Luke 11:33
Internal Light
11:33 “No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.
Matthew 5:15-16
5:15 People
do not light a lamp and put it under a basket
but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.
5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.
Mark 4:21-22
The Parable of the Lamp
4:21 He also said to them, “A lamp isn’t brought to be put under a basket or under a bed, is it? Isn’t it to be placed on a lampstand?
4:22 For nothing is hidden except to be revealed, and nothing concealed except to be brought to light.
Acts 26:18
26:18 to open their eyes so that they turn
from darkness to light and from the power
of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share
among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
Philippians 2:15-16
2:15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world
2:16 by holding on to
the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.
Revelation 1:20--2:1
1:20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands is this:
The seven stars are the angels
of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
To the Church in Ephesus
2:1 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus, write the following:
“This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who has a firm grasp on the seven stars in his right hand – the one who walks among the seven golden lampstands:
Revelation 11:4
11:4 (These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.)