Love as debt. That's pretty interesting and something I haven't really much considered. Paul writes: "Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law."
The continuing debt means that it is never-ending. What exactly is debt. It is required repayment (usually with interest - or an increased amount) of something given to you. That means that people are constantly filling me with love, even if I'm not aware of it or choose to think what they are doing is the converse of love.
This makes sense in the context of the depravity of man. Were it not for God I would spiral into the most base and visceral of states. Same with others. But even the biggest @ss has the capacity for, and uses love.
Turn the other cheek is way more than just taking the high road. It is repaying in kind, with interest, the love your enemy has shown you in ways that they aren't even aware.
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