Thursday, May 31, 2007

Wake up!


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. The night is nearly over, the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature. (Romans 13:11-14)
"The concrete imagery (getting up in the morning and getting dressed) is an unusually common metaphor for such a profound spiritual reality, and it reminds believers that the life of faith... is a life of discipleship, intentionally following Jesus in the most common and practical matters. Discipleship is following Jesus step by step in the direction he leads, as opposed to any other and, as the Greek says in verse 13, "walking honorably." [James Edwards, Commentary on Romans]

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