Peter Barnes | Romans 13:11-14
SERMON NOTES
THE DAY DRAWS NEARER
(Romans 13:11-14)
– no foundation or framework for morality today.
1. Be ready for the coming of Christ.
– 13:11-12; be ready in Matt.25:1-13, 14-30; Luke 12:35-40
– perspective in Heb.10:24-25; James 5:8-9; 1 Pet.4:7
– Thomas Chalmers said that he forget ‘the littleness of time’ and ‘the greatness of eternity’ before he became a Christian.
2. Put off all evil.
– 13:12b-13; 1 Thess.5:1-11
– orgies and drunkenness; sexual immorality and sensuality; quarrelling and jealousy
3. Put on Christ.
– 13:14; note the conversion of Augustine in the garden in Milan in A.D.386
– Paul is actually writing about sanctification.
– he could have listed some Christian maxims (e.g. Gal.5:22-23) but instead simply says to put on Christ