NOTES for Mat 5:13-16
The path of blessedness and the path of emptiness lie before a person. There are many uncertainties in our life, but in our relationship with God our choice becomes sharply divided, like "yes" and "no." The Son of God, having become the Son of Man, did not waver between these two paths, but was always "yes" and "amen." He calls us to the same thing: having chosen His path, we become light to the world, channels of the love and truth of the heavenly Father. And we must justify His trust, because if a lamp is covered with a vessel, the house becomes completely dark.