Ephesians 5:14
For this reason He says,
And arise from the dead,
And Christ will shine [as dawn] upon you and give you light.”
Isaiah 60:1
And the glory and brilliance of the Lord has risen upon you.
Isaiah 26:19
Your dead will live;
You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy!
For your dew is a dew of [celestial] light [heavenly, supernatural],
And the earth will give birth to the spirits of the dead.
Isaiah 51:17
Wake yourself up! Wake yourself up! Stand up, O Jerusalem,
You who have drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of His wrath,
You who have drunk the cup of staggering and intoxication to the dregs [leaving only sediment].
Isaiah 52:1
Put on your strength, O Zion;
Put on your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city;
For the uncircumcised and the unclean
Will no longer come into you.
Ezekiel 37:4-10
Again He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.’
Luke 1:78
Because of the tender mercy of our God,
With which the Sunrise (the Messiah) from on high will dawn and visit us,
John 5:25-29
John 8:12
Once more Jesus addressed the crowd. He said,
John 9:5
John 11:43-44
When He had said this, He shouted with a loud voice,
Acts 13:47
For that is what the Lord has commanded us, saying,
So that You may bring [the message of eternal] salvation to the end of the earth.’”
Romans 6:4-5
We have therefore been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory and power of the Father, we too might walk habitually in newness of life [abandoning our old ways].
Romans 6:13
Do not go on offering members of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness. But offer yourselves to God [in a decisive act] as those alive [raised] from the dead [to a new life], and your members [all of your abilities—sanctified, set apart] as instruments of righteousness [yielded] to God.
Romans 13:11-12
Do this, knowing that this is a critical time. It is already the hour for you to awaken from your sleep [of spiritual complacency]; for our salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed [in Christ].
1 Corinthians 15:34
Be sober-minded [be sensible, wake up from your spiritual stupor] as you ought, and stop sinning; for some [of you] have no knowledge of God [you are disgracefully ignorant of Him, and ignore His truths]. I say this to your shame.
2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give us the Light of the knowledge of the glory and majesty of God [clearly revealed] in the face of Christ.
Ephesians 2:5
even when we were [spiritually] dead and separated from Him because of our sins, He made us [spiritually] alive together with Christ (for by His grace—His undeserved favor and mercy—you have been saved from God’s judgment).
Colossians 3:1
Therefore if you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, sharing in His resurrection from the dead], keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
1 Thessalonians 5:6
So then let us not sleep [in spiritual indifference] as the rest [of the world does], but let us keep wide awake [alert and cautious] and let us be sober [self-controlled, calm, and wise].
2 Timothy 1:10
but now [that extraordinary purpose and grace] has been fully disclosed and realized by us through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus who [through His incarnation and earthly ministry] abolished death [making it null and void] and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
2 Timothy 2:26
and that they may come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.
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So that You may bring [the message of eternal] salvation to the end of the earth.’”
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“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest [and daydream],”