Even Creation Deserves Honor Here is a basis for a theology of creation-keeping. Deuteronomy 22:6, 7 “If you come across a bird’s nest in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with ...

Honor the Poor The poor and debtors are worthy of honor. Deuteronomy 24:10-13 “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 ...

Honor Elders God commands us to honor the elders among us. Leviticus 19:32 “You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.” Luke 14:7-11; Romans 12:10-17; 1 Peter 2:17 The reference here may be specifically to a ruler ...

The Law and Civil Magistrates To rule for good, magistrates must honor God’s Law. Deuteronomy 17:14-20  “When you come to the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and you possess it and dwell in it and then say, ‘I will set a king over me, like all the nations that ...

Higher Courts Here is a basis for courts of appeal. Deuteronomy 17:8-13 “If any case arises requiring decision between one kind of homicide and another, one kind of legal right and another, or one kind of assault and another, any case within your towns that is too difficult for you, then you shall ...

Measured Justice Justice in Israel was designed to restore order, not to humiliate or harm. Deuteronomy 25:1-3 “If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty, then if the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge ...

The Work of Rulers Rulers are appointed for justice within the community. Exodus 22:28 “You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.” Acts 23:1-5; Romans 13:5; Titus 3:1 Deuteronomy 16:18-20 “You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, ...

Honor Rulers Do not condemn those God has appointed to rule. Exodus 22:28 “You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.” Acts 23:1-5; Romans 13:5; Titus 3:1 Deuteronomy 16:18-20 “You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and ...

False Teaching Faithful ministers must expose false teaching. Deuteronomy 18:15-20 “The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen—just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you ...

Listen Faithfully All must attend to the ministry of the Word. Deuteronomy 18:15-20 “The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen—just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the ...