The difference between sharing your light and the showmanship of the Pharisees is intent.

But Jesus makes clear that His purpose is different: He was headed to Jerusalem to "suffer many things

And Paul gives no indication that this pre-temporal transaction was based on qualities we'd someday demonstrate

Things were a little different when Jesus was born into the world.

living in malice and envy to being renewed in the Holy Spirit, and you've experienced the night and day difference

Becoming a Christian involves so much more than just an emotional epiphany or even a living a completely different

This means that those who've experienced baptism must live differently than those who've not.

Moses arrived at the burning bush from a far different context: he'd been keeping his head down, doing

our priest - the One who entered heaven itself to appear for us in God's presence - but He's far different

Or we question our sincerity: “Am I different from anyone else?