The present age is the nighttime. When the
The present age is the nighttime. When the Lord Jesus returns, day will dawn. The next age will be the daytime. Since the night is advanced and the day is near, we need not only to wake up from sleep but also to cast off the works of darkness and put on the weapons of light (v. 12). This indicates a warfare.
"Let us walk becomingly as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in immoral ity and debauchery, not in strife and jealousy" (v. 13). All of these works must be cast aside. They are the works of darkness, and we are the children of the day.
Put On Christ
Verse 14 is very important. "But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to fulfill its lusts." In verse 12 we are told to "put on the weapons of light" and in verse 14 to "put on the Lord Jesus Christ." By placing these two phrases together, we can see that the Lord Jesus Christ is Himself the weap ons of light. Furthermore, the phrase "make no provision for the flesh" corresponds to 8:12, where Paul says that "we are debtors not to the flesh to live according to flesh." The warfare in Romans 13:14 is between the lusts and the Spirit