Romans 13:11-14 Delivered 11/04/2012. How valuable and dignified human life, which in general appears so base and miserable!" "It is high time to awake out of sleep." Do not encourage infidel thoughts. Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The preacher may be delivering his last sermon. 4. Each fresh day should see us awake and diligent. 3. Arises from our own sloth. You have yourselves suffered loss; happy were you if by that you found peace and safety in Christ. 1. 1. In point of preparation. Well, without blaming any for the weakness of the flesh, I take this sleepy habit to be a fit illustration of the state of some Christians. One life here, only one, is given, how precious should it be! Formalism is the sleep of delusion. I. 1. We have a good hope through grace. It is something that you can take to the bank. Romans 13:11-14. Historical Books
", 1. And if the soul's activity is intercourse with God, and work for God, is not that soul asleep that does not care to speak to God, to work for God? The portals of the future are coming fast into sight, and soon they will open for you to pass through. Rejoice that you are so much nearer heaven. The conscience becomes hardened, and all for a time seems peace. The day that is coming will bring absolute deliverance from evil in every form.2. To secure and to advance in holiness was the apostle's prominent object. Like Sir Galahad, whose strength was as the strength of ten because his heart was pure, the man who is Christ-like in spirit will overcome all temptations, and will grapple victoriously with all difficulties. D. Paul also saw that the church was asleep, but he is saying it is time to wake up from our sleep. So soon to stand with the ransomed on the heights of glory and shout, "Thanks be to God, who hath given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!". How dreadful when the child of the day thus goes back into darkness, and stretches out his form, asking for a little more sleep and a little more slumber! A drowsy soldier is a contradiction. 2. Johannine Writings
2. II. It is time to rouse our minds from slumber, to be alert to what God is doing in the … Continue reading "Commentary on Romans 13:11-14" In possession of immortality. A call to activity. And so it is, sometimes, in spiritual sleep. Let us, then, be comforted, and pass on. b. (Romans 13:11-14) God’s Medicine for a Sick World (Romans 13:8-10) How to be a Godly Rebel (Romans 13:1-7) ... We want to join together with pastors and Christian workers to equip the church in China, broadcasting translated sermons, providing ministry resources for … The New Testament
The call to love our neighbor as ourselves ups the ante of living as a Christian. Can you slumber while they thus hold forth the Word of life? We have here —. difficulties are only apparent. We are here on a stage of probation, so that, having been once recovered from apostasy, we are candidates for a prize and wrestlers for a crown. 5. "The night is far spent." The day is at hand.". (2) That they may be morally fitted for the world they have finally to inherit. It is an awful thing when a man calls himself by the name of Christian, and yet can be unchaste in conversation, lascivious in spirit, wicked in life. How dark is the hour of sickness! 1. )LinksRomans 13:11 NIVRomans 13:11 NLTRomans 13:11 ESVRomans 13:11 NASBRomans 13:11 KJVRomans 13:11 Bible AppsRomans 13:11 ParallelRomans 13:11 Biblia ParalelaRomans 13:11 Chinese BibleRomans 13:11 French BibleRomans 13:11 German BibleRomans 13:11 CommentariesBible Hub, (3)The night of sin and suffering. Christ will be with us; our communion with Him shall be sweet. There are these Sabbaths ahead, the outpourings of the Spirit, covenant blessings, etc. In applying it to the latter, I just tell him that he has less time in which to escape, and therefore less likelihood of obtaining deliverance. Protestantism may slumber, but Jesuitism never does. The clouds of mystery will soon be lifted. What could ever come of what is before believing? I know a brother who often takes forty winks in the day-time: you may nudge him, and he will wake and listen to you, but he goes to sleep again in a few minutes if you let him alone. II. 3. Every moment rolls on the gladsome time!3. The day that is coming will bring absolute deliverance from evil in every form.2. "Let us put on the armour of light" (ver. To tell the Christian, therefore, that his salvation is nearer than when he believed, is telling the wrestler that his glass is running out, and there is the garland not won; it is telling the warrior that the shadows are thickening and the victory is not complete. It is a certainty. Those who are awakened to the sense of the danger of their fellow-men are sent out by God to awaken others. The morning reveals the hidden things of night and makes them hateful. Great promises have already been realised; great victories won; many a rough place passed over and many a weary footstep measured off; many a Sabbath day's journey made: and already the "delectable hills" are in sight; angels are bending over the battlements of heaven to welcome the approaching pilgrim; and soon the conflict will cease, and glory immortal — so long contemplated by faith and longed for — will be a blessed realisation. He lulls the soul into false security. The difficulty of awakening grows with the progress of delay. The day that is coming will bring absolute deliverance from evil in every form.2. Your children, for instance. 2. We like to sleep. A call to Christ-likeness. 2. The work we have to do is most urgent. So near to heaven! Because —. I hate that clock. 3. James said, "Cleanse your hands sinners, purify your minds, you double minded.". 3. All Scripture quotes, unless otherwise indicated, are from the New King James Version.) True the individual Christian has cares, conflicts, fears to moderate his joy. The New Testament
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Clear Advanced Options. Each morning we wake up to an alarm. ", 2. For this reason "it is high time to awake out of sleep.". ", (1)The night of spiritual conflict. And if religion had advanced in those early days, what is it now? 11 Do this, knowing the time (Greek: kairon—from kairos), that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed. How precious is time! It is something that you can take to the bank. We slept through the paganizing of America. How should a child of light conduct himself? 1. The Earthly and the Heavenly State of the Good, The Nearness of Salvation a Motive to Vigilance, The earthly and the heavenly state of the good, The nearness of salvation a motive to vigilance. Whilst this is true, even of the youngest Christian, it is pre-eminently true of those who are far advanced in life. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point
I. He who can look back to when he believed, looks back upon a period of unparalleled moment and eternal influence. What shadows disappointment causes to pass over our lives! Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. Gratitude does indeed become us when we consider the value of the blessings which are imparted, or the principle upon which those blessings are secured and bestowed. But He did not banish them, and so they haunt the travellers. IRREVOCABLENESS. Fervent application to the throne of grace. You are in an enemy's country: put on the armour of light. Does not this warn us that a day of battle is coming? Turn, then, as from the bud to the flower, from the root to the tree, from the babe to the man, from the faint outlines to the finished picture, from the first tremulous notes of the music to the sounding of the full harmony of the spheres, from the streaks of the early dawn to the splendour of the meridian day. This sleep —. "Put on the armour of light" (Ephesians 6:2-17). Romans 12:1-2 exhorted us to live in the present in light of God’s past mercies to us. Perhaps before you get down to breakfast an arrow wilt be shot at you by the great enemy. And it is possible to sleep spiritually the sleep of delusion. God Himself asks no purer or more acceptable array. IV. (1) There is much to strive for even if a man be secure of salvation. 3. A CONDITION OF DANGER. The more you commune with the time when you believed, the more also you will commune with the time when you shall be saved. We slept through the removal of prayer from the public schools. Actually nigh. II. Above all the billows Jehovah's power has kept you. Let our weapons be good weapons - the weapons of truth, justice, love. And over and above this dishonour to his Lord, there is the wretchedness which an ungodly race is weaving for its portion; and he cannot fail to long and to strive that he may be, in some degree, instrumental in the salvation of his fellow-men. The salvation will be a salvation from death to life; from sin to holiness; from shame to glory, Divine and everlasting.3. Commercial institutions and projects abundantly prove this, but he who counts on time presumes on probability that has even more impressively proved its questionableness (James 4:13, 14). II. II. If thou art more fit for heaven thou hast more love, more pity; then reach out both hands to bring another poor soul to Christ. And this salvation is nearer the Christian's grasp to-day than when he first believed. So near to heaven! 4. Romans 13:11 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Romans 13:11, NIV: "And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed." It belongs to Him to regulate this who is the Author and the Finisher of faith. 4. Not only will there be a deliverance, but a crowning. Persons walk along giddy heights safely enough when fast asleep, where they would not venture when wide awake. 3. There are many thoughts crowded together here, but each is necessary to the other. 2. So soon to stand with the ransomed on the heights of glory and shout, "Thanks be to God, who hath given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. That is a world of light in which we shall both know ourselves and be known as we really are. Death opens the eyes on a bright universe. (2) Ignorance, and the unconverted man has no discernment as to spiritual things. 2. Now, though it is not probable that any of you are sleeping this sleep of darkness, yet drowsiness generally comes before sleep. But the real Christian may also find cause for alarm, notwithstanding the promises in his favour. 3. It cannot act for us. Pentateuch
"(Homiletic Monthly. The salvation will be a salvation from death to life; from sin to holiness; from shame to glory, Divine and everlasting.3. a. 1. 3. III. "When you believed," old things passing away and all things becoming new. The context shows a sad state of things, the reason for which was the recent conversion of the Roman Christians from heathenism, or the prevalence of Antinomianism. Let us awake therefore. But the language is only general to find out the individual. The man acts as though he believed that the true end of life is to glorify God; and hence he seeks to obtain a change of heart and life — cultivates holy principles, practises holy actions, and has respect in all things to the recompense of the reward. When the apostle wrote, the good news had advanced. Jesus gave to His disciples the signs of His return, and then said, "When these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads, for your redemption draweth nigh.". To faith — "Put on the armour of light.". --------------------
And so, startingwith his current age and computing how many days he had left, this manfilled a jar with marbles - one marble for every remaining day of life,according to this Psalm. (3) Have done with dreaming. (1) They sleep no more. 1. 1. In the influences by which it was attended. Think what God hath done and what He still intends to do for you. But it is those who want such movements to fail that usually originate such a cry. BREVITY., The years of Jacob wore an hundred and thirty, yet he says, "Few and evil," etc. I do not think Rowland Hill was at all foolish when he said to an old woman upon her dying bed, "As you are going first, take my love to the four great Johns — John who leaned on Jesus's bosom, and John Bunyan, and John Calvin, and John Knox, and tell them poor old Rowly will be coming by and by." (2)The night of mystery — seeing things as through a glass darkly — will soon see as we are seen, and know as we are known. Prophets
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3. My salvation is much nearer than when I first believed in Jesus. They are only temporary clouds. Consider how detrimental indolence will be to your own interest and happiness. 1. Some people are too fine to do real service for the Lord. Thus, Paul s constant prayer is that his churches will be found guiltless and blameless on the Day of the Lord and thus be able to stand and inherit eternal life in the judgment (cf. And it is possible to drug the soul to seeming sleep by deliberate perseverance in any known sin. The Christian sees "through a glass darkly" now. 3. "To shake off slothfulness, security, and all former sinful courses" - Poole c. This is a frequent theme in the New Testament. The night is nearly over, the day is almost here. In chapter 8 Paul told us that the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life peace and hope. "Now is salvation nearer.". So soon to be done with earth and sin and evil and conflict! 2. 5. There is only One who can save us — Christ; and unless we take Him to be our Saviour, Church ordinances avail us nothing. Search a pre-defined list "Now it is high time to awake out of sleep" (ver. Pauline Epistles
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1. They have fits and starts of wakefulness, and then off to sleep again. The bid was too low. "The night is far spent. b. 3. "Cast off the works of darkness." Faith is the first step in the pilgrimage which leads to the celestial rest; the first launch in the voyage which wafts to the celestial haven; the first stroke in the conflict which issues in celestial triumphs. "Millions of money for an inch of time," cried Queen Elizabeth on her death-bed. The night is nearly over, the day is almost here. III. 3. The Lord has given so many signs of His coming that there is no excuse for being caught by surprise. Then the man begins that course which terminates in everlasting life. Yet the. Into what a deep slumber some professing Christians have fallen! So soon to stand with the ransomed on the heights of glory and shout, "Thanks be to God, who hath given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! RESPONSIBILITIES. The fairest sights may be around us, but, so long as we are asleep, for us they do not exist. So soon to be done with earth and sin and evil and conflict! Let saints be exhorted to use every means of excitement to this holy activity. We are getting far into the gospel dispensation. A great many opportunities have already slipped away. AN URGENT DUTY. Armour for defence. (3) Passion, "strife and envying." The two grand errors of the age are priestism and scepticism — twin sisters, though not on very amicable terms with each other. The lost years of your existence, the interests of truth, the value of souls calls on you to awake. Not only will there be a deliverance, but a crowning. AN INFINITE BLESSING WHICH IS FUTURE. --------------------
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Conclusion: There are some of you who are not nearer your salvation than when you believed; because, first, you never did believe; and, secondly, that which you are nearer to is not salvation. After the first few stages there begins to be accumulated a fund of experience; the sense of strangeness goes, and the faculties begin to adapt themselves to the new mode of life, and the man soon begins to have a foretaste of some of the fruits of his labour. 13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and … Life. His path is as "the shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day."II. Let us not fight the world with its own weapons - with hatred, or bitterness, or deceit. "The night is far spent, the day is at hand." The anodyne is so powerful that none but the great Physician can apply a suitable remedy. 1. If I can realise that in so short a time my eternal salvation shall be consummated, I cannot any longer neglect a single opportunity of serving my Master. To holiness — "Put on Christ" — the Source of new life. put off the works of darkness; put on the armour of light. Historical Books
Many other ships sailed with us, and some of these, alas! 2. They say, "What is to be will be, and the Lord's purpose will be fulfilled; there will be some saved and others lost," as coolly as if they were talking of a wasp's nest. Romans 13:11 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. I hate that clock. 1. Revolving suns bring it continually nearer. Some of you are sixty years nearer to heaven than you were. 6. 2. It is characteristic of this midway state that the salvation,of the Christian company is regarded as incomplete. The day that is coming will bring absolute deliverance from evil in every form.2. WHAT FOLLOWS?1. You are ten years nearer heaven, then. Here Paul says to walk honestly as in the day. Lesson 91: Your Present Walk and the Coming Day (Romans 13:11-14) 1. I. To betake ourselves to diligence and duty. This change is called a being turned from darkness to light — a being quickened — becoming children of the light and of the day, etc. "The day is at hand." He must lose his particular sorrow in the general joy. But His coming will be to His Church the regular and peaceful consummation of a day already begun. Study Romans 13 with ... Chester McCalley . Struggling is incipient salvation. The Greek word, however, may be understood to signify not only armour, but such garments as are fitted and suitable for the day's work. 3. At the end of each day we can say, "I am one day closer to the coming of Jesus Christ.". Many are passing away from us and from the sphere of our influence. I. 5. 12 The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. IV. There is danger inseparable from the dawn. 3. So near to heaven! Advent season sermon to prepare us for the coming of Christ. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and 2. Our text, however, may be taken in comparative sense. There was genetic engineering that was producing a race of gigantic men. Paul felt the need to exhort the brethren in Rome to awake from sleep - Ro 13:11-14 a. Clear Advanced Options. "Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ" (ver. Pauline Epistles
Sincere desires to live more fully unto the Lord. Let the consideration of the nearness of salvation reconcile you to affliction and to death. This being the common prospect it is not wonderful that the Christian state is that of joyful hope. Romans 13:11-14 THE EARTHLY STATE IS RAPIDLY EXPIRING, THE HEAVENLY IS ABOUT TO DAWN. The salvation will be a salvation from death to life; from sin to holiness; from shame to glory, Divine and everlasting.3. The wakefulness and diligence here summoned has respect not only to our own salvation, but also to the salvation of others. Raiment for all emergencies. The day of our Saviour's coming is rapidly drawing nearer. how dark the hour of bereavement! Poetical Books
Doubtless the darkness that preceded Christ's advent was not perfect night. 4. With every morning dawn, and evening shadow, there ought to be the renewed reflection, "Now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. Paul writing to the church in Thessolonica said, 3. Renounce the deeds of darkness. Life here is short at best — death is nigh, heaven but a little way off. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. The advance toward final consummation. Check out these helpful resources Biblical Commentary Sermons Children’s Sermons Hymn Lists. The righteous may "not sleep as do others." 13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual … Revolving suns bring it continually nearer. You have been nearly but not quite wrecked. But "works of darkness" may be regarded as including all sinful works. It would help your sermon if you wore some kind of “garment” that signified your ordination or calling. There may be sublimities around the sleeper, but he sees them not; harmonies, but he hears them not; dangers, but he feels them not. Life depending on exertion. Romans 13 tackles three big areas that living-sacrifice Christians must address. But the measure of every one's heaven hereafter depends upon the spiritual meetness which has been developed in him here. When we see Jesus as He is, we shall put some such question. The earlier revelation was "a light shining in a dark place until the day should dawn." )LinksRomans 13:11 NIVRomans 13:11 NLTRomans 13:11 ESVRomans 13:11 NASBRomans 13:11 KJVRomans 13:11 Bible AppsRomans 13:11 ParallelRomans 13:11 Biblia ParalelaRomans 13:11 Chinese BibleRomans 13:11 French BibleRomans 13:11 German BibleRomans 13:11 CommentariesBible Hub. 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