Sharper Iron From Kfuo Radio

Rev. Mark Barz, pastor at Crown of Life Lutheran Church in San Antonio, TX, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Romans 13:8-14. Because their debt of sin is forgiven in Christ, the only debt Christians owe is the debt of love to the neighbor. Such love for the neighbor is the summary of the second table of the Law. Every commandment that teaches us how to act toward the neighbor is summarized like this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” The commandments give shape to this Christian love, which is produced in us only because God has first loved us by showing us mercy in Christ. The time for such love is right now, for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ is nearer now than ever. Christians live in this dawning light as the darkness of sin and evil is ending. In Baptism, we have been clothed in the armor of light so that we throw the works of darkness far away. Such works of darkness build sin upon sin, but this is not the clothing we have. In this time of eager anticipation for the Lord’s return,