Uncovering Nakedness A call for self-control, modesty, and respect. Leviticus 18:6-18 “None of you shall approach any one of his close relatives to uncover nakedness. I am the LORD. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, which is the nakedness of your mother; she is your mother, you shall not uncover ...
Adultery Forbidden God’s Law protects marriage and sexual purity. Exodus 20:14 “You shall not commit adultery.” Deuteronomy 5:18 “‘And you shall not commit adultery.’” Ephesians 5:3-13; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8 Essentially, adultery is any unlawful sexual activity. It ranges from simple voyeurism to fornication, homosexuality, and bestiality. God is especially severe against sins of adultery, and for very ...
Protecting the Coming Generation God’s Law thinks about the generation to come, even if we don’t. Deuteronomy 25:11, 12 “When men fight with one another and the wife of the one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of him who is beating him and puts out her hand and seizes ...
Protect Others We must always consider the well-being of others. Deuteronomy 22:8 “When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring the guilt of blood upon your house, if anyone should fall from it.” 1 Corinthians 8:9-12 Here is yet another way that neighbors exercised ...
Protection for Livelihood Debt could not be used to deprive one of his means of work. Deuteronomy 24:6 “No one shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for that would be taking a life in pledge.” Taking someone’s livelihood in pledge for a loan was absolutely forbidden. It is part ...
[Editor’s Note: Sabbath School Lessons writer the Rev. Dr. L. Robert LaMay joined the ranks of Christ’s good and faithful servants on 29 December 2013, when he passed from this world into the arms of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Please pray for the Christian Observer as ...
Protection for Slaves God’s Law protected the rights and dignity even of slaves. Exodus 21:20, 21 “When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged. But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be ...
Room for Grace Cities of refuge gave grace time to work healing. Numbers 35:9-15 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, then you shall select cities to be cities of refuge for you, ...
No Revenge Killing Cities of refuge were a measure of grace for the whole community. Numbers 35:9-15 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, then you shall select cities to be cities of ...
A Community Concern Justice is a community responsibility in the Law of God. Numbers 35:22-29 “But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or hurled anything on him without lying in wait or used a stone that could cause death, and without seeing him dropped it on him, so that he died, though ...