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Text: Romans
13:11
Rom 13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is
high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we
believed.
Rom 13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let
us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of
light.
Rom 13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting
and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Rom 13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make
not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.
In order to
awake from sleep, it is very important to know what time it is? You cannot wake
a man up at the middle of the night when there’s no cause for alarm; if you do,
he will simply tell you ‘why are you disturbing me.’
Rom 13:11 says
“and that, knowing the time, that NOW it is high time…” So, if I ask you what
the time NOW is?, it will be wrong for you to tell me the time on your wrist
watch, it will be equally wrong to give the time on your calendar. Even the
global (world) time will equally be wrong no matter how accurate you think it
is. Let it be that you have synchronize it with the CNN, internet or web time,
they will all be wrong.
Correct time
is not determined by the world leaders, events or seasons, rather it’s
determined by the word of God. The Bible says it is HIGH TIME. (Romans 13:11)
Spiritual
leaders, Bishops, G.Os, Pastors, and Prophets may tall you their time but as
far as God is concerned NOW is the High Time! Not the time for Jubilation,
Celebration, Convocation, or the likes; rather it is the High Time to awake out
of sleep.
Sub-topic:
What time is it?
1. Perilous Time (e.g. 2Tim 3:1) This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
Perilous means very dangerous; involving exposure to very great danger.
2. Departing or Latter Time
(e.g. 1Tim 4:1) Now the Spirit speaketh
expressly, that in the latter
times some shall depart from
the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.
3. Unthinking Time (e.g. Mat
24:44) Therefore be ye also ready: for
in such an hour as ye think not
the Son of man cometh.
4. Acceptable Time (e.g. Isa
61:2) To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD. Before the
time of God’s vengeance shall come acceptable time. However, the Acceptable
time is called the NOW time. 2Cor 6:2 says; (For he saith, I have heard thee in
a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee:
behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.). When
you miss NOW Time, you miss it all. The Grace of God is available Now.
5. Vengeance Time (e.g. Isa
61:2b) ..The day of vengeance of our God;
Awakened Youth! How?
It is
important that there are two ways to awake from sleep.
1. Wake up yourself
2. Someone wakes you up.
If any man
would not wake up by the two ways to wake–up, then it is to be believed the
fellow is not alive.
1. Wake up yourself: (Matthew
25:5,7). This requires self determination and commitment. Wake up from
slumbering, lukewarmness, and sleeping. It’s a moment of self examination and
cross checking.
a. Wake up from sluggishness
Proverbs 18 : 9
b. Wake up from idleness
c. Wake up from laziness
Proverbs 6 : 6 – 11
d. Wake up from unseriousness
Matthew 25 : 26
e. Wake up from bad attitudes
f. Wake up from societal
influence
g. Wake up from
non-foresightedness
h. Wake up from non-pursuit of
future
2. Someone wakes you up. That’s
also called Revival. We all need this. It takes God oftentimes to perform this
act. However, there are some others medium by which a youth / fellow can be
awakened;
a. Challenges wake-up
b. Difficulty wake-up
c. Inferiority wake-up
d. Character wake-up
e. Emotional wake-up
f. Society wake-up
g. Expectations wake-up
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