A City On A Hill

• A City Set on a Hill
• Matthew 5:14
• "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.15 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.16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. Matthew 5:14-16
• "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.15 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.16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. Matthew 5:14-16
• John Winthrop - 1630

• Why Should We Be Like a City Set on a Hill?
• To Fulfill the teaching of Jesus
– “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. “ – Matthew 5:16
• Why Should We Be Like a City Set on a Hill?
• So the world may see us and be influenced
– 1 Peter 2:11-12 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,12 having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.
• Why Should We Be Like a City Set on a Hill?
• So other churches can see that God’s way does work
• What Should Stand Out about our Church?
• In Doctrine
– 2 John 9 Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.
• What Should Stand Out about our Church?
• In Doctrine
– Acts 2:42; Romans 6:17-18; Eph. 4:14-16; 2 Tim. 4:1-4; Titus 2:1
• What Should Stand Out about our Church?
• In Teaching the Lost
– Romans 10:13-15 For "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved."14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? … As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace,Who bring glad tidings of good things!"
• What Should Stand Out about our Church?
• In Love
– John 13:34-35 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."

• This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends. John 15:12-13
• What Should Stand Out about our Church?
• In Faith
– 1 John 5:4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world -- our faith.

• What Will It Take to be a City Set on a Hill?
• It Will Begin by Loving God and His Truth
• What Will It Take to be a City Set on a Hill?
• John 14:23 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
• What Will It Take to be a City Set on a Hill?
• 2 Thessalonians 2:9-10 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders,10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
• What Will It Take to be a City Set on a Hill?
• It Will Take Commitment and Sacrifice
– Matthew 10:37-39 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.38 And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.39 He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.
• What Will It Take to be a City Set on a Hill?
• It Will Take Courage to Be Different
– Matthew 10:16-26 "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. …26 Therefore do not fear them. For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.
• What Will It Take to be a City Set on a Hill?
• Must be Focused on the Vision and the Goal
– Colossians 3:1-2 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
• "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.15 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.16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. Matthew 5:14-16
• "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.15 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.16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. Matthew 5:14-16
• A City Set on a Hill
• Matthew 5:14