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Indebtedness
"Owe no
man anything, but to love one another." Rom. 13:8.
These words are simple, plain, and understandable. Why try
to make them mean anything more or less than what they
plainly say? These words do not forbid borrowing. Jesus
encouraged borrowing. You do not owe a borrowed thing
until the date agreed upon for its return. Return it, if
it be a penny, a book, or $100.00, on or before the date
agreed upon for its return. If you do not, you transgress
God's Word. One says, "I am unable." If the man
borrowed from will willingly extend the time, then you do
not owe it until the date of the new agreement. If the man
wants it, you are to pay it. Your being unable does not
pay the bill. He is as unable to do without as you are to
pay it. It is not holy living. Far better to do without
than to borrow and not be able to return. Thousands have
mis-stepped because they were not willing to do without.
They were reaching out for a little more of some earthly
thing. Better be satisfied with the little cabin clear of
debt than a fine home under mortgage. It is more
Christ-like. It will be better for your soul. Oh, the
souls that have been dwarfed because man was not contented
with the scarcity of earthly things. Look on Christ.
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