Lamp Under a Bowl – Teacher

Bible Memory Verse
“…let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:16

Matthew 5:14-16
 (14 “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. (15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. (16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.”
 
Mark 4:21-25
(21 “He said to them, ‘Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its stand? (22 For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open.
(23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.
(24 Consider carefully what you hear,’ he continued. ‘With the measure you use—it will be measured to you—and even more. (25 Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.’”
 
Luke 8:16-18
 (16 “No one lights a lamp and hides it in a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he puts it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light. (17 For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. (18 Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him.”
 
Luke 11:33-36
(33 “No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.
(34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body also is full of darkness.
(35 See to it, the, that the light within you in not darkness. (36 Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it is dark, it will be completely lighted, as when the light of a lamp shines on you.”
 
Luke 12:1-3 )
(1“…Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying, ‘Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. (2 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. (3 What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the
ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.”

 
 
1. Why do you have a light? What is the reason for having a light?
 
2. Jesus said He was the light of the world. People are in darkness until they know who Jesus is. What do you Christians have that people who do not believe in Jesus don’t have? (Jesus within them; light within them)
 
3. When Jesus said, “let your light shine before men,” what did He mean?
 
4. What happens when people see the good deeds that God has asked us to do?
 
5. What will be made known? (what is hidden or concealed)
 
6. What does Jesus mean by, “Whoever has will be given more, whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him"? (if we have the truth by knowing Jesus we will receive more truth; if we don not have the truth of Jesus, even the knowledge of truth we have will be taken away.)
 
7. In Luke 11:29-36, Jesus is talking to Pharisees who want a sign that He is the Son of God. When He says, “Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body is full of light. But when they are bad, your body also is full of darkness.” Luke 11:34 He is saying to them that if they knew He was the Son of God, they wouldn’t need to ask for a sign, their eyes would be good. However, by asking for a sign, what are they are showing?
 
8. What does Jesus mean by, “Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it is dark, it will be completely lighted, as when the light of a lamp shines on you?” (if we know Jesus, we will see clearly)
 
9. What does Jesus mean by, “For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.” Luke 8:17
(Truth will be made known. Verses 16 and 18 explain different aspects of verse 17.)
Verse 16–“No one lights a lamp and hides it in a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he puts it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light.”
The disciples and other believers naturally make the truth known when they obey God.
Verse 18–“Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him.”
Those who believe and obey the truth about Jesus will be given more truth while those that reject Jesus, even the truth they know about Him will be forgotten:
 

James 1:23-24
“Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in the mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.”
In the following portion of Scripture Jesus adds to His declaration that truth will be made known. Even the falsehood of the Pharisees will be revealed:

Luke 12:1-3
“…Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying, ‘Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.”