Christ's Call to Every Believer: Stay Awake (CLW-21)

They had not responded to the teaching of the Apostles from the NT books and epistles, thus they were not pleasing Christ in their day-to-day behavior.

What had Jesus already asked for them to do, and taught them through their pastor’s ministry of the written and taught Word to them?

They knew that Jesus described true believers as those who are: Overflowing with the Holy Spirit of God. John 7:37-39 (New King James Version) On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” 39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

They knew that Paul described true believers as those who are: Living Life in the power of His Spirit. Gal 5:16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

Jesus offers us overflowing Spirit filled lives. But to be filled we must first empty what is already there in our lives. This leads to the constant desire of God, for these early believers, and for us today:

The Necessity of
Spiritual Watchfulness
One of the more frequent calls to believers in the NT is to live the un-intoxicated life. Not getting heavy-eyed and sleepy in a spiritual sense.

• Romans 13:11-14 (NKJV) 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. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
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