Day 93 - Exodus 22

From: Chapter-A-Day: Volume 1 By: Norman W. Berry

• 1 min. read • grade level: 7

Twenty-one “ifs” in the chapter. The last verse sums up the whole purpose.

V.1-15 There was to be uprightness in a person’s dealings with another. Depending on the value of what was taken or destroyed, the guilty person had to restore not only what he took, but add extra to it. Satan stole honor from God (Gen. 3:1-5¹Now the serpent was more subtile than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? ²And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: ³But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. ⁴And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: ⁵For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. (Genesis 3:1‑5)). Christ has restored this and more by His life and death (Psa. 69:4⁴They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. (Psalm 69:4)). Satan stole the world from man; Christ has given us heaven! Satan’s final payment will come in Revelation 20:10¹⁰And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. (Revelation 20:10).

V.16-20 Present day loose, immoral ideas are surely condemned by God.

V.21-27 How careful each should be concerning those who have little in this world. The last three words of this group of verses are so important for believers to remember!

V.28-31 What kind of people are we to be? (v. 31). In verse 28 “gods” means “judges,” and “the rulers” means any “prince” or important leader. These may not always be right, but we are to be very careful how we talk about them, for God hears.

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