Sermons on Light To The Nations:

Salt And Light Series

Contributed by Dennis Lee on Jun 29, 2016

"Salt and Light" is a part of the Sermon on the Mount series. We look at both the qualities of being salt (creates thirst, a seasoning, part of the sacrifice, and preservative), and light (exposes and guides).

Sermon on the Mount “Salt and Light” Matthew 5:13-16 There are two things that we value that seem so insignificant at first, they don’t even come up on our radar, but they’re actually needed for our survival. The first is salt. Too little of it and your food can be under ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16

Denomination: Foursquare

Choose Light

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 20, 2023

If we are willing to turn toward truth, even though it means we have to admit we have been wrong, then we will find ourselves being drawn to Jesus.

How often have you heard someone say, “it’s not fair for God to punish otherwise good people who don’t believe in Jesus?" It’s like saying, “It’s not fair that I can’t see the Statue of Liberty without going to New York.” That’s where it is! And yet God has not only given us maps and signposts ...read more

Scripture: John 3:17-21

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Is God Ignoring Our Nation? Series

Contributed by Jim Luthy on Aug 14, 2001

Is God ignoring our nation? The evidence might make us wonder if the God of all creation has forgotten us.

Is God Ignoring Our Nation? Hosea 4 Pastor Jim Luthy Is God ignoring our nation? The evidence might make us wonder if the God of all creation has forgotten us. I offer our environment as evidence. We in the church like to call it creation, giving God glory for it, but also leaving him ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 4:1-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

When Wisdom Attracts The Nations Series

Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jul 15, 2025

This chapter teaches that true wisdom is attractive and magnetic. When God grants wisdom, it draws people, resources, honour, and influence from distant places.

WHEN WISDOM ATTRACTS THE NATIONS By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: 1 Kings 10:1-29 Supporting Texts: Proverbs 4:7-9; Matthew 5:14-16; Daniel 1:17-20; James 3:17; Isaiah 60:1-3 INTRODUCTION: 1 Kings 10 presents a glorious moment in the reign of Solomon—the visit of the Queen of Sheba, a powerful ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 10:1-29

Denomination: Assembly Of God

One Nation Under Judgment Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Oct 17, 2013

When a nation is under God's judgment, pray as Daniel did with confidence in God's Word; pray confessing our nation's sins; and pray calling on God's mercy.

In 1887, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior: “A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 9:1-19

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Salt & Light

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 6, 2011

1. Jesus was telling us not to live for the kingdom of the world, but the Kingdom of God. 2. Jesus is saying that we play an important role in the life of the world as salt and light. 3. Jesus was talking about a new way of obedience.

It is no accident that Jesus talked about us being salt and light immediately after he spoke the Beatitudes. It is in learning how to think as Jesus thought and live as he lived in submissions to God, that we become agents of healing and light in the world. It is when we live as people who do not ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:13-20

Denomination: Methodist

Darkness To Light

Contributed by Bill Butsko on Mar 2, 2008

God gives mankind an opportunity to move from Spiritual Darnkness to Eternal Light.

Text: “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it” (John 1:5). Is there anyone here who prefers the darkness to the light? I am talking about the darkness of night as compared to the lightness of day. I would venture to say that most of us remember the days of the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:8-13

Denomination: Christian Church

Light Of The World Series

Contributed by Brad Bailey on Oct 8, 2010

What does it mean that Jesus is the "light of the world"?

Intro – (List of ‘Children’s questions to God’ that ends with the following one…) Dear GOD, We read Thomas Edison made light. But the Bible says You did. So I bet he stole your idea. -Sincerely, Donna This morning Jesus declares the obvious truth that a little girl ...read more

Scripture: John 8:12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Salt And Light

Contributed by Hans Krause on Oct 19, 2018

We are the salt of the earth and the light of the world. We are not called to withdraw from public life into our safe and cozy Christian circles. We are called to make a difference in a world full of darkness, fear, violence, and foolishness.

[Sermon preached on 21 October 2018, Reformation Sunday / 3rd year, ELCF Lectionary] We sing it almost every Sunday in church with the kids: “This little light of mine—I’m gonna let it shine. Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine.” But I wonder how many of us really think about what we sing. ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 17:5-8, Matthew 5:13-16

Denomination: Lutheran

Move Into The Light

Contributed by Dennis Fox on May 14, 2023

Many of us were afraid of the dark as children. Should we be afraid of the dark as adults too? Light is good. Light is knowledge. Light is the protection of our Lord.

Move to the light It’s normal to be apprehensive when we feel vulnerable and when we can’t see clearly it contributes to that vulnerability. In other words, being afraid of the dark and yes, when I was little, I was very afraid of the dark. It didn’t help that we lived in a creaky old house ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1, Philippians 2:14-16, John 8:12, Isaiah 9:2, Luke 2:46-47  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Other

Rejected Light

Contributed by Jason Lancaster on Apr 18, 2003

Don’t join those who rejected Jesus on this earth but receive Him for who He is before it is to late.

CLARIFICATION: (Spurgeon once said, ‘All originality and no plagiarism makes for dull preaching.’ I in no way claim ‘all’ originality in my sermons for I look to a variety of Scholars and Pastors for help in crafting the content and structure of a sermon. At the same time I try to give credit ...read more

Scripture: John 1:8-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Light Of The World Series

Contributed by Byron Harvey on Jul 17, 2003

This is part 2 from a series on the 7 "I Am" statements of Jesus in John.

May 25, 2003 John 8:12-20 The Light of the World Intro Talk about Mission Impossible; picture this: 3 college students, in pitch blackness, walking hand-in-hand-in-hand at midnight, through a huge campground where they’d never been before, trying to link up with the rest of their group for a ...read more

Scripture: John 8:12-20

Denomination: Evangelical Free

The True Light Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 8, 2021

Every dawn is a wonder but never has there been a more wondrous dawn than that on which the sun arose for the first time on this planet when it's creator was one of the inhabitants. Through Him all things were made and now He is a part of His own creation.

A young man went from paper to paper trying to get a job as a cartoonist, but he was rejected and told he had no talent. Finally, a pastor hired him to draw advertising for the church events. It was a poor paying job and he had no place to stay and so he was allowed to sleep in the old church ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-14

One Nation Under God

Contributed by Ray Ellis on Jul 7, 2008

The founding fathers of America were men of faith in God and God’s Word. America was founded on Biblical truths.

One Nation Under God Psalm 33:12 Romans 13:1-7 I pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all. The founding fathers of America were men of faith in God and God’s Word. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 33:12

Denomination: Free Methodist

Living In The Light

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 2, 2002

This message deals with three ways in which Christians can live in the light of Christ.

Living In The Light Text: I John 1: 6 & 7; I Pet.2: 9 & 10 Intro: In perhaps an elementary, yet practical sense, to walk in the light is to walk where one’s path is illuminated. The Christian is supposed to be one who has been illuminated, for they have received into their hearts He who is ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9-10, 1 John 1:6-7

Denomination: Baptist