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Let Your Light Shine: Use It or Lose It! — March 28 [Description]Overview of Mark 4:21-25 & Luke 8:16-18:In both passages, Jesus uses the metaphor of a lamp to drive home a key message: light is meant to be seen, not hidden. He’s speaking about truth, spiritual insight, and the Gospel message—once received, it’s meant to be shared, not kept under wraps.Jesus follows that up with a warning and a promise:- Pay attention to what you hear (or how you listen).- Those who receive and respond to God’s truth will be given even more understanding.- But those who ignore it—or fail to live it out—will lose even what they think they have.In essence, Jesus is saying:? Don’t hide what God has shown you.? The more you lean into truth, the more God will reveal.? But if you ignore or dismiss it, even your grip on it will fade.These passages challenge listeners to live boldly and intentionally, using what they’ve been given to glorify God and influence others. 365D 87

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Mark 4:21-25 365D 87.1

21 Also He said to them, “Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Is it not to be set on a lampstand? 365D 87.2

22 For there is nothing hidden which will not be revealed, nor has anything been kept secret but that it should come to light. 365D 87.3

23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” 365D 87.4

24 Then He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given. 365D 87.5

25 For whoever has, to him more will be given; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.” 365D 87.6

Luke 8:16-18 365D 87.7

16 “No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but sets it on a lampstand, that those who enter may see the light. 365D 87.8

17 For nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light. 365D 87.9

18 Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he [i]thinks that he has seems to have will be taken from him.” 365D 87.10