JUNE 5, 2023 Deuteronomy 25:2-3 It shall be, if the wicked man deserves to be beaten, that the judge will cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence, according to his guilt, with a certain number of blows. Forty blows he may give him and no more, lest he should exceed this and beat him with many […]
JUNE 4, 2023 Deuteronomy 25:1 If there is a dispute between men, and they come to court, that the judges may judge them, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked … As long as I’ve been alive and involved with ministry, the word judgment has always conjured up negative thoughts and themes. By that I mean, when we […]
JUNE 3, 2023 Deuteronomy 24:19-20 When you reap your harvest in your field, and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. When you beat your […]
JUNE 2, 2023 Deuteronomy 24:16 Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own sin. In some ancient cultures, if a person was convicted of a criminal offense, his family might be subjected to a degree of suffering […]
JUNE 1, 2023 Deuteronomy 24:10-12 When you lend your brother anything, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge. You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge out to you. And if the man is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight. Throughout the Scripture, regard for our fellow man […]
MAY 31, 2023 Deuteronomy 24:1 When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some uncleanness in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house … Divorce is an uncomfortable subject to […]
MAY 30, 2023 Deuteronomy 23:24-25 When you come into your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes at your pleasure, but you shall not put any in your container. When you come into your neighbor’s standing grain, you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not use a sickle on your neighbor’s standing grain. […]
MAY 29, 2023 Deuteronomy 23:21-22 When you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay paying it; for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and it would be sin to you. But if you abstain from voting, it shall not be sin to you. It is quite natural for us when, in […]
MAY 28, 2023 Deuteronomy 23:17-18 There shall be no ritual harlot of the daughters of Israel, or a perverted one of the sons of Israel. You shall not bring the wages of a harlot or the price of a dog to the house of the Lord your God for any vowed offering, for both of these are an abomination to the Lord your God. In many ancient […]
