God gives His laws regarding promises made to Him. He doesn’t want “pie crust” promises. He wants ones done in blood. As we close this book, which has been difficult for me, we get to read how God values us keeping our word. Have you ever made a “promise” and knew when you were making […]
God goes into great detail regarding the punishments that will be inflicted on Israel if they turn away from Him. It is NOT pretty! But… God is not talking about bringing this punishment down on Israel for little slips in behavior. He is speaking of the systematic and gross turning against Him. We ALL sin […]
God promises His people great things IF they obey the laws He has just given them. SO many blessings await! When God gave Israel His laws He used the carrot and the stick. We are looking at the carrot today; the promises of good. He started out with the conditions first. Then He moved onto […]
The last time we were together we looked at how a “brother” or “neighbor” should treat one another who had financial issues. We will now look at strangers too. When we were reading about how a poor person could sell himself to his fellow Israelite we saw that this person could not be treated as […]
God calls for kindness to a fellow Israelite when he falls on hard times. I wish that God had forbidden slavery of all men at this time but He didn’t. There were a few reasons most people wound up in slavery. The first is if they were conquered by and invading army. The losers of […]