The Debt Of Love

                                          Romans 13:8
                       "Owe no man any thing, but to love one
                            another: for he that loveth another
                                     hath fulfilled the law"

        The wise advice in Romans 13:8 will save us many sorrows.  We have a duty to love one another.  We own it to each other to do so, but we should incur no other debt.  This verse is plain and easy to understand; yet, many of God's children are in financial difficulties simply because they have not taken this verse seriously.  We all have a debt of love, and we should not have any others.
        Paul repeats a lesson Jesus taught in answer to a question from a lawyer.  Jesus was asked about which was the greatest commandment of the Law (Mark 12:29-31).  Jesus answered that all the Law was summed up in loving God and loving our neighbor.  If we think of others in the same way we think of ourselves, we would never do harm to anyone, at least not purposely.  What we do not readily see is that when we harm others we are in some way harming ourselves.  Every sin has in it the seeds of destruction, and sin will destroy a sinner from the inside out.
        Selfishness, which is the opposite of love, always works to destroy.  Love works to build up and edify.  When we love someone, we want the best for them.  We cannot declare our love and also seek to harm others.  This is way the law of love can replace every other law.   Amen!!

                                     May God Bless You
                                      And Your Families

                                                 Minister: Robert A. Lail Sr.
                                                 The Cross Life Ministry