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Exodus chapter 22 · Scripture Unscripted

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  Exodus chapter 22 verse one, If a man shall steal an ox or a
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  sheep and kill it or sell it, he shall restore 5 ox for an ox and
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  four sheep for a sheep. So you can see here that it was
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  not becoming of a man to steal because it was going to have to
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  be repaid and the interest rate was very high.
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  The return on it was very high. So he took a big risk whenever
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  he decided to steal something that was not him.
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  Is, and look at how Moses here is relaying all of the mind of
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  God and the thoughts of God and the things of God unto the
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  elders of Israel, so that whenever they bring their cases
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  unto them, they can judge accordingly.
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  That's the purpose of this chapter here, friends, is you
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  need to know that Jethro has told Moses that he needed to
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  give all of the elders the ability to hear the people, and
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  they did not have to wait to talk to Moses and stand in line
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  for a year to be able to get to him.
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  Verse 2. And if a thief be found breaking
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  up and be stricken that he die, there shall no blood be shed for
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  him. He was a thief, friends, he was
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  breaking in, he got caught in the act and he lost his life,
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  and that's payment enough. 3 And if the sun be risen upon him,
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  there shall be bloodshed for him, for he should make full
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  restitution. If he have nothing, then he
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  shall be sold for his theft. So if he's found out, he needs
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  to make everything right, and if he cannot, then he has to go
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  into servitude for and if the theft be certainly found in his
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  hand alive, whether it be ox or donkey or sheep, he shall
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  restore double. So if he's caught in the act and
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  the animals still alive, not only does the animal get taken,
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  but then he has to repay it back twice.
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  Five. And if a man shall cause a field
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  or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and
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  shall feed in another man's field, of the best of his own
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  field or the best of his own vineyard, shall he make
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  restitution? So there it is, friends.
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  If he thinks he can get away with just sending his animals in
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  there and they eat all the crops, he has to pay it back,
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  Friends. 6 And if fire break out and catching thorns, so that the
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  stacks of corn or the standing corn, or the field consumed with
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  it, he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
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  So if your fire got out of control and it burned up the
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  crops, you've got to pay it back, friends. 7 And if a man
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  shall deliver unto his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it
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  be stolen out of the man's house, if the thief be found,
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  let him pay double. So there you go, friends.
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  If you put something into your friend's house and it got broken
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  into, now we're on the lookout for the thief, and when and we
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  find him, he has to pay twice. A If the thief be not found,
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  then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges
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  to see whether he have put his hand into his neighbors goods.
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  So it's for the judges to try to figure out if the man was the
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  one that took it, or was it actually stolen by a thief. 9
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  For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, donkey,
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  sheep, clothing, for any other manner of lost thing which
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  another challenges to be his, the cause of both parties shall
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  come before the judges, of whom the judges shall condemn.
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  He shall pay double to his neighbor.
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  So whoever is found to be guilty, in whichever party is to
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  have to pay back twice as much. Then if a man deliver unto his
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  neighbor a donkey, an ox, or sheep, or any beast, he keep it,
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  and it dies, or is hurt, or is driven away, and no one sees it.
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  11 Then shall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that
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  he has not put his hand into his neighbor's goods.
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  And the owner of it shall accept it the of it, and he shall not
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  make it good. So here he's saying, It was out
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  of my control, there was nothing I could do.
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  I solemnly swear before the judges here that I have done
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  nothing wrong. And that is enough.
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  And they have to both accept it and go their own way. 12 And if
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  it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner
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  of it. So there you see that if it is
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  stolen that he has to pay it back. 13 If it be torn in
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  pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not
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  make good that which was torn. So it was out of his control.
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  If it was torn to pieces, then he does not have to pay it back.
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  14 And if a man borrow all of his neighbor, and it be hurt or
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  die, the owner of it being not with it, he shall surely make it
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  good. So the principle here is
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  whatever you borrow, you have to bring it back and you have to
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  make it right if something happens. 15 But if the owner of
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  it be with it, he shall not make it good, for if it be a higher
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  thing, it came for his hire. So here he's saying if it was
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  completely out of his control and he could not save it, then
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  he is to be excused. 16 And if a man entice it made that is not
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  betrothed and lie with her, he shall surely endow out, endow
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  her to be his wife. So here we're going to get into
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  a little section where God wants us to understand just how
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  precious virginity is. And we are not to take the
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  virginity of a young lady without the intention of
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  marriage. And that is still applicable to
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  today. And if easy come, easy go.
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  And if you cheapen the goods, friends, then they will not be
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  held in high regard. And it is in the interest of the
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  young lady to hold out until marriage, to make sure that she
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  has her security so that the man doesn't just get the goods and
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  go on his way. That this try it before you buy
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  it mentality is broken, friends. And a woman needs to understand
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  that whenever she cheapens the good, it is cheap in the eyes of
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  the buyer. And you need to understand that
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  the enemy would love for us to just sleep around and hop from
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  bed to bed putting notches on our doorposts.
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  But you also need to know that God is the one who has the
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  sanctity of marriage. God instituted marriage.
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  God desires for one man and one woman to come together in holy
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  matrimony and to outlast everything that is thrown at
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  them in this life and to make it to the end.
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  And there is much reward in that.
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  Friends, never forget it. 17 If her father utterly refused to
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  give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of
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  virgins. So if he took her virginity, he
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  has to give the dowry as if he's going to marry her, even if the
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  father says absolutely not. 18 You shall not suffer a witch to
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  live. That is a period.
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  There is no comma. That is, that is exactly what it
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  says, friends. And you can see all this New Age
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  garbage that has popped up, all of this disgusting Ness that has
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  popped up with the wicked culture, with the satanic
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  culture, and God says surely they need to be disposed of.
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  And you can see that today there is much grace and much
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  long-suffering in the sight of God, that he allows them to live
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  in a free society and to go out and to act it out and to go out
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  and to propagate it and to act in a very anti God way.
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  And God allows it and he doesn't have to, but he does.
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  And we live in a society that you have the freedom of
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  expression, the freedom of whatever religion you want.
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  And there's a double edged sword there, friends.
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  But you can see all the way back here in this camp of Israel in
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  this purity, friends. And this is what God would have
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  us to do. And He makes no apologies for
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  it, Friends. 19 Whosoever lies with the beast shall surely be
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  put to death. What a disgusting thing that God
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  has to write in here. But He sees it all.
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  He knows everything. He knows all of our
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  propensities. And you can see that there have
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  been times in the past where God has brought judgment upon the
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  land because of these very disgusting, deplorable acts.
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  And He will not put up with it forever, friends.
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  There will be a reckoning. 20 He that sacrifices unto any God
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  except the Lord, only he shall be utterly destroyed.
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  So he says, you shall have no other gods besides him.
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  And he is a jealous God, and he's not jealous of us, but he's
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  jealous for us. 21 You shall neither vex a stranger nor
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  oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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  Look at how God cares for the pilgrims.
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  He cares for the strangers. He cares for those who aren't
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  even Israelites. We know that the Israelites were
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  called to be pure and to be a peculiar people chosen unto
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  himself, and to be the priesthood for all of the entire
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  globe, for all the world. They were to represent God.
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  But God cares for every nation, every people group, every
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  tongue, every nationality friends.
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  God cares for every single one of them, and he wants them to
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  know that they were once strangers.
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  They were once pilgrims. 22 You shall not afflict any widow or
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  fatherless child. So we know from the book of
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  James that true religion is taking care of the widows and
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  the orphans in their time of distress.
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  We see that God puts a major emphasis on us taking care of
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  the widows and the orphans. 23 If you afflict them in any way,
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  and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry. 24
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  And my wrath shall grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword,
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  and your wives shall be widows, and your children's fatherless.
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  Look at this great turn of events.
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  When you oppress the widow and the orphan, your very wife and
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  children will be widows and orphans. 25 And if you lend
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  money to any of my people that is poor by you, you shall not be
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  to him as a user, neither shall you lay upon him user, so he's
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  saying, dollar for dollar, no interest. 26 And if you at all
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  take your neighbor's clothing to pledge, you shall deliver it to
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  him by the time the sun goes down.
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  So you can see that God is saying, I do not want them to be
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  cold. If they tell you, hey, I will
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  give you my coat and surety that I'll be right back, I'm going to
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  go grab the money. I'll be right back if even if
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  they don't pay you the money, you return the coat to them so
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  that they're not cold at night. What an amazing God we serve. 27
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  For that is his only covering, It is his clothing for his skin.
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  How shall he sleep? And it shall come to pass that
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  when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.
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  He is a gracious God. He is an amazing God.
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  He's a loving God. And he knows what's best for us,
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  even if it doesn't make sense. And our finite minds, the size
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  of the soda can, whenever we try to approach God from a
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  moralistic approach, friends, it never works out.
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  God is so long-suffering, and he gives us mercies that are new
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  every single day, and if you woke up this morning, he's not
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  done with you. 28 You shall not revile the gods, nor court, nor
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  curse the ruler of your people. So what is he saying?
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  He's saying, Do not speak evil of the judges in the land. 29
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  You shall not delay to offer the first of your ripe fruits and of
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  your liquors, and the first born of the sons you shall give to
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  me. So we can see that this is the
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  entire reason that God accepted Abel.
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  But he rejected Cain, because Cain gave him the leftovers, but
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  Abel gave him the first fruits. And that is what we are called
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  to do. If you make $10, ten $1.00
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  bills, the very first one belongs unto God and then the 9
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  is blessed money. Friends, the nine God will take
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  and he will expand and God will multiply.
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  And God math is amazing. 30 Likewise shall you do with your
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  ox, your sheep. Seven days it shall be with his
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  dam. And on the 8th day you shall
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  give it to me. So you can see here that for
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  seven days the young 1 is to be with the mother, but on the 8th
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  day they are to be offered unto God.
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  We'll end on 31 And you shall be holy men unto me.
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  Neither shall you eat any of the flesh that is torn and beast of
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  the field. You shall cast it to the dogs.
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  He's saying, have a little self respect, don't eat the roadkill,
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  have some dignity for yourself. You are a wholly peculiar people
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  unto me and I expect for you to act like it.
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  Remember who you belong to. You're a son or a daughter of
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  the Most High King. We praise God, Hallelujah, that
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  we know him and are known by him.
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  The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that's who we serve, the
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  God of Israel, the Jewish king, we love him fully, man, fully.
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  God, I hope you've been blessed by this amazing chapter in God's
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  Word. I know I sure have.
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  I'm praying for every single one of you.
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  I love you. Let us pray.
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  God, we thank you for your word. We thank you for everything that
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  you've done. Lord, we thank you for opening
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  up our hearts and minds to be able to absorb what it is that
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  you want to say to us today. We love you God, and it's in
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  King Jesus, holy and precious name that I pray.
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  Amen.