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Sleeping in the Light!


Written by Danny Bunn B.A., (Born-Again believer in the Lord Jesus Christ)


        

This pamphlet is written for Christians only. And I want to start off by asking a few questions.
         Do you know that you are born again?
         Do you realize how awesome that one question is? For you to be born again took an awful lot on God's part. He had to become a man, live a perfect life in a sin-filled world, and offer himself up as a sacrifice for the whole world's sins. And if you really did receive him through his finished work on the cross, I'm going to ask you another question.
         ARE YOU SLEEPING IN THE LIGHT?
         The Bible says what when we receive Jesus, we become new creatures. Because of that, God gives us new desires and if you are still walking in your old sin nature, you can never experience the life, just the over-all victory that he came to give you. He came to set us free from sin, not to live in sin. The life that Jesus gives involves dying daily to our sin nature and living, walking and flowing in him.
         Not only that, but there is another aspect of walking in your carnal nature. If you are truly born of him and living in sin and selfishness, you would be one of the most miserable people walking this planet. And believe it or not, sin can include going to bible studies, prayer meetings, fellowships, etc. just as well as committing adultery, lying, cheating, stealing, killing and so on. So don't be playing religious games with God. Be real. So if you are not completely (totally) sold out to God, you know it and he knows it too. Acknowledge it, confess it as sin. That is the first and the biggest step. Then submit yourself to him, resist the devil and watch God do a work in you that you never dreamed possible, as he is slowly but surely tearing all kinds of garbage out of your life and transforming you into the image of his Son.
         Besides all the misery that it causes, don't you agree that it's hard, real hard, sleeping in the light- putting one blanket after another over your eyes- the blanket of apathy, the blanket of luke-warmness, the blanket of unbelief, the blanket of fear. Ther are ever so many blankets, but the Light keeps shining on. It's way past time to throw off all those blankets and start walking in the Son-light. Not only are all those sin blankets smothering you and putting you into a deeper sleep, they are also causing you to have a broken fellowship with God. He can't get through all those blankets (Check I John 1:5-7).
         As a born-again believer, you are a child of the light. Light and darknes don't mix, just as hot and cold can't without becoming lukewarm. Remember, Jesus said to the Laodicean church- and it goes for us too- "So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth."
         This is the conclusion which can be the beginning to a much better life: "Wake up o sleeper, rise from the dead and Christ will shine on you." (Ephesians 5:14)
"And this do, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep: for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed." (Romans 13:11)
Again, I say, WAKE UP!

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