Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Well may the LORD'S people rejoice, convinced of their interest in him. Luke 10:20; Philippians 3:3. But with respect to the reward the LORD speaks of, let not the Reader for a moment overlook the cause. It is all of grace, not of debt. All on CHRIST'S account, not their own. Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 11:6. And blessed is the example of the Prophets in this particular. Hebrews 11:33 to the end. James 5:10-11. The figures of salt and light are very expressive. CHRIST is the salt of the covenant. Leviticus 2:13; Numbers 18:19 with Mark 9:49. CHRIST is the light of the world. John 4:1. And hence by so much as there is of CHRIST in his redeemed, by so much salt and light is there in the world. And well is it for the world that CHRIST'S seed are in the earth. For without this salt the whole otherwise would be in a state of putrefaction; and without this light the whole would be in a state of darkness. Oh! the blessedness of such a state of the church. Such honor have all his Saints! Philippians 2:15