Sunday, August 21, 2022

The inspiration for letting your light so shine before men is in Isaiah's condemnation of the phony, self-absorbed ritual fasts of the house of Jacob


 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. 

-- Matthew 5:16

Feed the hungry,
and help those in trouble.
Then your light will shine out from the darkness,
and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon.

-- Isaiah 58:10



Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 

-- Matthew 6:16