“We Owe!” Romans 8:12-13

Now, most of us know all too well what it means to be in debt… In short, we know very well what it is to OWE!

We owe God. We owe Him more than we’ll ever be able to pay…

Purpose: To examine areas where we owe God

IWe Owe as CREATURES A.God Has Proven His Sovereignty

Remember playing “King of the Hill”? There was even a board game entitled “King of the Hill”…

IWe Owe as CREATURES A.God Has Proven His Sovereignty B.The Heaven Declare His Glory

Psalm 24:1-2 “The earth is the Lord’s…”

Psalm 50:10-12 “…For the world is Mine, and all that it contains…”

Here is where our word indebted comes in – Jesus literally saying “We have done only that which we were indebted to do.”

IIWe Owe as SINNERS A.Bad News First

Matthew 6:12 “…forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors…”

Luke 13:4-5 “Or do you suppose that those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed the, were worse culprits (literally “debtors”) than all the men who live in Jerusalem? I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”

IIWe Owe as SINNERS A.Bad News First B.Good News

Matthew 20:28 “Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

1 Timothy 2:5 “For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”

Galatians 3:13 “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us – for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.’”

How’s that for “good news”? The punishment for your sins, my sins, all mankind’s sins has been paid and will be put in our account…

IIIWe Owe as CHRISTIANS A.We Owe God

Matthew 22:21 “…Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”

Garfield replied, “I will be as frank as you are. My engagement is with the Lord, to meet him at His house and at His table at 10:30 AM, and I will be there.”

Hebrews 5:12 “For though by this time you ought to be teacher, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food.”

IIIWe Owe as CHRISTIANS A.We Owe God B.We Owe One Another

Hebrews 10:25 “Not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more, as you see the day drawing new.”

IIIWe Owe as CHRISTIANS A.We Owe God B.We Owe One Another C.We Owe the Lost

2 Corinthians 5:14-15 “For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; and He died for all, that they who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf.”

Conclusion and Summary Returning to the opening illustration let me ask this: How many of us can look back upon our use of time and life with the same satisfaction that Elizabeth Beale looked upon her investments?... The fact remains – we owe! We owe not the flesh, but we certainly owe the Spirit!