Read Romans 13:8-14
8 Be
under obligation to no one—the only obligation you have is to love one another.
Whoever does this has obeyed the Law. 9The commandments, “Do
not commit adultery; do not commit murder; do not steal; do not desire what
belongs to someone else”—all these, and any others besides, are summed up in
the one command, “Love your neighbour as you love yourself.” 10If
you love someone, you will never do them wrong; to love, then, is to obey the
whole Law.
11 You
must do this, because you know that the time has come for you to wake up from
your sleep. For the moment when we will be saved is closer now than it was when
we first believed. 12The night is nearly over, day is almost here.
Let us stop doing the things that belong to the dark, and let us take up
weapons for fighting in the light. 13Let us conduct ourselves
properly, as people who live in the light of day—no orgies or drunkenness, no
immorality or indecency, no fighting or jealousy. 14But take up the
weapons of the Lord Jesus Christ, and stop paying attention to your sinful
nature and satisfying its desires.
Think
Paul calls us to wake up so
that we can start loving our neighbours; because the moment of salvation is at
hand.
Pray
Lord help me to take up the
weapons that you have given me to help me to stop paying attention to my sinful
nature and its desires. (Verse 14)
9 13.9 a: Ex
20:14; Dt 5:18
13.9 b: Ex 20:13; Dt 5:17
13.9 c: Ex 20:15; Dt 5:19
13.9 d: Ex 20:17; Dt 5:21
13.9 e: Lv 19:18
13.9 b: Ex 20:13; Dt 5:17
13.9 c: Ex 20:15; Dt 5:19
13.9 d: Ex 20:17; Dt 5:21
13.9 e: Lv 19:18
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