“Stay Awake”

Intro:  Waking up vs. staying awake

I.  The things that lull us to sleep

A.  Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and 

    drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in 

    quarreling and jealousy.  – Romans 13:13

B.  For as in those days before the flood they were eating 

    and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until 

    the day when Noah entered the ark, and they were 

    unaware until the flood came and swept them all 

    away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 

    – Matthew 24:38–39

II.  Light keeps us awake (O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the 

    LORD. – Isaiah 2:5)

A.  God’s Word is Light

1.  Go up to the Mountain (Isaiah 2:3)

2.  Psalm 119:105; 2 Peter 1:19–21

B.  Clothed with Light

1.  Works of darkness vs. armor of light (Romans 13:12)

2.  Put on Christ (Romans 13:14)

3.  For all of you who were baptized into Christ have put on 

    Christ.  – Galatians 3:27

C.  Light = Love

1.  Owe no one anything, except to love each 

    other, for the one who loves another has 

    fulfilled the law. – Romans 13:8

2.  Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him 

    there is no cause for stumbling. – 1 John 2:10

3.  For God so loved the world (John 3:16)…Light has come 

    into the world (John 3:19)

What particular sins or life activities do you need to guard against lulling you to sleep?

How are you walking in the light of Christ?