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Part 1
The servants of Jesus must shine with His light. If our lives are not shining as light, we cannot serve the Lord. The servants of Jesus must live by the Word of God so that others will see the light of the Word in their lives. Their way of life must not contradict the light of the Gospel. As they shine for Jesus, their presence will reveal and repel the perpetrators of evil, and their lives will reprove the unfruitful works of darkness.

How are we to serve and shine for Jesus? Some of the factors that characterize such service are: reverence and godly fear, holiness, genuine love and humility, unpretentious and non-discriminating service, self-denial, selfless faith, extermination of all idols in our lives, sincerity and honesty, truthfulness in every aspect of our lives, not walking in hypocrisy, pretences or deception.

Part 2
This teaching takes a further look at how we are to serve and shine for Jesus.

• To serve and shine for Jesus, we have to live a life of separation. We have to separate ourselves from the things of the world, from things that pollute our lives.
• To serve and shine for Jesus, our lives must testify to what we believe and confess. We are living epistles, read and known by all men. Our lives are the Bible they read.
• To serve and shine for Jesus, we have to cultivate sensitivity in our service. We have to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit, to His leading, to what God is saying, and to the feelings of others.
• To serve and shine for Jesus, our service has to be with reverence. The fear of God in our lives will bring about God-consciousness. We will not do in secret what we don’t do in public.
• To serve and shine for Jesus, we serve Him with all our hearts giving Him our best. We work selflessly and tirelessly with all humility, not lording over God’s people. We do not serve with double-mindedness or with eye-service.
• To serve and shine for Jesus, we can’t be pre-occupied with ourselves looking only for those things that profit us. We must forget ourselves and pursue the welfare of others, especially those in the household of God.
• To serve and shine for Jesus, we have to watch the words we speak. We are to speak words that build others up, and not words that destroy them.

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