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A Little Sleep, Elder Robert Willis (dec)

A Little Slumber

Sleep is spoken of by Paul when he speaks in Romans 13:11 of one being in a state of
doing the works of darkness, rather than putting on the armour of light. He said,

“...knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our sal-
vation nearer than when we believed.” Then again, Paul tells the Ephesian brethren
to “Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee
light” (Ephesians 5:14). Paul is telling them to wake up, or, come out from among the

dead, and be up and about praising, honoring, and glorifying God. When God’s chil-
dren find themselves entangled with worldly things, they are the same as being asleep
as they cannot serve God and the world. Matthew 6:24 says, “No man can serve two
masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the

one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”

What then should we do and how should we do it? Mark 13:37 gives us such admoni-
tion, “And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.” In closing, notice I Thessalo-

nians 5:3-6, “For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction
cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 4
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor

of darkness. 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.”

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