Clerical World Ephesians 5:14 Why he said, Awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light. I. IMAGES OF THE SINNER'S STATE. 1. Sleep. This state, though usually benign and refreshing, is sometimes one of great danger. The traveller who sleeps when exposed to excessive frost, the sailor who sleeps upon the mast, are examples. 2. Darkness. This is emblematical of ignorance, error, and iniquity, and especially of the want of any certain prospect for the future. 3. Death. The insensibility, powerlessness, and immovableness of the corpse are an awful representation of the sinner's state. II. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE SINNER'S NEED. 1. Awakening. 2. Enlightening. 3. Raising to life.The ministry of our Lord Jesus affords us many and striking instances of the exercise of a Divine power in these ways. III. A REVELATION OF THE SINNER'S HOPE. 1. A Divine command: Awake! arise! There is something for man to do in order that he may enjoy the blessings of the gospel. 2. A Divine promise: Christ will enlighten thee. (Clerical World.) Parallel Verses KJV: Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.WEB: Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you." |
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