Honest Measures We must at all times use equal measures for all. Leviticus 19:35, 36 “You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity. You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you ...
The Unchanging Law God’s Law is not subject to changing times. Exodus 23:2, 3 “You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice, nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his ...
False Reports False reports can be of various kinds. Exodus 23:1 “You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.” False reports can take various forms. Gossip—unsubstantiated reports about others, or reports scattered in order to impugn or defame—is perhaps the most ...
Cross-Dressing Cross-dressing is a form of deceit. Deuteronomy 22:5 “‘A woman shall not wear a man’s garment, nor shall a man put on a woman’s cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God.’” In those days the only purpose for “cross-dressing” would have been to deceive—either to ...
Slander Slander is a form of lying. Deuteronomy 22:13-21 “‘If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then hates her and accuses her of misconduct and brings a bad name upon her, saying, “I took this woman, and when I came near her, I did not find in her ...
Double Standards The Law forbids double standards as a form of lying. Deuteronomy 25:13-16 “‘You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small. You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a large and a small. A full and fair weight you shall ...
Sin-Blind We’re so sinful that we can even fail to notice when we sin. Leviticus 6:1-5 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “If anyone sins and commits a breach of faith against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in a matter of deposit or security, or through robbery, or if he has oppressed ...
Be Truthful Our neighbors deserve truth from us, just as God does. Leviticus 19:11 “You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another.” Colossians 3:9 In this statute we can see the interconnectedness of the Law of God and why, if we break one of God’s Laws, we ...
Keep Your Vows God takes our vows seriously; so should we. Deuteronomy 23:21-23 “‘If you make a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay fulfilling it, for the LORD your God will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin. But if you refrain from ...
Turning to the Lie It’s God’s truth or the Lie. Period. Leviticus 18:24-30 “Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these things, for by all these the nations I am driving out before you have become unclean, and the land became unclean, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited ...