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Today, we begin a new series of lesson obviously called Seven-Ups, and we'll get to that in just a second.

But everything in that song.

I have decided to follow Jesus.

And at the end of the song that says no turning back.

No turning back.

I'm reminded of what happened in the days of the Roman Empire and how the Romans had gone to England.

And they came upon the shores of the Great Clips of English, and they had to bring all their ladders and stuff to climb up.

Those steep cliffs in order to attack.

Great Britain as the soldier, the Roman soldiers were getting off their ships and onto the shore and climbing up to the top of the cliffs.

When they were all assembled at the top of the cliffs.

They realize that the ships that they had.

Come on.

We're burning.

And so we get the expression don't burn your Bridges while it comes from.

Don't burn your ships that brought you and the Roman Commander at the time said we are going to fight and we're going to fight to the death and he burned all the boats in the fridge brought them there and there's no turning back.

No turning back.

And you know, I remember when I was a younger man.

Another Christian and I had began to fall away again to go after the things of the world.

But I remember there's a song that I can come out in the early 80s by REO, Speedwagon.

I don't know if you know that but the REO Speedwagon was was a big-time group for my generation.

Probably not so much these days but in any event, the song was something like this.

It's time to bring the ship into the shores and throw away yours forever.

I want you thinking about that song.

Because I was also into history and that that was a history major.

And that's what I wanted to do become a history teacher, and now I remember listen to that song and thinking about the Roman Empire, thinking about the burning of the bridges and thinking about the Rubicon River and thinking about how there's another, if you ever heard the expression, don't show us cross the Rubicon for the Rubicon was a river and, and the Army had to go across this River.

And when the Army across the river, the general said, You have crossed the Rubicon.

There's no turning back.

And so when we talked our own Rubicon, you can't go back.

I want to bring you or shipping to the shores and you do yours forever.

You have one focus in mind and that is exactly that.

And so I thought to myself, you know, there's a lot of scripture No songs, a lot of a scriptural understanding in those songs.

And the fact is when you put Jesus Christ on in baptism, there's no turning back.

There's no turning back.

You crossed the Rubicon.

You said?

Yes to.

Jesus Christ.

You married Jesus Christ.

You cannot divorce.

Jesus Christ.

And so the only way to go now is

those thoughts in mind as we think about today's lesson as we think about those Seven-Ups, and today we're going to be talking about one of The Seven-Ups, but

Where are we?

You have to turn forward.

These are 7 months will be discussing before we get into the Life of Christ.

And so need to wake up.

So this morning we were talking about waking up and don't need to dress them.

We need to have clothes.

We need to give up.

We need to look up.

We need to reach that we need to lift.

And this is all part of a revolution in Jesus Christ brought to this earth, and these are the concepts and principles associated with that particular Revolution.

I love that.

I love that.

It's been there done that kind of a thing as sleeping and hear the clappy going on and you want to be a part of it and you don't want to make it look like you've been sleeping.

So you're just happen along with me.

Have no idea what's going on.

What does a Revolution going on?

In many of us are sleeping?

Many of us are sleeping in one of the great things that Martin Luther King used to talk about was a revolution.

Revolution.

I need to said the same thing many today or sleeping through a revolution.

One of the great individuals and institutions find themselves in a great period of change and yet fail to achieve the New Attitudes in the outlooks that the new situation demands, there is nothing more tragic than to sleep through a revolution.

And he will also begin to talk about the story of Rip Van Winkle.

You remember that story, Rip Van Winkle, Rip Van Winkles.

A story that took place was written by Washington Irving from New York and Washington Irving lives on the Hudson River.

And his writings focused upon things around the Hudson River in the Catskill Mountains.

And so Rip Van Winkle, the story about this guy who got up one morning, went to the top of the mountain and fell asleep, and he did so for 20 years.

And so when he when he went up to the Mountain King George, the third was the king in charge, but when he woke up 28, 20 years later, George Washington was now the president of the United States of America.

And so the point is is that he slept through a revolution.

Slept through Revolution and just decide to just down the river a little ways from where this imaginary story took place was not one other maginary story from a real town called Sleepy Hollow.

so, Washington, Irving, wrote those, but I will get it to Sleepy Hollow thing.

But now we have to understand that we need to wake up.

That's the point of the stories.

That's the point of what we read in Ephesians chapter 5:2 getting it first because we were once in darkness, but now you are light in the Lord, walk is Children of life.

And except for the fruit of the spirit is all good.

His righteousness and Truth finding out what is acceptable to the Lord and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose ourselves to send, we can't tie ourselves to sinners.

That's what he's talking about.

He said you can't be or policy.

Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers.

Give me the site, don't be yoked on believer.

You said don't be unequally yoked to unbelievers.

You have to live in a world where there are many unbelievers whether it be in school or work, but you can't chop off your head.

So you have to live with unbelievers, but he said don't let them influence you.

Don't let them bring you down to their level.

Don't be unequally yoked with an unbeliever.

And so he says that that we need to expose all the unfruitful works of darkness.

And that means there's talking about Christians and he's talking about Christians who were sleeping.

And he says, Paul said it this way in Romans chapter 16 and 17 Mark, then that cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctor what you have learned and avoid them.

And so that's the idea of exposing send along with the scanner.

People have to mark.

Those people, people have to know those people, we call that church discipline.

And so Paul's riding say, listen before, that can happen, encourage the people to wake up, come to their senses.

Much like the prodigal son did what he realize, where he was woke up, and came to his senses.

And so, with us, we also need to wake up and come to our senses.

So for us as Christians that, yes, we need to sleep physically, but it is possible that spiritually we can be in a slumber.

We could be sleeping.

So the question is, are we awake this morning?

Not physically, but spiritually, already, awake, this morning.

Are we not in off?