After writing God's stated role for Human Government (the State) in Romans 13:1-1-4 (preserve God's moral law, protect the righteous and punish the wicked), Paul tells us (vss. 5-7) about our responsibility to the State, which is submission and surrender to legitimate authority. He then gives directives to us concerning Human Relationships (vss. 8-14).
Romans 13:8-14
We should owe no man anything except to love them and give them the gospel (8; Ro. 1:14).
Love ACTUALLY fulfills the law (8).
The Moral Law is indicated (9).
Love fulfills moral law (8).
In fact, Love is the New Commandment (Jn. 13:34), yet it was given in the Old Testament (1 Jn. 2:7).
Love is not only reactive, prohibiting that which is wrong, but love is proactive, prompting that which is right (10).
There is an urgency to live in the light of love (11-12).
Christian faith is witnessed by righteous living (13).
Those who are in Christ are not in the flesh and do not fulfill the lust of the flesh (13).
Romans 13:8-14
(8) Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
(9) For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
(10) Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
(11) And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
(12) The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
(13) Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
(14) But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
APPLYING VERSES 11-13
Wake Up (vs. 11) , Man Up (12-13) and Look Up (11).
The Church slept through the State removing prayer and Bible from the government schools in the 60s.
The Church slept through the legalizing of murdering the unborn in the 70s.
The Church must wake up and speak up against the sins of our society and the anarchists in office.
The US Government is approving Sodomy, Atheism, Pornography, Murder of the Innocents, Racism and condemning Christ and the Bible.
The Church must Wake Up and Speak Up.
(9) For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
(10) Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
(11) And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
(12) The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
(13) Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
(14) But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
APPLYING VERSES 11-13
Wake Up (vs. 11) , Man Up (12-13) and Look Up (11).
The Church slept through the State removing prayer and Bible from the government schools in the 60s.
The Church slept through the legalizing of murdering the unborn in the 70s.
The Church must wake up and speak up against the sins of our society and the anarchists in office.
The US Government is approving Sodomy, Atheism, Pornography, Murder of the Innocents, Racism and condemning Christ and the Bible.
The Church must Wake Up and Speak Up.
