| SUMMARY: | This sacrificial and sanctified life is one in which we love our neighbor because it is the fulfillment of the Law but abstain from the lusts of the flesh. |
| I. We Must Love | VERSES 13:8-10 | |
| A. The Exhortation: | ||
| 1. The Negative: | Owe nothing to anyone | (8a) |
| 2. The Positive: | except to love one another; | (8b) |
| B. The Explanation: | ||
| 1. The Reason Stated: | for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. | (8c) |
| 2. The Reason Explained: | ||
| a. The Commands: | ||
| (1) First: | For this, “YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, (Exodus 20:14) |
(9a) |
| (2) Second: | YOU SHALL NOT MURDER, (Exodus 20:13) | (9b) |
| (3) Third: | YOU SHALL NOT STEAL, (Exodus 20:15) | (9c) |
| (4) Fourth: | YOU SHALL NOT COVET,” (Exodus 20:17) | (9d) |
| b. The Condensation: | ||
| (1) If: | and if there is any other commandment, | (9e) |
| (2) Then: | it is summed up in this saying, “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.” (Leviticus 19:18) |
(9f) |
| 3. The Summary: | ||
| a. The Reason: | Love does no wrong to a neighbor; | (10a) |
| b. The Statement: | therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. | (10b) |
| II. We Must Not Lust | VERSES 13:11-14 | |
| A. The Explanation: | ||
| 1. The Statement: | Do this, knowing the time, | (11a) |
| 2. The Description: | that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; | (11b) |
| 3. The Explanation: | ||
| a. First: | for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed. | (11c) |
| b. Second: | The night is almost gone, and the day is near. | (12a) |
| B. The Exhortations: | ||
| 1. First: | ||
| a. Negatively: | Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness | (12b) |
| b. Positively: | and put on the armor of light. | (12c) |
| 2. Second: | ||
| a. Positively: | Let us behave properly as in the day, | (13a) |
| b. Negatively: | ||
| (1) Alcoholism | not in carousing and drunkenness, | (13b) |
| (2) Immorality: | not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, | (13c) |
| (3) Violence: | not in strife and jealousy | (13d) |
| 3. Third: | ||
| a. Positively: | But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, | (14a) |
| b. Negatively: | and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts. | (14b) |