”Our Salvation Is Near” (Romans 13:11-14)

“Our Salvation Is Near” (Romans 13:11–14)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday AM, January 13, 2019

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.

1. Live Out the Christian Life in Sacrifice, Holiness, and Love (13:11a; 12:1–13:10).

a. Live as a living sacrifice to God (12:1).
b. Be continually transforming your mind into conformity to the will of God through the Word and the Spirit (12:2).
c. Live in humility before one another in the body of Christ (12:3–8).
d. Live in love with one another and with all of society (12:9–21).
e. Live as citizens of the heavenly kingdom as you live as citizens on earth (13:1–7).
f. Live out your perpetual obligation to love your neighbor as yourself (13:8–10).

2. Why? Because the End Is Drawing Near, and Our Ultimate Salvation is Imminent (13:11b–12a).

3. Therefore, because the end is drawing near, lay aside the works of darkness and live as children of light (13:12b–14).