THIS IS YOUR WAKE UP CALL (7 OF 7)
Scripture: Romans 13:11-14
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This Is Your Wake Up Call (7 of 7)
Series: Love in Action
Jonathan McLeod
Romans 13:11-14
Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed (v. 11).
A WAKE UP CALL
Have you ever received a wake up call? I'm talking about a literal wake up call: ''Good morning, Mr. McLeod. This is your wake up call.''
Yes, hotels still do wake up calls. Why do people request a wake up call? Usually because they have something important to do the next day. Maybe they don't want to be late for a very important meeting at 9:00 a.m. Or maybe they're taking their kids to an amusement park and want to be there as soon as it opens.
The apostle Paul gives his readers a wake up call. He's saying, ''This is your wake up call.'' He tells us to do two things: (1) wake up and (2) get dressed. [Read Romans 13:11-14.]
WAKE UP!
It's time to wake up. Paul writes, ''You know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep'' (v. 11). What kind of ''sleep'' do we need to wake from? To ''sleep'' is to be ''conformed to this world'' (12:2). Christians are to be non-conformists.
Paul says, ''You know the time.'' Do we? Why is it time for us to ''wake from sleep''?
- ''For [i.e., because] salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed'' (v. 11). ''Salvation'' refers to the believer's future glorification (cf. 8:23, 29-30).
- ''The night is nearly over; the day is almost here'' (v. 12). ''The day'' is the day of Christ's return (i.e., ''the day of the Lord''). This is the next major event on God's calendar. And it could happen at any moment! [Read 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10.]
How can Paul say Christ's return is ''almost here''? It's been almost 2,000 years! [Read 2 Peter 3:3-10.]
Some people who have almost died (e.g., heart attack) say they've received ''a wake up call.'' Their perspec ...
Series: Love in Action
Jonathan McLeod
Romans 13:11-14
Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed (v. 11).
A WAKE UP CALL
Have you ever received a wake up call? I'm talking about a literal wake up call: ''Good morning, Mr. McLeod. This is your wake up call.''
Yes, hotels still do wake up calls. Why do people request a wake up call? Usually because they have something important to do the next day. Maybe they don't want to be late for a very important meeting at 9:00 a.m. Or maybe they're taking their kids to an amusement park and want to be there as soon as it opens.
The apostle Paul gives his readers a wake up call. He's saying, ''This is your wake up call.'' He tells us to do two things: (1) wake up and (2) get dressed. [Read Romans 13:11-14.]
WAKE UP!
It's time to wake up. Paul writes, ''You know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep'' (v. 11). What kind of ''sleep'' do we need to wake from? To ''sleep'' is to be ''conformed to this world'' (12:2). Christians are to be non-conformists.
Paul says, ''You know the time.'' Do we? Why is it time for us to ''wake from sleep''?
- ''For [i.e., because] salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed'' (v. 11). ''Salvation'' refers to the believer's future glorification (cf. 8:23, 29-30).
- ''The night is nearly over; the day is almost here'' (v. 12). ''The day'' is the day of Christ's return (i.e., ''the day of the Lord''). This is the next major event on God's calendar. And it could happen at any moment! [Read 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10.]
How can Paul say Christ's return is ''almost here''? It's been almost 2,000 years! [Read 2 Peter 3:3-10.]
Some people who have almost died (e.g., heart attack) say they've received ''a wake up call.'' Their perspec ...
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