Romans 13:8-14 · Love, for the Day is Near

8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. 9 The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself." 10 Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

11 And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12 The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. 14 Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature.

A Parent’s Debt
Romans 13:8-14
Sermon
by Thomas Slavens
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Family Week • First Sunday in Family Week •

Most parents try to pay their debts to their children. They try to do the best for their children. Yet what parent would say, “There is no way for me to improve.”?

What do parents owe their children? In writing to the church in Rome Paul said, “Owe no one anything, except to love one another.” Parents can dominate their children’s lives. They can over-indulge their children. But can they love, that is seek the good of a child, too much? That is one debt never paid, the debt of love. What parents owe their children is love.

Parents owe their children love by caring for their physical needs. In a museum in Chicago one wing houses a display of the story of humankind. One of the first scenes depicts a cave family. In the foreground is the hunch-ba…

C.S.S. Publishing Company, DOORS TO GOD: SPECIAL OCCASION SERMONS, by Thomas Slavens