As Americans, we understand financial indebtedness, but do we, as Christians, understand Gospel indebtedness? Paul is clear that the Gospel is not ours to keep.

The Church has been given the Gospel as a trust. We are caretakers of it until it's given to its intended recipients. Who are they? They're the lost people around us. In that sense, we are indebted to the world until we give them the good news of God.

Let us fulfill our obligations and not be thieves of what belongs to another.