]“Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.
2 “If a thief is caught breaking in at night and is struck...
#183 Exodus 22 Part 1 Respect or Love
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
#182 Exodus 21 Part 2 Pit Fall
12 “Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death.13 However, if it is not done intentionally, but God lets it happen, they are to flee to a place I will designate. 14 But...
Sunday, February 22, 2015
#181 Which Slave are You
“These are the laws you are to set before them:
2 “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything. 3 If he...
Monday, February 16, 2015
#180 Exodus 20 Anything but Your Voice
18 When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance19 and said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself...
Sunday, February 15, 2015
#179 Exodus 20 Thankful
17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”Exodus 20:17 NIV
This is the point at which the breaking of the other commandments begins. It is the pride of life...
Thursday, February 12, 2015
#178 Exodus 20 False Testimony
16 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor." Exodus 20:16 NIV
In the simple letter of the matter it would imply that we should not tell a lie about our neighbor. As the history...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
#177 Thieves on the Sideline
15 “You shall not steal."
This should seem obvious, and the things I did not work for and those things that God has blessed another man with, do not belong to me. Even men, who say that God does...
Monday, February 9, 2015
#176 The Value
14 “You shall not commit adultery." Exodus 20:14
The law that men regard as off limits to God. I remember a pastor telling me of a sermon that he gave about this very thing, and how after the...
Thursday, February 5, 2015
#175 Exodus 20 Against Flesh
13 “You shall not murder." Exodus 20:13
The following is from John Calvin's commentary on Exodus 20:
17. Non occides.
The sum of this Commandment is, that we should not unjustly do violence...
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
#174 With Promise
12 “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. Exodus 20:12 NIV
I have thought much on this, as of late, and reflected upon my place as someone's son and what God's word has to say about it. For some, this is probably the place of...
