Why We Are Here
To Shine the Light
"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." - Matthew 5:16
"But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day." - Proverbs 4:18
"Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee." - Isaiah 60:1
To Share the Love
"A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another." - John 13:34,35
"And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us." - Romans 5:5
"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." - Romans 5:8
"For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead." - II Corinthians 5:14
To Show the Liberty
"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32
"If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed." - John 8:36
"Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." - Galatians 5:1
"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." - II Corinthians 5:17
To Sharpen the Life
"Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend." - Proverbs 27:17
"And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear." - Philippians 1:14
"As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith." - Galatians 6:10
"And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching." - Hebrews 10:24,25
To Shape the Land
"Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 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. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." - Matthew 5:13-16
Shining Light Baptist Church I 2541 Old Charlotte Highway I Monroe, NC 28110 I 704.283.1480
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