Dr. McKellar’s Lesson for May 17, 2020

Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

Romans 13:11-14

-Because the way you love and what you wear flow out of it, make sure you know what time it is.

1. Recognize what time it is (11-12a)

• contextual connection: 13:1-7 and 13:8-10
• and this…: the matter of motivation
• time to wake up
• nearness of salvation
• current overlap
• a departing night and a dawning day

2. Respond in light of the time (12b-13)

• so then…
• three “shoulds”: cast off, put on, walk properly
• three “should nots”: substance abuse, sexual immorality, social strife

3. Obey the commands for the time (14)

• put on
• make no provision
• feasting, remembering, reflecting

4. So what?

• Root your present actions in the reality of what is to come.
• “It is later than it has ever been before, and the smartest thing any man can do is to set his watch by God’s clock.” (Havner)
• “O Christ, He is the fountain, the deep sweet well of love! The streams on earth I’ve tasted, more deep I’ll drink above: there to an ocean fullness His mercy doth expand, and glory, glory dwelleth in Emmanuel’s land.” (Cousins/Rutherford)