So the only spiritual light this world will ever know, will come from a church that is on fire with the truth of God. Then the light shines. We are to shine a light first of all upon the problem so that it can be clearly and properly understood. Then it is the church's job to shine the light of God's Word on the solution. We start with the Word of God and the light it gives to men's lives.
Fire gives warmth.
This is a cold and lonely world and people long for the warmth that can only truly be found in Christian friendship and in Christian fellowship. Laski, who was not a Christian but a famous socialist, was discussing England during the days of the French Revolution. He said that England escaped the violence and bloodshed that France knew during that same period, even though England went through the same kind of changes. Then he said a surprising thing. He said the reason that England did not know the violence and bloodshed that France did was because of one man.