A Bonfire

Matthew 5:14-16

"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven."

Fact #1 We are called to be the light to the world. We are told by Jesus that we are to let our light shine so that the world can see the light. What is the light we are to be shining? The power of the gospel in the lives of His people. 

Fact #2 We the church were designed by God and started by Jesus for a purpose. Jesus tells His disciples that when He leaves He is going to send His Helper, the Holy Spirit, to empower the mission that He will leave with them. What is the mission? Go and make disciples, teaching them the truths of Jesus. Put simply, the missions was to multiply themselves.

Fact #3 The church was designed with the community and family feel for a reason. Paul continually speaks of the church and family of Jesus as a body or a whole group of people with many parts unified for one purpose. Both diversity in unity and unity in diversity, is what the church should be. But why should I be a part of this community or family? Because a group of people unified for one goal and mission can do so much more for Jesus than one simple lonely person.

So what happens if we combine all 3 facts into one simple noun? We get a bonfire for Jesus. Take one flame and then add another flame to it and then another and another and keeping multiplying the flames and all of a sudden you get one big fire or simply called a bonfire. So if a single lover of Jesus shines His light and shows the power of the gospel in his or her life and then adds many other Jesus lovers around him or her in a particular location and all of a sudden you get a bright light in one location that first will bring others into the light with them and second the light will beat back the darkness. A community of lights and flames for Jesus will spread and multiple and the mission of Matthew 28 is accomplished.

Are you creating a bonfire for Jesus with others in your area of impact?