Love Your Neighbor As Yourself

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Love Your Neighbor As Yourself

Date: Feb. 7, 2020

Passage

Romans 13:8-14 (ESV)

8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

11 Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. 12 The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

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Daily Bread

Key Verse: 13:9b

For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

1. Let no debt remain outstanding (8-10)

It is not just the governing authorities we should pay what we owe them. Anytime we owe anyone anything, we should discharge that debt. But there is one exception. Our debt of love is never paid off. We can never love someone for a certain time period and then say, "I have paid my debt. I no longer need to love you!" Our debt of love is continual. By loving others, we fulfill the requirements of the law. Loving someone never does them any harm. "Therefore, love is the fulfillment of the law." (10)

2. Understand the present time (11-14)

We don't just blindly love others. We love others with the understanding of the nearness of our salvation. It is closer today than it has ever been. Tomorrow it will be even closer. The night is almost over, the Day is almost here. So, we should stop sinning and behave decently, as God meant us to. No more drunkenness or dissension or jealousy. Rather let us clothe ourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ. Do not think about how to gratify our sinful natures. We are new in Christ! Let us gratify him!

Prayer: Prayer: Lord, let us put on the armor of Christ. Help us behave decently as if our salvation were coming today.

One Word: Clothe yourself with Christ

The Church in Antioch

Acts 11:19-30

Key Verse: 11:26

and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.

Today's Question

What is the reason for the fifth commandment?

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