Introduction: Here, Paul will close out chapter 13 with a final word of encouragement regarding this pursuit of holiness. 11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. • Is he saying we are not already saved? We justified when we placed our faith in Jesus. We sanctified or transformed into the image of His Son. We glorified or made fully perfect when Christ returns. • The future return of Jesus should cause us to from our spiritual slumber and be . 12a The night is far spent, the day is at hand. • The night refers to the present age where the deeds of darkness have greatly. • The day is the day of the Lord when Jesus, the light of the world will . • According to 2 Peter 3 8-10, Why has Jesus not returned yet? 12bTherefore, let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. • The fitting response to the darkness and the imminent return of Christ is for us to get for the occasion at hand. • What is this armor we are to wear? See Ephesians 6:13-17 & 1 Thes 5:8-9. • What does this clothing and equipment reveal about how we should be living? 13 Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. • Once again, we are faced with a moral standard that is to our actions. • You cannot put on the armor of and also walk in the (Jn 8:12, Jn 12:46). 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. • Walk as if you are the only that someone might ever experience or see. • Do nothing that will sin to gain a hold or access into your life.