Romans 13:14

‘But put you on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not make provision for the flesh, to (fulfil) its lusts.'

Having directed his reader's thoughts to how they are to respond to God's light Paul now makes the idea more concrete. They are to ‘put on the LORD Jesus Christ' Himself. They are to ‘put on His righteousness' by faith, allowing that righteousness to permeate through them (Romans 3:24). They are through Him to reckon on themselves as dead to sin and alive to God, through Jesus Christ our LORD (Romans 6:11). They are to so submit themselves to Him that what He is might shine and operate through them. They are to let Christ dwell in their hearts by faith (Ephesians 3:17), as they live by faith in the Son of God Who loved them and gave Himself for them (Galatians 2:20). They are to lay claim to the fact that Christ is in them the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27). They are to align their lives with His, gladly allowing Him the control (Matthew 11:28). Comparing this with Galatians 5:16. Having in view the contrast with the flesh, it is to be led by the Spirit and to walk step by step with the Spirit, for it is the Spirit Who will make Christ real in and through them (compare Romans 8:1). And in so doing they are so to arrange their lives in such a way that they are kept free from anything which could arouse the desires of their sinful natures, making no provision for them in any way. That may involve such things as keeping the television off when suggestive programmes are on, and avoiding going to places where we know that there will be temptations. It may involve avoiding much of what is on the internet. The idea is for Christ to shine through them, thereby revealing themselves as ‘of the day'.