Day 8 - Debt and Slavery

• Romans 13:8
  • Let no debt remain…except the continuing debt to love one another…
• Thoughts
  • + - The Bible discourages debt
    • ~ Proverbs 22:7
      • The rich rules over the poor,and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
  • + - Paul took pride in being a slave to whom he ministered
    • ~ Romans 1:1
      • Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
    • ~ 1 Corinthians 9:19
      • For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.
    • ~ 2 Corinthians 4:5

      • For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

  • + - Paul urged us to resist becoming slaves of men
    • ~ 1 Corinthians 7:21-23

      • Were you a slave when called? Do not be concerned about it. (But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.) 22 For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a slave of Christ. 23 You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.