要常以为亏欠
罗马书十三章8至10节
8凡事都不可亏欠人,惟有彼此相爱,要常以为亏欠,因为爱人的就完全了律法。
9像那“不可奸淫”,“不可杀人”,“不可偷盗”,“不可贪婪”,或有别的诫命,都包在“爱人如己”这一句话之内了。
10爱是不加害与人的,所以爱就完全了律法。
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其次,保罗在第8节下半句教导我们,在爱人的事上,我们却要常常觉得自己是亏欠人的。
保罗已经在前面的部份谈论过爱,他也指出,我们必须要放下一切争竞、嫉妒和骄傲的心态,凭着爱心运用恩赐服侍人。
如今,保罗更将这种爱伸展至所有人。这里所讲的「爱人」,除了是爱信徒之外,当然还扩展至未得救的邻舍、朋友、同事和其他所有人。
保罗突然明白到,爱如何能成全律法,特别是十诫的律法。我们若真正爱神,还会敬奉其他偶像吗?还会随便用神的名起誓吗?你会怎样对待所爱的人呢?
我们会偷取爱人的东西吗?假如丈夫虐待妻子,你认为他爱妻子吗?他能够借此向妻子证明他的爱吗?
今天,我们并不是靠守律法来赚取救恩。但由于我们已经得救,神的爱已在我们心中;因此,当我们自觉亏欠神和人的爱,我们就发现自己正成全了律法!因为我们所行的,甚至愿意超越了法律的要求。这正好证明我们是属乎神的,因为神就是爱。作为神的儿女,我们岂不该更像天父吗?
NEVER BE OUT OF DEBT
Romans 13: 8-10
8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,”[a] “You shall not covet,”[b] and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”[c]
10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Message
The second part of verse 8 is equally plain. The only continuous and allowable debt with unlimited installments is the debt of love.
Paul had written about love and he had said that the exercise of our gifts must be in the spirit of love. Rivalry, jealousy, and pride are never the attitudes in which we are to use our God-given gifts.
Here Paul extended the thought of love to cover our relationships with our fellow men. This undoubtedly covers fellow Christians but it must be wide enough to include our unsaved neighbours, friends, fellow-workers, and many others.
Suddenly Paul saw how love could fulfill the law, specifically the Ten Commandments. If we truly love God, will we look for another god to worship? Or would we ever use God's name as a swearword? Would you do that to our own loved ones?
Would we steal from someone we love? What do you think of a husband who ill-treats his wife? Is that the way he proves his love?
We are not keeping the law today to earn our salvation. Since we have been saved, His love is in our hearts. As we acknowledge our debt of love and act on it, we’ll find ourselves fulfilling the law! We may have to go beyond what may be called human legal requirements. We belong to God and God is love. As his children, shouldn't we be like our Father?

