Wake
Up!
We have
been commanded by Jesus to love one another. It’s always been something we’ve
known- as believers- that we are called to do. The Bible actually says that we
owe love! Check out this passage in Romans:
Owe
nothing to anyone—except for your obligation to love one another. If you love
your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God’s law. For the
commandments say, “You must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must
not steal. You must not covet.”These—and other such commandments—are summed up
in this one commandment: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Love
does no wrong to others, so love fulfills the requirements of God’s law.
This
is all the more urgent, for you know how late it is; time is running out. Wake
up, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is
almost gone; the day of salvation will soon be here. So remove your dark deeds
like dirty clothes, and put on the shining armor of right living. Because we
belong to the day, we must live decent lives for all to see. Don’t participate
in the darkness of wild parties and drunkenness, or in sexual promiscuity and
immoral living, or in quarreling and jealousy. Instead, clothe yourself with
the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. And don’t let yourself think about ways
to indulge your evil desires.
- Romans
13:8-14
What is
all the more urgent? Love! We are living in the last days and the Bible
admonishes us to “wake up” because it’s getting late and time on this earth is
running out. We are to be up and about, clothed with Christ, and about His
business- loving people!
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