Scripture Nugget 2.19.2017

Scripture Read Romans 13-14

Nugget “Owe no one anything, except to love on another; for the one who loves has fulfilled the law. The commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not covet’; and any other commandment, are summed up in this word, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law.”

Devotional thought: “Love does no wrong to a neighbor,” who is my neighbor? Leviticus 19 uses several words to describe those I should care for (do no wrong to) the poor, the alien, neighbor, laborer, the deaf, the blind, the poor, the great (fellow citizen). “Love does no wrong to a neighbor.” “When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very edges of your field, or gather the gleanings of your harvest. You shall not strip your vineyard bare, or gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the alien, I am the LORD your God. You shall not steal” (Leviticus 19:9-11a) Quail hunters know what damage has been done by reaping to the edges of the fields. There is no longer any cover or food for the quail – the result, the wild quail population is virtually wiped out. “Love does no wrong to a neighbor,” O Lord forgive me……