Having spoken of how those who enjoy the freedom of the Gospel are to live with respect to their neighbor and the society as a whole, Paul moves on in chapter 14 to how we are to serve God in public and private devotion.
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Romans 13: How Should Free People Live?
Because believing Christians have been freed from their bondage to sin and have become part of a new creation, they differ from non-Christians in their understanding of how the world works and what is expected of them. Likewise, their choices, motives, and behavior often differ from those of the people around them. Given these differences, how should live?
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What Paul writes in chapter 7 of the books of Romans is so radical that if someone read or heard it without knowing who wrote it they might wonder what kind of godless anarchist the author was.
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St. Paul Lutheran 