Are you a procrastinator?

• Procrastination is nothing new. In fact Moses felt this in his prayer that was recorded in Psalm 90. He wrote, “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.”
• Love, faithfulness, and Christlikeness are always in

. They are always timely. They are always God’s will.
• The language that Paul used last week had the tone of

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. He wants you to have the feeling that you overslept your alarm and you jump up and have to run out. But before you run out, you need to get dressed!
• So here is Paul’s advice >> Romans 13:14

Romans 13:14 | But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

• This verse is a continuation of the previous

>> Romans 13:12 | The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.
• We must put on the Lord Jesus Christ. What does that mean?

//First of all, putting on the Lord Jesus Christ in

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is what Romans has been about (see also Matthew 22:11-12) | “But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment. And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.
// This reference is about

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and life/ministry. The same way we come into a relationship with Christ (by putting on His righteousness) is the same way we continue in Christ. To put on the Lord Jesus Christ is the same thing as putting on the “armor of light” from v. 12.

• We have heard Paul talk about

before, right? He explains more of this truth in Ephesians 6.

//The armor of God is the way we

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against the devil’s schemes.
//Belt of

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>> your Word is truth (John 17:17)
//Breastplate of

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>> whose righteousness? Christ’s (2 Corinthians 5:21)
//Readiness given by the Gospel of

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>> because of Christ we have peace with God and can be peacemakers (Romans 5:1)
//Shield of

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>> faith in the finished work of Christ to defend against Satan’s accusations
//Helmet of

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>> to protect your mind, the most important part of your body
//Sword of the

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>> to fight the battles against spiritual enemies (2 Corinthians 10:4-5)
//

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>> the continual open line of communication with our Father, the Commander, the Sovereign, who is the Victorious Warrior (1 Thessalonians 5:17).

Corrie ten Boom >> When we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus.