‘Responding to the wonder of grace: debtors to love’ (Romans 13:8-10)

In Romans 13:8-10, Paul spoeaks again about love, but this time in the context of the Law of God. The Old and New Testaments are not enemies but friends, and love is a dominant theme of both the Old and the New Testaments, even though some would say otherwise. In presenting this call to love to the beleievers at Rome, Paul actually tells them that by ‘loving’ they will fulfill the requirements of the Law! In this way, love and Law intersect and belong together.

Message

Outline

• The ninth in this series
• The overarching response of love…
• Is Law opposed to love?
• See how Paul tells us that …

Love is the greater debt we owe (v.8a)

Love is the summary and fulfillment of the Law (v.8b,9, 10b)

Love determines how we treat others (10a)

Take a self-inventory!
Why love? Because we were loved first…!
The debt paid for us!