(Rom 13:11) “And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.”  So, the believer can be in a spiritual slumber, the old nature causing a spiritual walking sleep. God help us to realize – our days to serve are limited, maybe even to just today!

(Rom 13:11) “And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.” Time for serving the Lord is running out for each of us. Why are we not bothered with the thought of having done so little in service to Him?

(Rom 13:11) “And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.” The average believer lives as if in a slumber world, a dream world in which one has no duties to perform – those are for the “called of God”. Yet, the Bible teaches us we have a service to render: (1Co 6:20) “For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.”

(Rom 13:8)  Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.” then…. (11)  And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.” Our Lord’s coming in soon. If we don’t fulfill the obligation of love and honestly tell them of the need to repent and be born again, they will suffer eternal consequences.

(Rom 13:10) “Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.”  True love for a person leads us to say what a person needs to hear, yet refrain when hearing would do them no good. Love ask the Lord for the discernment as to which to do and the power to do it.

(Rom 13:9) For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”   If one lost, then they would not hurt a man by lying with his wife. He would not kill him, nor steal from him. You get the picture.

(Rom 13:8b) “…he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. (9) For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”  The saved are free from the penalty of law – Christ paid it on the cross. Yet, law reflects the standard of life that pleases our Father. Therefore we seek to love in order to please Him.

 (Rom 13:8)  “Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.”  Oftentimes all we see is the negative of a verse. That is a part of our fallen nature. But look at the positive: we owe everyone “love”. Not love that overlooks or condones sin; not love that keeps one from reaping what they have sowed; but love that cares for their soul.

(Rom 13:7) “ Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.”  Our society has taught us to not respect anyone – just ourselves. No, we are to subject ourselves to authority – period. We only rebel against authority when it goes against the teachings of God’s Word.

(Rom 13:6)  “For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.”  Even the Lord Jesus paid taxes: (Mat 17:27)  “…. go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.”