A Call to Live in Light of the Coming End
Romans 13:11-14 A Call to Live Life in Light of the Coming End If you have your Bibles, I'd like to invite you to turn with me to chapter 13. We are working our way through a marvelous section of the book of Romans in which Paul spells out the Christian way of life. Two weeks ago we considered Romans 13:1 through 7, regarding our conduct as Christians in relationship to the state, to the government. Last week, Paul focused our attention on general societal responsibilities, our responsibility to love our neighbors in our communities. His concern in Romans 13:8-10 is to cultivate in us to call Christians to a profound love of neighbor. He uses ‘love one another’ language which he typically reserves for Christians loving Christians, but the context clearly indicates that he expects…