we treat one another. C.The way we treat God.

15. LIGHTS SHINING IN THE DARK What Kind Of Light Are You Shining? "That you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world." (Philippians 2:15 NKJV)