Laws and principles for a godly life
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“When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and she departs out of his house, and if she goes and becomes another man’s wife, and the latter man hates her and writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, or if the latter man dies, who took her to be his wife, then her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination before the Lord. And you shall not bring sin upon the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance. “When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken. “No one shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for that would be taking a life in pledge. “If a man is found stealing one of his brothers of the people of Israel, and if he treats him as a slave or sells him, then that thief shall die. So you shall purge the evil from your midst. “Take care, in a case of leprous disease, to be very careful to do according to all that the Levitical priests shall direct you. As I commanded them, so you shall be careful to do. Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam on the way as you came out of Egypt. “When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not go into his house to collect his pledge. You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you. And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge. You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you. And it shall be righteousness for you before the Lord your God. “You shall not oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns. You shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), lest he cry against you to the Lord, and you be guilty of sin. “Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin. “You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widow’s garment in pledge, but you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this. “When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over them again. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow. When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not strip it afterward. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow. You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this.
Sermon
Sermon
God’s Laws are simple and can be easily taught and remembered
They hold key principals of attitude and behaviour being taught which are the building blocks circumstances as they arise
Justice fo All (v17)
Trust in a neighbour (v10)
care for those in need (v19)
personal responsibility (v13)
Divorce, remarriage and marriage (v1-5)
Divorce, remarriage and marriage (v1-5)
“When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and she departs out of his house, and if she goes and becomes another man’s wife, and the latter man hates her and writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, or if the latter man dies, who took her to be his wife, then her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination before the Lord. And you shall not bring sin upon the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance. “When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken.
Matthew 19:4–5 “He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?” (Genesis 2:24)
Matthew 19:8 “He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.”
Israel was command that this should be the decision of the husband
Wider culture men and women could devorce each other
He was to issue a certificate
a formal recognition that she was legtimately divorced
the purpose was to make individuals reflect more serious on marriage and especially divorce
When divorce occurs and they remarry they cannot return at a later date to the original relationship
“for that is an abomination before the Lord”
“you shall not bring sin upon the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance”
v5 shows the importance of marriage
a husbands life was not to be put into danger at the very beginning
Today we need to remember that the service in the army and public duty was service for God’s people
in the early days of marriage, a man’s duty to his wife comes first
Life and Freedom (v6-9)
Life and Freedom (v6-9)
“No one shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for that would be taking a life in pledge. “If a man is found stealing one of his brothers of the people of Israel, and if he treats him as a slave or sells him, then that thief shall die. So you shall purge the evil from your midst. “Take care, in a case of leprous disease, to be very careful to do according to all that the Levitical priests shall direct you. As I commanded them, so you shall be careful to do. Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam on the way as you came out of Egypt.
Millstone
Collateral for Loans
kept item until loan repaid
This is “taking a life in pledge”
Reason is because they cannot make bread
Leaving them in a worse state than before they borrowed
Lender is forbidden to take a mortar or millstone
Stealing a Brother
Kidnapping & dehumanisation
Slavery
Sale into slavery
Punishment: Death
This verse was used by those who opposed the 18th Century slave trade
Leprousy
follow the instructions of the levitical priests
leprosy affected the health of both the individual and others
obedience to God was essential for the protection of God’s People
“As I have commanded them, so you shall be careful to do”
Clear reference to the provisions in Leviticus 13
Miriam (Numbers 12) was required to obey remaining outside the camp for 7 days
Righteous and Sinful Living (v10-16)
Righteous and Sinful Living (v10-16)
“When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not go into his house to collect his pledge. You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you. And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge. You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you. And it shall be righteousness for you before the Lord your God. “You shall not oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns. You shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), lest he cry against you to the Lord, and you be guilty of sin. “Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin.
1) Loans
You shall not go into his house to collect his pldge
You shall stand outside and wait for the one who borrowed to bring the pledge to you
If they are poor you shall not sleep in his pledge
if the pledge was essential for basic needs it should be given back at night and retrieved in the morning
“that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you”
“It shall be righteousness for you before the Lord your God”
2) You shall not oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy
pay his wages that same day
they could not wait to be paid weekly or monthly
“est he cry against you to the Lord, and you be guilty of sin”
3) Personal Responsibility
“Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin.”
Remembering Egypt (v17-22)
Remembering Egypt (v17-22)
“You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widow’s garment in pledge, but you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this. “When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over them again. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow. When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not strip it afterward. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow. You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this.
“You shall remember you were a slave in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you”
This should govern your attitude towards those in need, the sojourner [foreigner], fatherless and the widow
“You shall not pervert the justice due”
or take advantage
When you forget to reap part of the harvest you shall not go back to get it
Whether grain or grapes
Forgetfulness, or not completely ready for harvest
It shall be for the foreigner, fatherless and widows
“That the Lord your God may bless you in the work of your hands”
effectively: do to others what you would wish be done for you
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Closing Prayer
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Doxology
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