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Why We Need to the Church in Order to Live as Light in the World

Rodney Kleyn·2013-08-01
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To shine as lights in the world, believers need the church. The church of Jesus Christ is the city set on a hill that cannot be hid (Matt. 5:14). Believers who were once darkness are now light in the Lord, and are called to walk as children of light (Eph. 5:8). The purpose is that others may learn through observation and themselves be saved and glorify God (Matt. 5:16). Without a living connection to the body of Christ and an active life in the church, we cannot be lights in this world. Think...

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Author
Rodney Kleyn
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2013-08-01

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Beacon Lights
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Psalm
Psalm 119:130Psalm 141:5
Hebrews 10:24-25
Colossians 3:16
John 13:35
1 John 2:9–11
1 Peter 3:15
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