Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 5:14

"Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid." — Matthew 5:14 (ASV)

You are the light of the world.

Christ never contemplated the production of secret Christians, Christians whose virtues would never be displayed, pilgrims who would travel to heaven by night, and never be seen by their fellow pilgrims or anyone else.

A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

You Christians are like a city built upon a hilltop; you must be seen. As you will be seen, mind that you are worth seeing.

You are the light of the world.

The Bible is not the light of the world; it is the light of the Church. But the world does not read the Bible; the world reads Christians. You are the light of the world.