November 14, 2021

Living in the Daylight

Romans 13:11-14

11 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. 12 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. 13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. 14 Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.

Living in the Daylight — Pastor Lonnie D. Bell, Jr.
Romans 13:11-14
Sermon Series: Romans (78th Sermon)
November 14, 2021

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.