The Believer Awake or Asleep

It is of the greatest importance that each Christian come to obey the injunction given to us by the Apostle Paul which is found in verse 6: “Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober.” The words of eternal comfort or the words of eternal doom will come on the Day in which our Lord returns. And the words that we will hear personally will largely be determined by whether we have been spiritually asleep or spiritually awake during our life here upon the earth. If we are insensible of our need to be saved from our sins; if we are insensible as a professed Christian, of our need to repent and forsake the sins of the flesh, the sins of our heart and mind and actions which are dishonoring to God and hurtful to men, then how will we ever stand in this great Day of Judgment? So, with the time that is allotted to us this morning, I would like to open up the two great subjects which are mentioned in verse 6; sleeping and watching.