Matthew 5:13-16. A commitment is a promise that we make. When a person comes into the Alpha and Omega program, we ask them to make a six-month commitment. When we buy a car and pay less than 100% of the cost we make a commitment to pay the balance. As Christians we should be committed to winning others for Jesus from the moment we're saved until we die or there are no more lost people. Our primary mission should be to reach them with the Gospel the good news that God loves them, and Jesus died in their place, and by repentance they can be made right with God and adopted into His family. Perhaps to some who are reading this, words like "soul winning", "commitment" and "let your light shine" don't meet with understanding. Sometimes when describing how to pour a glass of milk, one needs to start with "open the refrigerator door." Your "soul" is the real you that lives inside your physical body. Your soul does not die when your body does, it lives forever. It will either live forever with God in a place called heaven or forever separated from Him in a place called Hell. Jesus, because He loved us so much, died in our place so that we would not have to live forever in Hell. Many people still don't realize that what Jesus did, He did for them too. That's where the "Winning" comes in. Someone needs to tell them that Jesus died for them and that by asking forgiveness and believing in Him they can be "won" for Jesus. "Commitment", that's when we make a decision to do something and are willing to held accountable for that decision. It's making a promise to God, one's self, another person, or a combination. It is a commitment to tell others who don't know Jesus about Him. "Let your light shine" What does that mean? Well, that's what we're going to talk about this morning.

Let Your Light Shine