Living In The Daylight

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Romans 13:11-14
[11] 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. [12] The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. [13] Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. [14] But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1.  How has God transformed your life by means of particular biblical texts, as he used this one in the life of Augustine?
2.  How is this passage eschatological? What is the threefold situation of the believer described in the sermon?
3.  Why do Christians constantly need to be called to “wake up”? How does Paul’s characterization of the world as darkness, night, and sleep call us away from worldliness?
4.  Why is our new, daytime clothing described as “armor”? What does this tell us about the Christian life?
5.  What do we learn about walking in darkness from vv. 13-14? What does it look like for us to “make no provision for the flesh”?
6.  What does it mean to “put on the Lord Jesus Christ”? How does this summarize life as a Christian?

References: 1 Thessalonians 5:5; Galatians 1:4; Titus 2:11; Romans 8:23; Ephesians 6:11-12; Galatians 5:21; 1 Peter 4:3; 2 Peter 2:7; 1 Corinthians 3:3; James 1:14-15; Romans 12:2; 8:29; 2 Corinthians 3:18.

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