Romans 13:11-14
Dear brethren,
Are you sleeping now or are you awake? I am not referring to the slumber of the night when we all should be sleeping. I am refering to your life and righteousness. When you awoke out of your slumber this morning, you awoke one day closer to your salvation. In Romans 13:11-14, the apostle Paul told the brethren in Rome that "it is high time to awake out of sleep." He went on to explain "let us cast off the works of darkness." When a person awakes in the morning, he will remove the clothes of the night and put on the clothes prepared for the day. As children of God, we are to live our lives "dressed" in the "armor of light," having cast off sin and putting the Lord Jesus Christ.
Are you sleeping now or are you awake? If there is persistent sin in your life, sin you are unwilling to put away from your life, then you are still sleeping. Awake to righteousness, praying for forgiveness, and then "make no provisions for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts."
The passage for today comes from Romans 13:11-14.
11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.
12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
13 Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.
14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
In Love,
John Duvall
Are you sleeping now or are you awake? I am not referring to the slumber of the night when we all should be sleeping. I am refering to your life and righteousness. When you awoke out of your slumber this morning, you awoke one day closer to your salvation. In Romans 13:11-14, the apostle Paul told the brethren in Rome that "it is high time to awake out of sleep." He went on to explain "let us cast off the works of darkness." When a person awakes in the morning, he will remove the clothes of the night and put on the clothes prepared for the day. As children of God, we are to live our lives "dressed" in the "armor of light," having cast off sin and putting the Lord Jesus Christ.
Are you sleeping now or are you awake? If there is persistent sin in your life, sin you are unwilling to put away from your life, then you are still sleeping. Awake to righteousness, praying for forgiveness, and then "make no provisions for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts."
The passage for today comes from Romans 13:11-14.
11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.
12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
13 Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.
14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
In Love,
John Duvall
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