"Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law"- Romans 13:8 (NIV).
Paul told the Corinthians that love was greater than faith and hope (1 Corinthians 13:13). Faith and hope are indeed powerful. Faith can move mountains (Matthew 17:20) and hope is the anchor of our soul (Hebrews 6:19). Yet love is greater; it is a debt we owe, a law, to love our fellowman. Any time we pay on the love debt we are sharing God, for God is love (1 John 4:8). God loves all and wants all to be saved and understand the truth (1 Timothy 2:4). "All" is the operative word. Jonah didn't think the Ninevites were worthy of salvation and was disobedient at first (Jonah 1:3). Nineveh had over 120,000 people who recanted following Jonah's eventual obedience (4:11), but Jonah was still more angry over the death of a vine than in the souls of those multitudes (v10). We shouldn't judge Jonah. How many times have we thought someone got their just deserves for a transgression? Lord, help us to remember the love debt is to and for "all."
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