The night is almost gone, and the day is near. A great shock had been given to the disciples by the crucifixion of Him whom they thought to be the Messiah, and though they began to recover from this as soon as they were convinced of His resurrection, they yet could not reconcile themselves to it entirely. The dawn of day, the approaching light of the morning, is the time to arouse from slumber. Our salvation.—That blissful participation in His kingdom which the Messiah at His Second Coming should inaugurate for His people. 1700 28th Street SE Grand Rapids, MI 49508. Both are necessary: for Christ is our sanctification, the author, worker, and example of it, as well as our righteousness. (Rom 13:1-2) Government's legitimate authority and the Christian's response. The subject is wholly different. 6 To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. Romans 13:11-14. The Author. He was one of the most unmerciful persecutors of the early Christians, but was converted by the sudden appearance to him of the risen Lord. The meaning is," Hitherto we have walked in darkness and in sin. Awake out of sleep.—A striking metaphor. For no man can plead that he has fulfilled all his obligations to God and to his neighbour; nor can any truly say that he has fully acted up to the light afforded him. 1. 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. [409] He mentions awake, by which he intimates that we are to be equipped and prepared to undertake the services which the Lord requires from us. 3. Knowing, seeing that ye know. Even heathens have said, that a few things suffice nature, but that the appetites of men are insatiable. For as the adverb here used is in its import indefinite, this meaning is much the most suitable, as it is evident from what follows. It Is High Time We Surrendered Absolutely! Not in reveling, etc. Hoc enim, quum noverimus tempus, quia hora est qua jam e somno expergiscamur (nunc enim propior est salus nostra quam quum credi-dimus,). Sanctification, and not justification, is the subject of the passage. The word for “time” is different from that used in the next clause, and means a definite and critical season. This doesn't mean we break the law, but that we obey it by the power of the Spirit. Romans 14:10 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of Godâs family; also in verses 13, 15 and 21. Taking just views of the shortness and the value of time; of the design for which it was given, and of the fact that it is, in regard to us, rapidly coming to a close. [412] Many have explained "the putting on" here in a manner wholly inconsistent with the passage, as though the putting on of Christ's righteousness was intended. Now we walk in the light of the gospel. 13. He has no need to feel great anxiety, excepting the eagerness of expectation, ), knowing that it is high time for you to awake out of sleep, that it is the hour for you to be already roused out of sleep, The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore put off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. The distinction between night and day of a Christian, ought to be clearly kept in view. The subject is wholly different. knowing the time, that now it is high time—literally, "the hour has already come.". In response to the breakdown all around us and to the call of our God, let Christians around the world confess that it is high time that we come back to victorious living and triumphant evangelism. 11. Salvation here, as in Romans 8:24, and in 1 Peter 1:9, means salvation made complete and perfect, the full employment of all its blessings. Sin came into the world through one man (Adam) and spread to many, so also the gift of grace came through one man (Jesus) and abounds unto many. Knowing the time - Taking a proper "estimate" of the time. -- Ed. But the whole tenor of what follows by no means favors this view. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. He wrote this to the Romans, who, as they were rich, so they were drained by taxes and impositions, to the just and honest payment of which they are here pressed by the apostle. Besides, the comparison between the night and the day does in my judgment dissipate every doubt on the point. This was in strict accordance with Mark 13:32, and resulted naturally from the peculiar form of the Jewish Messianic expectation. 9 The commandments, âYou shall not commit adultery,â âYou shall not murder,â âYou shall not steal,â âYou shall not covet,â # 13:9 Exodus 20:13-15,17; Deut. [409] The preceding explanation of night and day, as here to be understood, does not comport with what is afterwards said on Romans 13:12. Now it is high time to awake out of sleep; Now is our salvation nearer than when we believed; and having this knowledge of the time, that, the condition in which the true moral activity of life is bound down and hindered by the power of sin, image of the state of the Christian on earth, in so far as he only at first forecasts and hopes for blessedness, regarded as near, always drawing nearer, and setting in even before the decease of the generation, ἐπειδὴ τότε τῆς ἀληθινῆς ἀπολαύομεν σωτηρίας, Moreover from that whole discussion, this exhortation is deduced, which is the shorter, in proportion as that was the longer, He, who has once begun well, from time to time approaches either nearer to salvation, or salvation, as it is said here, comes nearer to him. 3475 Mainway PO Box 5070, STN LCD 1 Burlington, ON L7R 3Y8. Considering the time; a busy time; a perilous time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed" (Romans 13:11) What a marvelous truth to understand that our final deliverance from this world is fast approaching. that now it is high time for us to awake out of sleep; since sleep is for the night, and not the day; the Alexandrian copy reads, "for you". It is evidently a new subject of exhortation, as Calvin says, and the words must be rendered as he proposes, or be viewed as elliptical; the word "I say," or "I command," according to Macknight, being understood, "This also I say, since we know the time," etc. ESV, Romans 8:5-8: 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. Than when we believed - Than when we "began" to believe. Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the Temple (Mark 13: 1-4) (Mark 12:1-12) Jesusâ prediction of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem is one of the most important features in Markâs gospel. b. Calvin keeps to what accords with the context, the putting on of Christ as to his holy image. We are to be wide awake and alert, serving the Lord. for now is our salvation—rather, "the salvation," or simply "salvation.". Romans 5:1-11. WELCOME. Romans 1 covers Paulâs introduction to the book of Romans as well as building a case against the entire world that we were guilty before God. [410]. Moreover, know the time, that it is even now the very time for us to awake from sleep; for nearer now is our salvation than when we 12. believed: the night has advanced, and the day has approached; let us then cast away the works of darkness, and let us put on the 13. armor of light; let us, as in the day, walk in a becoming manner, etc. This is the season which he had just mentioned; for as the faithful are not as yet received into full light, he very fitly compares to the dawn the knowledge of future life, which shines on us through the gospel: for day is not put here, as in other places, for the light of faith, (otherwise he could not have said that it was only approaching, but that it was present, for it now shines as it were in the middle of its progress,) but for that glorious brightness of the celestial life, the beginnings of which are now seen through the gospel. 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