{"id":29536,"date":"2023-05-15T15:49:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T06:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/questionsandbelief.org\/?p=29536"},"modified":"2025-10-31T23:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T12:48:12","slug":"romans-1312-put-on-the-armour-of-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/questionsandbelief.org\/sw\/romans-1312-put-on-the-armour-of-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Romans 13:12 – Put on the armour of light"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”1891px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout” sticky_enabled=”0″]

\u201cThe night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Works of darkness<\/h3>\n

The works of darkness are clearly described in the following verses, which gratify the desires of the sinful nature \u2013 orgies and drunkenness, sexual immorality and debauchery, dissension and jealousy.<\/p>\n

Armour of light<\/h3>\n

The armour of light is explained in verse 14, as to \u201cclothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ<\/em>\u201d
It\u2019s described in more detail in Ephesians 6:11-13, as the belt of truth, breastplate of righteousness, gospel of peace, shield of faith, helmet of salvation, sword of the spirit (word of God), and prayer.
So, this does not talk of what we need to do in obeying God in terms of refraining from evil deeds, which the history of Israel proved we cannot do in our own strength, but to the choice we have been given of \u201cclothing ourselves with Christ<\/em>\u201d \u2013 to believe in him and accept his free gift of salvation won for us on the cross, which frees us from slavery to our sinful nature.
John 6:29, \u201cThe work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

The night is far spent, the day is at hand<\/h3>\n

In the past I assumed this referred to the second coming of Christ, for since to God a thousand years are like one day (2 Peter 3:8), the time lag is not important, and we need to be ready for that day.
But I think \u201cthe night\u201d may also refer to the rule of darkness, and \u201cthe day\u201d the rule of God\u2019s Holy Spirit in this world. Since, as a consequence of Jesus\u2019 victory on the cross, everything has changed for each one of us and for this entire world. We all now have God\u2019s free offer of salvation in Jesus and freedom from slavery to sin, and that is life-changing for each of us right now, and collectively for this world.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.\u201d Works of darkness The works of darkness are clearly described in the following verses, which gratify the desires of the sinful nature \u2013 orgies and drunkenness, sexual […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-verses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/questionsandbelief.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/questionsandbelief.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/questionsandbelief.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/questionsandbelief.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/questionsandbelief.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29536"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/questionsandbelief.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29543,"href":"https:\/\/questionsandbelief.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29536\/revisions\/29543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/questionsandbelief.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/questionsandbelief.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/questionsandbelief.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/questionsandbelief.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}