The Day is Near

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The Day is Near

Date: Jun. 24, 2023

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: 13:8

Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

Paul admonishes us to love one another. Through love, Paul reasons, we are fulfilling God’s law. How wonderful that is! Love is the character of God and Jesus. In our sinful nature, we cannot love others. Even at a small mistake from others, we start hating and holding grudges in our heart. We are sinful human beings. But may we come to God in prayer. Through the Holy Spirit’s work in our life, may we grow each day to truly love one another. Paul strongly warns us, “The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.” We should put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. We should repent of our old sinful nature daily before Jesus: lust, anger, unbelief, fear, and anxiety. We should put on the armor of light, which is Jesus and live these last times fully filled with the Holy Spirit. We should clothe ourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ.

People of the world think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh. They wear nice clothes to look better. They study hard to earn respect. They earn lots of money to enjoy and to be regarded as most important in this world. Rather than gratifying our sinful nature with these things, we should put on Jesus and try to live each day glorifying Jesus with our lives.

Prayer: Prayer: Lord, help us to wake up from our slumber.

One Word: One Word: The hour has already come.

A Bible Teacher to the Samaritans

2 Kings 17:24-41

Key Verse: 17:28

So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in Bethel and taught them how they should fear the LORD.

Today's Question

What is the reason for the third commandment?

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