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Carl Westerlund :: Romans 13:11-14 - God’s Wake up Call

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Romans in Outline No. 121

1.1  WHY WE NEED TO WAKE UP NOW

Romans 13:11-12a

2.1  The other three wake up calls

Ephesians 5:14

1 Corinthians 15:32-34

1 Thessalonians 5:4; 5:9

2.2  Because of the nature of time

2.3  Because of the immanence of salvation

3.1  IMMANENCY MOTIVATES

3.2  THE TENSES OF SALVATION

4.1  Salvation past

Romans 3:25; 5:1

4.2  Salvation present

Philippians 2:12

1 Corinthians 1:18-19

2 Corinthians 2:15-16

4.3  Salvation future

1 Peter 1:5-9

Romans 8:30

3.3  WHY SALVATION IS NEARER

4.1  Death is nearer

4.2  Our Lord’s return is nearer

2.2  Because of the difference between day and night

Romans 13:12a

3.1  THE NATURE OF THE NIGHT

4.1  Night is life in a fallen world

4.2  The night has a limited life–span

3.2  THE NATURE OF THE DAY

4.1  The glory is near

4.2  The day has no time limitation

1.2  HOW DO WE LIVE, IF WE ARE AWAKE

Romans 13:12-13

2.1  We cast off the works of darkness

Romans 13:12a

2.2  We put on the armor of light

Romans 13:12b

2.3  We walk appropriately

Romans 13:13

3.1  NOT IN PARTYING

3.2  NOT IN SEXUAL SINS

3.3  NOT IN PRIDE SINS

2.4  We put on Jesus Christ

Romans 13:14a

Ephesians 4:20-24

Colossians 3:8-11

Galatians 3:26-28

3.1  BY BEING BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST

3.2  BY PUTTING ON THE NEW MAN

3.3  BY BEING RENEWED IN MIND

2.5  We make no provision for the flesh

Romans 13:14b

3.1  BY THE CONTROL OF THE SPIRIT

Romans 8:13b

Ephesians 5:18

Ephesians 3:16; 3:18

Galatians 5:16-17

3.2  BY GOD’S FAITHFULNESS

1 Corinthians 10:13

3.3  BY WATCHFUL PRAYER

Matthew 26:41

1 Peter 4:7; 5:8

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. (NKJV)

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