Wake Up! And Walk Properly

Wake Up! And Walk Properly Romans 13:11-14

Romans 13:11 Connects this verse to the preceding command from Christ . Romans 13:9-10 Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. • And (besides)

Romans 13:11 Paul writes from Corinth during his 3rd missionary journey c.a. A.D. 57; it has been over 25 years since Christ ascended to be with the Father. • And that, knowing the time [this period of history],

Romans 13:11 Where did Paul get this idea of sleep? • And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep;

Matthew 13:24-25 Our enemy doesn’t sleep. • Another parable put he [Jesus] forth unto them, saying, • The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 25 • But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

Turn to Matthew 25:1-12 The Parable of the Ten Virgins

Romans 13:11 Why Full deliverance from mortality • for • now isour [future] salvation

Romans 13:11 Why Yeah Right • for • now isour [future] salvation nearer than when we believed.

Commentary • The world [foolishly] lives as though human history were destined to continue for ever. • The Christian [wisely] knows that God is in control of the events of people and nations and is directing history to a predetermined end. • Robert H. Mounce

Romans 13:12 • Two Reactions • If Paul thought the “night was far spent” how much farther are we now? • Or, “Yeah Right.” • The night is far spent, the day is at hand:

The Apostle Peter Addressed the “yeah right” attitude in 2 Peter 3:3ff

Right Perspective • 2 Peter 3:11 • Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, • what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

Paul and Peter 2 Peter 3:12-17

Romans 13:12b • The night is far spent, the day is at hand: • let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, • and let us put on the armor of light.

Jesus Said, • John 3:19 • And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

1 John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

Romans 13:13 Walking in integrity before God! • Let us walk honestly [properly], as in the day; [as opposed to the night]

Day Light Open Public Good Sober Clothed Put On Live New Creature Night Darkness Closed Private Evil Drunk Immodest Put Off Die Old Man

TeenagersHere’s the Warning If you are doing something in your room and you’re uncomfortable if your door is not shut—think again.

Romans 13:13 Fact: People do things under the influence of alcohol that they would never do sober. • not in rioting and drunkenness, • not in orgies and drunkenness,

Striving to be like Jesus • Loving others • Renewing the mind • Following Jesus’ lead • Manifesting the fruit of Spirit • Obeying the commandments • Prayer • Bible Study

Romans 13:13 Three nouns describing sexual sins. • not in chambering and wantonness, • Insatiable desire for pleasure • not in sexual immorality and sensuality,

Romans 13:13 • not in strife and envying. • not in quarreling and jealousy.

INSTEAD • Romans 13:14 • But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, • and • make not provision for the flesh, tofulfil the lusts thereof.

Doing Two Things Striving to be like Jesus. Starving the flesh.

Starving the Flesh The alcoholic doesn’t drink. The gossip closes her Facebook account. The glutton doesn’t go to all you can eat restaurants. • TV (Lifetime, Reality TV) • Movies (DVDs) • YouTube • Internet • Magazines • Novels • Sports Illustrated, Victoria Secret

Conclude Parallel Passage 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11

Wake Up! And Walk Properly