Living in Love's Radiant Light

Living Through Love

Love's Law: What must I know, 13:8-10

1. Understanding Love's Law Fulfillment (Romans 13:8)

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8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

2. Grasping Love’s Comprehensive Nature (Romans 13:9)

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9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

3. Recognizing Love’s No-Harm Principle (Romans 13:10)

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10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Love's Light: What I must feel, 13:11

1. Feeling the Urgency of Awakening, Romans 13:11

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11 Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.

2. Sensing the Nearness of Salvation, Romans 13:11

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11 Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.

3. Desiring to Shun Spiritual Slumber, Romans 13:11

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11 Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.

Love's Liftoff: What I must do, 13:12-14

1. Adopting the Armor of Light, Romans 13:12

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12 The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.

2. Walking in the Daytime, Romans 13:13

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13 Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy.

3. Denying Sinful Desires, Romans 13:14

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14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.