Owe No One Anything Except to Love One Another...

Mark 12:29:31 - Which is the first commandment of all?

Cross-reference verse Romans 13:8-10:

Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not bear false witness," "You shall not covet," and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Love is the debt that is never paid...it is always owed.  Love is the summation of our obedience for in love the whole law is fulfilled.  Love is a decision and is always an action.  The love that God has shed abroad in our hearts by His Spirit involves teaching and speaking the truth in love to others, (faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God) The love that God has poured out in our hearts also ministers to needs, sets an example that does not lead people toward sin, covers faults, forgives, endures and sacrifices on behalf of others. This kind of love is our debt that is never paid and always owed.

Father...we want to love like this!  Thank You that You have shed Your love abroad in our hearts.  You have given us all we need to love others as you have loved us...to meet them at their point of need.  We submit  to Your Spirit right now and ask that he would purify our hearts and teach us to love.  Be pleased with the way we pay our debts, owing no man anything, but owing everyone love, “always paying and always owing”.  That the world might know we belong to You and that they might be attracted by that love to the One alone who can save them.