A Living Sacrifice to Our Passions

All of the sins that Paul points out in Romans 13 create relational death and an unserviceable debt. They all point to the standard of love and love does no wrong to a neighbor. So, the call to love within Scripture has only two avenues on which to function and that is God and others. What God is telling us here is completely counter-cultural to everything we hear and to what we think and desire. What is truly being said here is to sacrifice me, my dreams, desires, opinions, preferences, and passions for the benefit of others. We can love ourselves to the sacrifice of others, or we can love others to the sacrifice of ourselves. There is no middle ground and the Holy Spirit will appeal to our sense of discernment to help us be consistent in making the right choice.