Please turn with me to Matthew chapter 5, verses 14, 15 and 16, just three verses.

We're continuing in this series.

We began last message, appropriating the happiness that is in you.

You are the light of the world.

A city on a hill cannot be hid. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a ball.

Instead, they put it on its stand, and it gives to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

Many years ago, I read a story that appeared in the Naval Institute magazine, and I sort of

tucked it away, and I've been fond of telling that story ever since.

And it's a story about a battleship that was maneuvering its way

in a very dark and foggy night. And the light coordinates reported to the captain

that their ship seemed to be on course for a collision course with another ship, the light of which

at a distance.

The captain immediately gave orders to the signal the other ship and to say to them, please

turn 20 degrees north.

Well, the return signal came and said,

it is advisable for you to change course 20 degrees.

The captain of the battleship immediately signaled back and he said,

I am Captain Smith of YXZ battleship.

Change course 20 degrees.

Now, the response came back.

I am Seaman second class, so-and-so, and you better change your course 20 degrees.

By that time, the captain was furious. I mean, who does the seaman second class think he is? How dare he talk to me, the captain of a battleship

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