Awake

"How long will thou sleep, o sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep" (Proverbs 6:9). It is pathetic to know that 'MANY' believers are slumbering. Several of them are spiritually sleeping.

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It is also sad that messages from the numerous altars in the world today have failed to awaken much of these sleeping giants. This tells us that many believers today are fast asleep. Beloved, shall we say..... Sleep on now, and take your rest! (Matthew 26:45) knowing fully well that the hour is at hand?
Several questionable characters or conducts, unscriptural beliefs, spiritual pride, condemnable conducts, waywardness, prayerlessness, slothfulness in spiritual activities, high level of resistance to discipleship..... Have shown that many believers are asleep. Believers compromise their faith for vanities (sexual immoralities, self ambition, earthly treasures). In fact, modern day believers now hide under the deceptiveness of the devil. They console themselves in damnation, justifying one another with the scriptures:
(1) .....none is righteous,
(2) .....all our righteousness are filthy rags,
(3) .....by grace are ye saved,
(4) .....only God knows the true worshippers.
Indeed, these are nice consolations but Paul advises "awake unto righteousness...... have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.... All things that are reproved are made manifest by the light...... wherefore he saith, Awake thou that steepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. (1 Corinthians 15:34; Ephesians 5:11-15).
When a church, a fellowship, a group, a leader, ......an individual is growing old and not growing up, then the subject is spiritual sleeping. God speaks to such but will never be able to catch the wavelength of what has been spoken. It is time to wake up to our responsibilities as Christians, as a church and as the body of Christ, at large. Let nothing be done with strife! Souls are dying and ending upon hell - evangelism needs to wake up! Lots of Christians are practical examples of the poor:
Our prayer life must wake up! Tithing (God's divine plan for financial empowerment) must wake up! It is time to wake up! Brethren - AWAKE!!!