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And this thing knowing the season, that an hour already out of sleep you have awakened, for now nearer
to you is the salvation than when you believed. The night is far gone, the day is near. Therefore, let us put
aside the works of darkness, not let us be clothed with the armor of the light. As in day, let us walk
properly, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and indecency, not in quarreling and
jealousy, but put on the Lord Jesus Christ and do not make provision for the flesh unto desires.

The desperate nature of your current situation requires that you renounce darkness and live by the light
Jesus Christ provides.

Know the Wonder of Your Salvation in Christ. (Foundation for the Instructions that follow.)
(1:18-11:39)

Salvation expounded and explained. (1:18-8:39)

Salvation illustrated in Israel. (9:1-11:36)

Show the Wonder of Your Salvation in Christ. (12:1-15:13)

The Foundational Command. (12:1-2)

Specific Applications of the Foundation Command. (12:3-15:13)

In how you think about yourself and your place in the church. (12:3-8)

In how you relate to fellow image-bearers. (12:9-21)

In how you relate to governing authorities. (13:1-7)

In how you relate to fellow image-bearers continued. (13:8-10)

In how you relate to evil. (13:11-14)

In how you relate to brothers and sisters in Christ in the church. (14:1:15:13)

Remembering to whom you are all accountable accept and respect the choices you each make about how
to use your freedom in Christ to serve him faithfully. (14:1-9)

Do not use your freedom in Christ to judge one another or to keep one another from growing in their
trust in and service to Christ. (14:10-23)

Receive one another despite your differences so that the harmony of your relationships with one another
will show the glory of God. (15:1-7)

As Christ has worked on your behalf to show you God’s love and mercy, so you must joyfully accept one
another in spite of your differences. (15:8-13)

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