Beyond obedience to the laws of the state, obedience to the last few of the ten commandments, and Jesus’ ‘Great Commandment’ offer a religious rule-based ethics that demand at least as much of Christians as would obedience to any government.
Beyond even religious laws is the ethical frame of ultimate or ‘eschatological’ expectations. This age of penultimate mortal fallible rulers and creatures will be fulfilled in light and justice. We can live in anticipation, tolerating current evils in perspective.
Paul concludes the argument with a string of references of moral debauchery and licentiousness, in some echo of the sins he listed in the opening chapter of Romans. He thinks that this is what follows if you don’t hold to his ethical standards. Is he right?
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
Thursday, August 11 - Romans 13:8-14
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