Message Title: Love One Another Text: Romans 13 vs 9-14 Date: 09-21-2025 1. Apostle Paul continued with the imperatives in this section and will do so to the end of the book of Romans. 2. Why the imperatives? The simple answer is that God commands them. These were not Paul's ideas. 3. But this is a continuation of the teaching of how the redeemed ought to relate to things, people and each other as the church body. 4. The Holy Spirit was/is defining for us how Christ's church should think and conduct itself in the world. Yes Christianity is DEFINABLE in both the indicatives (how God saved sinners) and imperatives (how the saved ought to think and behave). 5. At the opening of Romans 13 he talked about the redeemed's relationship to governing authorities and said-they ought to be honored because God works through them-so do not go crazy. 6. Now, he goes into how we ought to relate to one another and says-love one another-owe no one anything but love. 7. And he said love is the fulfilment of the Law-is the goal of the Law. But this does not mean that Paul was putting back the redeemed under the Law. God is love and His love is also central to our redemption-Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her. 8. The other motivation to put on the armor of light (Christ, the gospel) is that the days of your final redemption is drawing near, so be encouraged in this matter. This is FREE!

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