Property The Rule of Law: Government of the Community (4) God’s Law protects the right to private property. “You shall not steal.” Exodus 20:15 While the communities of God’s people were structured in such a way as to ensure that all would work and that the work of all would contribute to ...
Mutual Care The Rule of Law: Government of the Community (3) In God’s communities we are our neighbor’s keepers. “‘You shall not see your neighbor’s ox or his sheep going astray and ignore them. You shall take them back to your brother. And if he does not live near you and ...
Work The Rule of Law: Government of the Community (2) God’s Law expects that God’s people will work. “And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for ...
A Lawful Order The Rule of Law: Government of the Community (1) God’s people should be governed by God’s Law. “You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.” ...
And Your Son’s Sons The Rule of Law: Government of the Home (7) God’s Law in the home ensures a legacy for the future. “Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the rules that the LORD your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the ...
Blessing The Rule of Law: Government of the Home (6) A home grounded in God’s Law becomes a blessing to its community. “Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely ...
Fruitfulness The Rule of Law: Government of the Home (5) Instruction in God’s Law makes the home a ground for fruitfulness in life. “Justice, and only justice shall you follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the LORD your God is giving you.” Deuteronomy 16:20 It’s interesting that this text ...
Purity and Holiness The Rule of Law: Government of the Home (4) The Law of God will guard our homes from the impurities of the age. “And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, I am the LORD your God. You shall ...
Nurture The Rule of Law: Government of the Home (3) A home where God’s Law is honored will be a nurturing environment. “And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit ...
Blessed The Rule of Law: Government of the Home (2) The rule of God’s Law brings the blessings of God to the home. “And if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the LORD your God will ...