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 chapter 21. If you are in a pew Bible, that's page number 62. We've been going through the

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 book of Exodus this year, and we've seen that the God of the Bible is a God who saves, right?

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 He saved the people of Israel from slavery in Egypt, and He has saved us from sin and death

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 through the resurrection, the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. And we've also seen that

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 the God who saves us sustains us. God sustained the people of Israel through the wilderness,

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 and He continues to sustain and provide for us by His Holy Spirit and His grace. And we've also

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 seen that the same God who saves and sustains us also instructs us in His laws. For the last two

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 weeks, we've looked at the Ten Commandments, the heart of God's moral law, which teaches us to love

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 God above everything else and love our neighbor as ourselves. Now, for the next four Sundays,

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 during this month of June, we're focusing in on God's wise instructions for His redeemed people

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 in Exodus 21 through 23. So today, we're looking at a long section of chapter 21 and most of chapter 22.

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 I won't read all of it, but let's begin by reading chapter 21, starting at verse 1. Here we go.

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 Now, these are the rules that you shall set before them. Now, God is speaking to Moses to then speak

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 to the people of Israel. When you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh,

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 he shall go out free for nothing. If he comes in single, he shall go out single. If he comes in

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 married, then his wife shall go out with him. If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons

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 or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her masters, and he shall go out alone. But if the

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 slave plainly says, I love my master, my wife, and my children, I will not go out free, then his master

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 will bring him to God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost, and his master shall bore

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 his ear through with an awl, and he shall be his slave forever. When a man sells his daughter as a

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 slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do. If she does not please her master who has designated

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 her for himself, he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people

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 since he has broken faith with her. If he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her as with a

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 daughter. If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, clothing, or marital

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 rights. And if he does not do these three things for her, she shall go out for nothing without payment

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 of money. Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death. But if he did not lie in wait

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 for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee.

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 But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, you shall take him from my altar

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 that he may die. Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death. Whoever steals a

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 man and sells him, and anyone found in possession of him shall be put to death. Whoever curses his

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 father or his mother shall be put to death. When men quarrel, and one strikes the other with a stone or

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 with his fist, and the man does not die but takes to his bed, then if the man rises again and walks

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 outdoors with his staff, he who struck him shall be clear. Only he shall pay for the loss of his time

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 and shall have him thoroughly healed. When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod,

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 and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged. But if the slave survives a day or two,

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 he is not to be avenged, for the slave is his money. When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman so

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 that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the

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 woman's husband shall impose on him, and he shall pay as the judges determine. But if there is harm,

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 then you shall pay life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

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 burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. I'm going to stop there. Now, one of our commitments

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 at Trinity Baptist Church is to preach or teach the whole counsel of God. That is, all of the truths

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 that God has revealed to us in the different books and sections of the Bible. And often we do that by

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 preaching through whole books of the Bible without skipping anything. And so, we come to this morning's

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 passage that we might not dare to tackle if each of the preachers just got to choose a different text

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 each Sunday on our own. Now, a handful of you are lawyers or law school students, and some of you might

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 be fascinated by this. But most people who try to read straight through the Bible come to passages

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 like this, and their eyes start to glaze over, and—or maybe you're thinking, yikes, some of these laws

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 sound really harsh. Slavery, the death penalty for cursing your parents, an eye for an eye and a tooth

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 for a tooth. Can I really trust that these laws come from a good and just and wise God? But here's the

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 thing. If the whole Bible is God's Word for us, then God has something good for us here in these chapters,

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 no matter how strange and alien they may seem. So, this morning I want us to take a deeper look at these

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 chapters that are easy to misunderstand because we don't live in that cultural context, or we can be tempted

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 to just ignore and overlook because we don't know what to do with them. Now, a bit of the big picture.

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 Back in chapter 19, verse 6, God said to the people of Israel, you are to be my kingdom of priests

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 and my holy nation. In other words, God was calling the Israelites to reflect His distinctive character,

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 His wisdom and justice and love to the surrounding nations. And this section in particular is teaching

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 the Israelites how to reflect God's character in their life together as a civil society, as a nation.

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 Now, these laws we're looking at today were specifically intended for the Old Testament people

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 of Israel. They don't apply directly to the Christian church because the Christian church is not a nation

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 state. Jesus Christ did not tell His disciples to set up a king and get a military force together

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 and take a piece of land and from there expand the Christian kingdom throughout the earth. No.

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 He never said that. In fact, the disciples seem to have had that idea, and Jesus said no. They said,

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 are you going to restore the kingdom to Israel? And He said, no, but I'll give you the Holy Spirit,

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 and you will go to the ends of the earth and bear witness to me as the Savior and Lord.

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 So, these laws are also not meant to be directly implemented by modern governments,

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 because modern governments do not have the authority or are not given the responsibility

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 to… No modern nation state is God's kingdom of priests and God's holy nation on earth.

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 And modern governments have the responsibility to administer justice, Romans 13,

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 tells us that. But God has not authorized any government to enforce the laws of the New Testament,

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 to compel people to come to church or compel people to obey the particular commands of the Lord Jesus

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 Christ. Jesus said Christians are exiles scattered among the nations. We live in loyalty to Jesus,

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 but we live throughout all the nations of the world. So, then you might ask, well, wait a minute. Okay,

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 if these chapters don't apply directly to the church, and they don't apply directly to modern

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 governments, then are they really any use for us at all? And the answer to that is yes,

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 because they show us God's wisdom in applying the principles of His moral law within a particular

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 historical and cultural context. And don't we need God's wisdom to apply the Ten Commandments,

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 for example, to our own lives and our own habits and our life as a Christian community,

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 as a church, our own particular circumstances? Second reason these laws are helpful is they don't

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 just tell us how God wants us to live ideally, but also how to deal with some of the realities of life

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 in a messy and broken world. The section we're looking at today is sometimes called the case law

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 because it outlines common situations, common cases that the ancient Israelites would have faced,

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 and it gives guidance about how to pursue justice on a case-by-case kind of basis.

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 First one says, these are the rules. That word can also be translated judgments or judicial

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 rulings. In other words, the case law sets a judicial precedent for how to deal with other

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 similar situations that may arise. But I want you to notice just from the start that every situation

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 mentioned in these chapters is a result of living in a fallen world. Notice how the paragraphs begin.

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 Verse 2, when you buy a Hebrew slave. Verse 10, when a man sells his daughter as a slave.

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 Verse 12 to 17 have a different structure. We'll look at that later on. But verse 18,

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 when men quarrel and one strikes the other. Verse 20, when a man strikes his slave and the slave dies.

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 Verse 22, when men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, an innocent bystander. Verse 28,

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 when an ox gores a man or a woman to death. Verse 33, when someone falls into a pit.

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 Chapter 22, verse 1, if a man steals an ox or a sheep,

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 every one of these situations, including, by the way, slavery, is a result of living in a fallen world.

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 None of these situations would occur if we were still living in the Garden of Eden

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 and harmony with God and in a right relationship with each other.

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 But you see, when God saves us, God doesn't magically transport us out of our sinful flesh

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 and this broken world. We still have to deal with potentially oppressive work situations,

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 quarrels and fights, car accidents, wildfires, things that get lost or stolen,

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 etc., etc., etc., etc. And what we see here is that God makes provision for us in the midst of a messy world.

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 He doesn't promise a utopia, then or now, but He does show us a way forward,

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 one step at a time toward His redemptive and righteous purposes.

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 So the laws we're looking at today are not God's last or only word on these topics,

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 but they do show us God's wisdom in applying the law in concrete situations

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 and in responding redemptively to the realities of a fallen world.

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 As we go through these chapters, I want to do two basic things as we go along.

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 I want to point out some of the ways that Israel's laws distinctively reflected God's character

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 in their historical context.

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 So I'm going to mention some comparisons to other laws of other nations of that time,

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 of the ancient Near East.

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 And we'll see some ways that the laws distinctively reflected God's character.

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 And second, I want us to consider God's intention for us here and now.

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 We won't be implementing these laws directly,

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 but we need to consider how we're called to live distinctly as followers of Jesus Christ.

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 As we heard earlier from the Sermon on the Mount when Jesus said,

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 you're to be the salt of the earth, the light of the world, a city on a hill,

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 a distinct people who bear witness to the goodness and glory of God.

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 Now, there are five categories of laws that we're going to look at this morning.

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 First, laws about slaves.

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 First, I'm going to spend a longer time on the slavery laws

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 because those are more complicated and more fraught in our context.

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 Second, there's laws about capital punishment.

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 Third, laws about bodily injury.

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 Fourth, laws about lost or stolen property.

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 And fifth, a law about premarital sex.

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 We're going all over the place today.

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 All right, so let's dive in.

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 First, the laws about slavery, chapter 21, 1 to 11.

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 Now, for those of us who are Americans,

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 we can have trouble with Bible passages about slavery

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 in part because of our own country's history.

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 When many of us hear the word slavery,

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 we think about Africans who were kidnapped by slave traders,

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 taken across the Atlantic Ocean,

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 treated as less than human,

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 often separated from their wives and children,

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 and enslaved for life without a real possibility of freedom.

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 Now, even though slavery was abolished over 150 years ago,

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 we still wrestle as a nation with its many twisted legacies.

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 And even in the church, it can be an ongoing struggle

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 to build deep trust and relationships

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 among Christians of different races.

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 And that's something we need to keep working on

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 by God's grace and with patient endurance.

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 But when we read about slavery in the Bible,

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 we need to take a step back from our own country's history

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 and try to understand it for what it was back then.

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 Let me make four points to help us do that.

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 First, the Bible acknowledges the reality of slavery

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 in a fallen world,

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 but it does not say that God instituted slavery

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 as part of the natural order.

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 God instituted marriage from the beginning.

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 God gave human beings meaningful work to do

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 from the beginning.

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 After the flood, God instituted government

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 in Genesis 9.

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 But we never see God instituting slavery

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 or defending it as something

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 that should necessarily should be preserved.

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 Second, the word slave is hard to translate precisely.

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 It can mean a household servant.

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 It can mean an employee.

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 It can mean an apprentice as well as a slave.

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 Some slaves had no authority at all,

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 while others had considerable responsibility

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 within a household.

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 Back then, pretty much every business

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 ran out of a household,

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 and most of the household workers

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 lived either on the premises or right nearby.

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 So very often, your boss was also your landlord,

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 and your workplace was also your home.

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 That's just how life was.

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 Third, it's helpful to understand

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 how people in Israel became slaves

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 in the first place.

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 There were basically two reasons.

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 First, you might grow up in desperate poverty.

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 Some children might have grown up

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 with slaves as their parents.

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 Or chapter 21, verse 7,

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 talks about a father who sells his child into slavery,

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 probably because the parents were desperate

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 and had no way to provide for the child's needs.

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 A bit like a child today who ends up in foster care.

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 So you might grow up in desperate poverty

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 and end up in slavery,

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 or you might end up in desperate poverty

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 either through your own fault or otherwise.

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 Chapter 22, verse 3,

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 says that sometimes people were sold into slavery

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 because they had stolen something

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 and they were not able to make restitution.

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 They were not able to pay the person back

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 who they had wronged.

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 And so the law said they would be sold into slavery.

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 Someone would pay a price up front,

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 and that would pay off their debt,

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 and then they'd be a slave for a time.

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 Leviticus 25 talks about someone who becomes poor

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 and sells himself into slavery.

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 Sort of voluntarily enters into that agreement.

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 Perhaps, again, if you're in debt,

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 that's the only way to deal with your debts.

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 Now, the one thing that was absolutely prohibited

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 was kidnapping someone

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 and selling them into slavery.

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 That's what happened to Joseph in the book of Genesis.

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 That's what happened to many slaves

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 who were brought to the United States.

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 And sadly, it continues to happen

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 throughout the world today,

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 especially to children.

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 But this is something that God hates.

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 Verse 16 prescribes the death penalty

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 for anyone who steals a man and sells him,

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 and anyone found in possession of him.

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 Talk about a strong law against the slave trade.

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 It was already there in ancient Israel.

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 Fourth, we should notice

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 how God's laws protected slaves in Israel.

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 One of the things God says over and over to his people is this.

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 Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt,

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 and I brought you out of there.

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 The people of Israel had experienced oppressive

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 and cruel masters, taskmasters,

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 and they had experienced the gracious deliverance of God.

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 And so one of God's first priorities in their society

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 was to make sure that slaves in Israel

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 would never be treated like the Israelites had been in Egypt.

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 That's actually why the laws about slaves come first

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 in the civil law of Israel.

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 In many other law codes from the ancient Near East,

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 like the Code of Hammurabi,

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 the laws about slaves come last,

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 and they mostly focus on the importance

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 of catching slaves who run away.

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 In most other societies of the time,

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 slaves had few or no legal protections,

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 but not so in Israel.

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 Consider five ways that God's law protected

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 the rights of slaves.

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 First, the Fourth Commandment specified

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 that slaves, just like everyone else

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 in Israelite society,

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 got a full day off every week on the Sabbath.

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 That was not the case in any other ancient society.

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 It's not even the case for many people today.

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 Second, with the exception of those captured in war,

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 Hebrew slavery was temporary rather than permanent.

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 Verse 2,

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 When you buy a Hebrew slave,

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 he shall serve six years,

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 and the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

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 So in one sense,

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 slavery back then

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 was a bit like enlisting in the military today.

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 When you enlist in the military,

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 you sign a contract,

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 and your life is not your own anymore.

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 You go where your officer tells you to go.

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 You move where your officer tells you to move.

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 You work whatever hours the military sets for you.

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 But when you finish your years of service,

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 you're free to go.

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 Another modern analogy could be Job Corps,

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 even though that's only for a year or two.

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 And Deuteronomy 15 said that

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 when a slave goes out after serving six years,

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 it says,

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 You shall not send him away empty-handed.

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 Supply him generously out of your flock,

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 your threshing floor,

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 and your winepress,

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 because you were a slave in Egypt,

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 and the Lord your God redeemed you.

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 You see, according to God's law,

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 slavery in Israel was meant to be a way

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 for people who had either grown up

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 in desperate poverty

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 or fallen into desperate poverty

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 to get out of crushing debt,

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 to have a roof over their head

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 and food in their stomachs

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 in the meantime,

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 to learn skills and grow in self-discipline,

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 and after six years,

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 they'd have the chance for a fresh start.

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 If you'd followed these laws,

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 that's what slavery would have looked like

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 within Israel.

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 Now, verse 7 might seem like it's saying

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 that female slaves, unlike male slaves,

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 don't go free after six years.

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 You might say,

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 What's the deal with that?

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 But that's actually not the case.

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 Deuteronomy 15, verse 13 and following,

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 specifies that the six-year rule

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 applies to both male and female slaves.

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 Verses 7 to 11 in this chapter

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 are about a woman who becomes

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 both a household servant and a wife

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 to either the father,

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 the head of the family,

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 or one of his sons.

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 And the reason why she doesn't go out

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 after six years

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 is because marriage is not a six-year contract.

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 Marriage is a lifelong arrangement

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 in God's design.

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 Third, Hebrew slavery honored

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 the integrity of slave families.

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 Another difference with much American slavery.

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 If he comes in single,

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 he shall go out single, verse 3.

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 If he comes in married,

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 then his wife shall go out with him.

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 But then you might say,

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 What about verse 4?

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 Verse 4 seems to present a problem.

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 The boss allows his worker

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 to marry another worker,

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 and now they have kids,

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 and the guy's six-year contract is up,

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 but he can't take his wife and kids with him.

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 I mean, what's that about?

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 Well, the boss has rights too.

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 You see, the worker can't just walk off

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 with his wife and kids

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 if they still have time on their contract,

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 if the wife hasn't reached her six years yet.

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 So the man owes the boss's family

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 for the loss of his wife's services.

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 So he really has three options.

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 One, he can presumably wait

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 until his wife's six-year contract is up,

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 and then they can go free together.

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 Although that might be an option

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 if his wife was a captive in war.

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 Second option, he can go out,

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 make money, come back,

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 and buy his wife and kids

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 out of the rest of their contract obligation.

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 Third option,

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 he can take the option of verses five and six.

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 He can say,

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 we've got a good thing going here,

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 so let's settle here for good.

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 So those are the three options in those cases.

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 So slaves get the Sabbath day.

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 Hebrew slavery was temporary rather than permanent.

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 Hebrew slavery honored

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 the integrity of slave families.

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 Fourth, God's law protected female slaves,

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 arguably the most vulnerable people

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 in the ancient world.

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 Verses eight to 11 envision three situations

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 where a daughter sold into slavery

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 might be particularly vulnerable.

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 First situation,

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 the master, the head of the household,

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 takes her as a wife

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 and then decides he is not pleased with her.

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 In other words, he decides to divorce her.

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 That's not a good thing.

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 Verse eight says,

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 he has broken faith with her.

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 God hates divorce.

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 But God cares for women

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 whose husbands have broken faith

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 and abandoned their marriage

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 and left them alone.

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 And today,

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 as most divorces are initiated by women,

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 we should say God cares for men as well

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 whose wives have broken faith

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 and abandoned their marriage.

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 The provision here for the woman is

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 he must let her be redeemed.

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 That is,

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 he must let one of her relatives

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 take responsibility to care for her

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 and not sell her to strangers

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 who would not have her best interests at heart.

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 That's the protection

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 in the first instance.

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 Second situation,

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 the master designates her for his son.

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 In other words,

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 she becomes the wife of

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 one of the sons in the family.

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 In this case,

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 the law says she is no longer merely a slave.

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 She has all the rights and privileges

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 of a daughter in the family.

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 Third situation,

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 the master takes another wife to himself.

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 Again,

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 this is not a good thing.

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 We are dealing with situations

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 that happen in a messy,

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:06.660
 broken,

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 fallen world.

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 Polygamy was never God's intention.

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 The Bible never promotes it.

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 It shows all kinds of bad consequences of it.

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 But it happened,

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 and so God's law protected women

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 who found themselves in that situation.

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 In this case,

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 her husband owes her food,

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 clothing,

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 and marital rights.

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 Provision,

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 protection,

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 and physical expressions of love.

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 If he doesn't do those things,

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 she can go free,

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 which presumably means

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 she would be free to marry someone else.

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 Because he has failed to live up to

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 the marriage,

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 the promise to provide and protect for her.

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 So, God's law protected female slaves

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 who often found themselves

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 in the most vulnerable and difficult situations of all.

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 And fifth,

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 slaves in Israel had legal recourse

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 in the case of serious injury or death.

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 Verse 20 and 21,

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 verse 20 tells us

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 that if a man strikes a slave

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 with a rod

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 and the slave dies

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 under his hand,

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 that is what,

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.420
 immediately,

00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.519
 that is considered

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:16.019
 intentional homicide,

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 and the master

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 deserves the death penalty.

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 That's what it means,

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 he shall be avenged.

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:25.259
 Now, verse 21

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:26.660
 is making a distinction

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 between murder

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 and manslaughter.

00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:31.460
 Intentional,

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.779
 willful murder

00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:34.039
 that deserves the death penalty

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:35.160
 and manslaughter,

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 which doesn't.

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 If the slave doesn't die immediately

00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:39.960
 but survives a day or two

00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:42.000
 before dying,

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 that's considered manslaughter.

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 And the reason given is

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:48.139
 for the slave is his money.

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:51.059
 Now, that is a very jarring phrase,

00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:53.700
 and it was taken completely out of context

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.399
 and abused

00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:55.879
 in the history of this country.

00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:58.180
 But that phrase is not denying

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:59.480
 the full humanity of the slave.

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 It's simply a shorthand way of saying

00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:04.360
 a boss has a financial interest

00:26:04.360 --> 00:26:06.360
 in his workers staying alive.

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:08.000
 So it's likely

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:09.640
 that he didn't actually intend

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.600
 to kill the slave,

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:12.700
 and so he shouldn't be prosecuted

00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:14.120
 for intentional homicide.

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:18.319
 Now, verses 26 and 27

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 give more protections

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:21.920
 to a slave.

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:24.420
 If a man destroys a slave's eye,

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:26.980
 that's an example of an injury

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:28.880
 with significant future implications,

00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:32.180
 or even if he knocks out

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:33.180
 a slave's tooth,

00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:36.760
 an injury with relatively minor

00:26:36.760 --> 00:26:37.960
 future implications,

00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:39.500
 in either case,

00:26:39.800 --> 00:26:40.600
 he shall immediately

00:26:40.600 --> 00:26:42.220
 let the slave go free.

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 No other law codes

00:26:46.260 --> 00:26:47.160
 in the ancient world

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:47.900
 had a provision

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:49.220
 anything like

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:51.140
 verse 26 and 27.

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:54.380
 Protecting slaves

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:58.000
 against permanent bodily injury.

00:26:58.880 --> 00:27:01.280
 By giving them the right

00:27:01.280 --> 00:27:02.760
 to immediate liberation.

00:27:05.320 --> 00:27:06.720
 You see, slavery was not

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.720
 in itself a good thing.

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:10.380
 But God's laws

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:11.920
 protected slaves in Israel

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:13.220
 because God had identified

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:14.820
 with a nation of slaves

00:27:14.820 --> 00:27:17.380
 who were being oppressed

00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:18.760
 under cruel bondage.

00:27:19.340 --> 00:27:20.840
 And God chose to deliver them

00:27:20.840 --> 00:27:22.200
 and make them his own.

00:27:22.320 --> 00:27:22.920
 And today,

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:24.520
 God still identifies

00:27:24.520 --> 00:27:25.820
 with people who are poor

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:26.759
 and desperate

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:28.299
 and vulnerable

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:29.859
 and who cry out to him

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:32.039
 and place their hope in him.

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:35.539
 And God is still the same God

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.259
 who protects

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:37.639
 and provides

00:27:37.639 --> 00:27:38.740
 for the most vulnerable

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.460
 in society.

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:42.000
 So that's the first section

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.539
 of laws.

00:27:43.879 --> 00:27:44.720
 Next sections,

00:27:44.919 --> 00:27:45.960
 we're going to go more quickly.

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:47.319
 Next section of laws

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:48.579
 concerns capital offenses,

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:50.159
 verses 12 through 17,

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:52.439
 and also chapter 22,

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.799
 verses 18 through 20.

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.579
 Now, if you notice,

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:56.200
 these laws are worded

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:57.559
 differently than the others

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:58.980
 because they are not

00:27:58.980 --> 00:28:00.559
 less than ideal situations

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:02.500
 that God is willing

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:04.019
 to temporarily tolerate

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:05.180
 while mitigating

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:06.299
 some of the most harmful

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:07.599
 consequences of them.

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.159
 Rather,

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:09.940
 these are deeply wicked behaviors

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:11.619
 that have no place

00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:13.059
 among the people of God,

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:15.180
 that God is very serious about.

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:17.119
 These are blatant violations

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:18.240
 of the Ten Commandments.

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.359
 Verse 12,

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:21.440
 premeditated murder.

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:23.039
 Again, verse 13,

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:24.359
 distinguishes that manslaughter

00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:25.240
 is a different case.

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:28.279
 Premeditated murder

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:29.659
 deserved the death penalty

00:28:29.659 --> 00:28:30.559
 in ancient Israel.

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:33.399
 Now, one of the ways

00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:33.960
 that this law

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:35.059
 distinctively reflected

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.819
 God's character

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:37.559
 is that in other

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:39.339
 ancient Near Eastern law codes,

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:41.599
 murder was only punishable

00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:42.259
 by death

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:43.059
 if the victim

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:44.319
 was of equal

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:46.139
 or higher social status.

00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:48.840
 If the victim

00:28:48.840 --> 00:28:50.520
 was of a lower social status,

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:53.160
 you only had to pay a fine.

00:28:54.320 --> 00:28:56.160
 Or, in some cases,

00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:58.080
 a lower class member

00:28:58.080 --> 00:28:59.080
 of your household

00:28:59.080 --> 00:29:01.100
 was put to death instead.

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:04.659
 But in the Bible,

00:29:05.619 --> 00:29:06.179
 the punishment

00:29:06.179 --> 00:29:07.299
 for violent crimes

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:08.339
 does not vary

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:10.039
 according to the social status

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.699
 of the victim.

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:13.519
 Because the God of the Bible

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:15.419
 is no respecter of persons.

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:17.659
 Proverbs says,

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.339
 the rich and the poor

00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:18.879
 meet together

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:19.659
 because the Lord

00:29:19.659 --> 00:29:21.199
 is the maker of them all.

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.779
 Every human being

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:25.139
 bears the image of God.

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:29.040
 And so this law

00:29:29.040 --> 00:29:29.820
 is whoever.

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.460
 Young or old,

00:29:31.580 --> 00:29:32.100
 rich or poor,

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.840
 male or female,

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.580
 slave or free.

00:29:35.840 --> 00:29:37.380
 Now, verses 15 and 17

00:29:37.380 --> 00:29:38.620
 also prescribe

00:29:38.620 --> 00:29:39.259
 the death penalty

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:41.020
 for striking or cursing

00:29:41.020 --> 00:29:42.740
 one's father or mother.

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:45.340
 It's not just referring

00:29:45.340 --> 00:29:46.420
 to a careless word

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:47.280
 or a one-time

00:29:47.280 --> 00:29:48.380
 slap in the face,

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:51.620
 disrespectful as

00:29:51.620 --> 00:29:52.520
 those things are.

00:29:53.580 --> 00:29:54.460
 This is referring

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.240
 to a serious

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:56.420
 physical assault.

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.759
 Most likely

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.860
 with intent to kill,

00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.660
 that's how the word

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:01.740
 strike is most often used,

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:03.100
 even if the parent

00:30:03.100 --> 00:30:04.160
 doesn't actually die.

00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:04.980
 Or an out-and-out

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:06.440
 rejection of one's parents,

00:30:06.600 --> 00:30:07.200
 cursing them,

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:09.799
 publicly disowning them,

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:10.759
 wishing they were dead.

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:12.960
 And God says

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:14.559
 that kind of behavior

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:15.900
 cannot be tolerated.

00:30:17.600 --> 00:30:18.720
 Because how will

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:20.079
 God's holy nation

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.900
 hold together

00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:22.759
 if its families

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.600
 are continually

00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:24.879
 tearing themselves apart?

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:28.559
 Now, we live in an age

00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:29.399
 where it's pretty common

00:30:29.399 --> 00:30:30.779
 to disrespect authority,

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:33.539
 but the Christian community

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:34.679
 is called to be distinctive

00:30:34.679 --> 00:30:36.199
 in showing respect

00:30:36.199 --> 00:30:36.959
 for the authorities

00:30:36.959 --> 00:30:37.980
 that God has placed

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.740
 over us,

00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:39.699
 beginning with

00:30:39.699 --> 00:30:41.879
 children and adults

00:30:41.879 --> 00:30:42.480
 honoring,

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:43.980
 respecting,

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:45.879
 their father and mother.

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:48.920
 chapter 22,

00:30:49.040 --> 00:30:49.840
 18 through 20

00:30:49.840 --> 00:30:51.000
 lists three additional

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:52.380
 capital offenses.

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.520
 Sorcery,

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:54.460
 that is witchcraft

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:55.020
 or magic,

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:56.220
 trying to control

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:57.360
 or manipulate God

00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:58.060
 by channeling

00:30:58.060 --> 00:30:59.000
 spiritual powers.

00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:00.060
 Bestiality,

00:31:00.300 --> 00:31:01.300
 this is also connected

00:31:01.300 --> 00:31:02.780
 with idolatrous worship

00:31:02.780 --> 00:31:04.000
 and it lowers people

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:05.160
 to the level of animals.

00:31:05.520 --> 00:31:06.200
 And three,

00:31:06.560 --> 00:31:07.200
 idolatry,

00:31:07.340 --> 00:31:08.340
 sacrificing to any

00:31:08.340 --> 00:31:09.000
 God other

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:10.380
 than the Lord.

00:31:12.020 --> 00:31:12.780
 Chapter 21,

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:13.740
 12 to 17,

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:15.220
 is three offenses

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:16.460
 against human beings

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:17.720
 and chapter 22,

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.660
 18 through 20

00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:19.440
 are three offenses

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:20.519
 against God.

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:21.720
 They're all blatant

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.680
 violations of the

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.480
 Ten Commandments

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.859
 and they're deeply

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.420
 destructive

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:26.759
 and dishonoring behaviors

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.579
 and God wanted them

00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:29.180
 to have no place

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:31.200
 among His redeemed people.

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:33.220
 Now,

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.099
 you might ask,

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:34.960
 what does the New Testament

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:36.240
 say along these lines?

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:37.539
 Again,

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.440
 the church is never

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.420
 authorized to use

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:40.380
 physical force,

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:43.120
 so the church

00:31:43.120 --> 00:31:44.500
 should never be

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.120
 administering

00:31:45.120 --> 00:31:45.860
 the death penalty.

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:47.960
 But,

00:31:48.120 --> 00:31:49.540
 what the New Testament

00:31:49.540 --> 00:31:50.340
 does say

00:31:50.340 --> 00:31:51.780
 is that if someone

00:31:51.780 --> 00:31:53.420
 professes to be a Christian

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:55.140
 and yet persists

00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:56.180
 in serious

00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:58.180
 and unrepentant sin

00:31:58.180 --> 00:32:00.080
 that violates

00:32:00.080 --> 00:32:00.620
 one of God's

00:32:00.620 --> 00:32:01.880
 clear moral laws,

00:32:02.840 --> 00:32:03.780
 the church is instructed

00:32:03.780 --> 00:32:04.560
 to remove them

00:32:04.560 --> 00:32:05.160
 from the membership

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:05.720
 of the church,

00:32:05.780 --> 00:32:06.820
 to no longer

00:32:06.820 --> 00:32:07.860
 treat them

00:32:07.860 --> 00:32:09.140
 as a fellow believer.

00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:11.300
 to say you are

00:32:11.300 --> 00:32:12.100
 not living

00:32:12.100 --> 00:32:13.040
 in accordance

00:32:13.040 --> 00:32:14.440
 with the new covenant

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:15.280
 in Jesus Christ,

00:32:15.320 --> 00:32:16.300
 we can no longer

00:32:16.300 --> 00:32:17.500
 call you a brother

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:18.420
 or sister in Christ.

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.240
 We will respect you

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:20.000
 as a human being,

00:32:20.560 --> 00:32:23.600
 but you may no longer

00:32:23.600 --> 00:32:25.600
 call yourself

00:32:25.600 --> 00:32:26.940
 a fellow believer

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:27.940
 if you continue

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:30.020
 to persistently act

00:32:30.020 --> 00:32:32.140
 in destructive

00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:34.460
 and dishonoring ways.

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.960
 Third category,

00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:39.900
 bodily injury,

00:32:40.059 --> 00:32:41.460
 verses 18 to 36,

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:42.740
 the rest of chapter 21.

00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:43.680
 Now, broadly speaking,

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.420
 this section goes

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:44.960
 from more

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:46.440
 to less serious.

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:47.940
 Verses 18 to 27,

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:49.160
 a human injures

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:50.019
 another human.

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:51.860
 Verses 28 to 32,

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.980
 an animal injures

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.440
 a human.

00:32:53.600 --> 00:32:54.779
 Verses 33 to 34,

00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:55.579
 a human injures

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:56.140
 an animal.

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.779
 Verses 35 to 36,

00:32:57.860 --> 00:32:58.680
 an animal injures

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.160
 an animal.

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.660
 You could also say

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:02.799
 verses 18 to 27

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.640
 are about sins

00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:04.400
 of commission,

00:33:04.860 --> 00:33:05.380
 that is,

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:07.100
 actions that cause harm

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:08.079
 to someone else.

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:10.219
 Verses 28 to 36

00:33:10.219 --> 00:33:11.599
 are sins of omission,

00:33:11.719 --> 00:33:12.119
 that is,

00:33:12.199 --> 00:33:12.959
 negligence.

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:15.119
 You're causing harm

00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:15.799
 to somebody else

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.779
 by doing nothing

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:18.519
 when you should do something.

00:33:20.719 --> 00:33:21.799
 And one thing we see

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.579
 is just because

00:33:22.579 --> 00:33:23.819
 you didn't intend

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:25.259
 to harm somebody

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:26.639
 doesn't mean

00:33:26.639 --> 00:33:28.000
 you're not responsible

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.980
 for the consequences

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.719
 of your actions

00:33:29.719 --> 00:33:30.419
 or words.

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:33.539
 and just because

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.440
 you did nothing

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:35.440
 doesn't mean

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:36.160
 you're blameless

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:37.380
 if you had a responsibility

00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:38.620
 to do something.

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:42.140
 God takes negligence

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:43.019
 seriously

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:44.840
 as well as

00:33:44.840 --> 00:33:45.580
 active

00:33:45.580 --> 00:33:47.779
 malice

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:48.320
 or harm.

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.120
 Now,

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:49.880
 I'm not going to go through

00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:50.900
 each of these sections

00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:51.519
 in detail,

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.680
 but I want us to look

00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:53.500
 at the main principle

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.360
 for this section

00:33:54.360 --> 00:33:56.460
 found in verse 23

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:57.500
 to 25,

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:59.220
 which is also

00:33:59.220 --> 00:34:00.920
 a verse that has been

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:02.539
 widely misunderstood.

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:04.700
 That is what's called

00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:05.799
 the lex talionis,

00:34:05.859 --> 00:34:06.480
 that is the law

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:07.400
 of retaliation,

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:07.720
 right?

00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:08.460
 Life for life,

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.079
 eye for eye,

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:09.800
 tooth for tooth,

00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:10.860
 etc., etc.

00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:14.320
 Two clarifications.

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.079
 Number one,

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.199
 these verses

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:17.539
 do not justify

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:19.280
 private vendettas

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:20.840
 or family feuds.

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:21.519
 Actually,

00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:23.079
 that's in part

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:24.260
 what they were intended

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:25.460
 to guard against.

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:28.300
 In the ancient world,

00:34:29.220 --> 00:34:30.079
 there were all kinds

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:32.019
 of ongoing feuds

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:33.159
 between clans

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:34.159
 and tribes.

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.760
 And what happens

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:36.280
 in a feud

00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:37.500
 or a vendetta?

00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:39.559
 It's not equal.

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:40.679
 It's not,

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:41.400
 I pay you back

00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:42.659
 exactly as you pay me back.

00:34:42.740 --> 00:34:44.220
 It escalates.

00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:47.679
 You insulted me,

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:49.119
 I'll beat you up.

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:50.380
 You beat me up,

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.460
 I'll...

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:53.619
 It goes on and on,

00:34:53.780 --> 00:34:54.039
 right?

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:57.139
 You always try

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:57.679
 to one-up

00:34:57.679 --> 00:34:58.719
 whoever hurt you last.

00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:00.320
 And these verses

00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:02.239
 are trying to stop

00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:03.259
 that cycle

00:35:03.259 --> 00:35:05.059
 of revenge

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:06.119
 and saying

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:06.759
 these matters

00:35:06.759 --> 00:35:07.400
 need to be brought

00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:08.380
 before the judges

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:09.820
 and the punishment

00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:10.779
 should correspond

00:35:10.779 --> 00:35:12.079
 exactly to the crime

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:12.980
 and no more.

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.539
 Second clarification,

00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:17.279
 these verses

00:35:17.279 --> 00:35:18.460
 are not actually

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:19.099
 recommending

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:20.000
 literal,

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:21.559
 physical mutilation.

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:21.659
 compensation.

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:25.340
 There is no record

00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:26.059
 in the Bible

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:27.099
 or anywhere else

00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:28.259
 of anyone

00:35:28.259 --> 00:35:29.179
 in ancient Israel

00:35:29.179 --> 00:35:30.059
 who was punished

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:31.539
 by having his tooth

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:32.159
 knocked out

00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:33.340
 or his eye gouged out

00:35:33.340 --> 00:35:34.460
 or his hand cut off

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:37.619
 or being burned

00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:38.799
 or anything like that.

00:35:40.279 --> 00:35:41.659
 The principle is

00:35:41.659 --> 00:35:42.340
 the law was never

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:43.420
 applied in that way.

00:35:44.299 --> 00:35:44.779
 It was actually

00:35:44.779 --> 00:35:45.340
 never meant to be

00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:46.039
 applied in that way.

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.719
 The principle is

00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:47.199
 compensation

00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:48.619
 should correspond

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:50.159
 as precisely

00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:51.159
 as possible

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:52.420
 to the damage

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:53.299
 inflicted.

00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:55.059
 Notice it says

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:56.000
 you shall pay

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:58.219
 eye for eye,

00:35:58.339 --> 00:35:58.960
 tooth for tooth.

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:01.059
 So the question is

00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:02.099
 what is an appropriate

00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:03.039
 payment

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:04.699
 given the damages?

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:08.420
 In verses 26 and 27

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:10.839
 immediately following

00:36:10.839 --> 00:36:11.440
 verse 25

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:12.339
 we have one example

00:36:12.339 --> 00:36:12.779
 of that.

00:36:12.839 --> 00:36:14.099
 A master knocks out

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:15.519
 a slave's tooth

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:17.500
 or gouges out

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:17.980
 his eye.

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.840
 What's the punishment?

00:36:19.239 --> 00:36:20.460
 The slave goes free

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:21.380
 immediately.

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.820
 That is

00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:24.780
 one example

00:36:24.780 --> 00:36:25.880
 of an appropriate

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:26.699
 compensation

00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:28.500
 that the law

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:29.159
 provides.

00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:31.699
 And in other

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:32.259
 situations

00:36:32.259 --> 00:36:32.739
 the judges

00:36:32.739 --> 00:36:33.579
 had to determine

00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:34.920
 what's an appropriate

00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:35.639
 compensation

00:36:35.639 --> 00:36:36.860
 monetary or otherwise.

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:37.900
 In the case

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:38.539
 of premeditated

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:38.960
 murder

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:41.039
 no monetary

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:42.159
 payment could suffice

00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:43.820
 in ancient Israel.

00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:44.639
 Numbers 35

00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:45.359
 31 says

00:36:45.359 --> 00:36:45.960
 you shall accept

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:46.679
 no ransom

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:47.599
 for the life

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:48.139
 of a murderer.

00:36:48.819 --> 00:36:49.659
 But the interesting

00:36:49.659 --> 00:36:50.379
 thing about that

00:36:50.379 --> 00:36:50.759
 verse

00:36:50.759 --> 00:36:51.859
 is it seems

00:36:51.859 --> 00:36:52.359
 to assume

00:36:52.359 --> 00:36:53.079
 that every other

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:53.839
 kind of damage

00:36:53.839 --> 00:36:54.480
 or injury

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:55.920
 can be compensated

00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:56.420
 somehow.

00:36:57.799 --> 00:36:58.599
 You just have

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:59.079
 to figure out

00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.379
 how.

00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:03.359
 Now how does

00:37:03.359 --> 00:37:03.659
 that apply

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:04.079
 to Christians?

00:37:04.259 --> 00:37:04.719
 Well of course

00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:05.339
 Jesus Christ

00:37:05.339 --> 00:37:05.799
 in the Sermon

00:37:05.799 --> 00:37:06.159
 on the Mount

00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:06.839
 goes one step

00:37:06.839 --> 00:37:07.179
 further.

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:09.319
 He says

00:37:09.319 --> 00:37:09.719
 you have heard

00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:10.339
 that it was said

00:37:10.339 --> 00:37:10.920
 eye for eye

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:11.759
 and tooth for tooth.

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:13.880
 And some people

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:14.700
 misunderstood that

00:37:14.700 --> 00:37:15.240
 back then

00:37:15.240 --> 00:37:15.740
 just like they

00:37:15.740 --> 00:37:16.440
 misunderstand it

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:16.820
 today.

00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:18.140
 And Jesus said

00:37:18.140 --> 00:37:18.840
 but I tell you

00:37:18.840 --> 00:37:19.620
 do not resist

00:37:19.620 --> 00:37:20.500
 an evil person.

00:37:21.660 --> 00:37:22.680
 In other words

00:37:22.680 --> 00:37:24.020
 Jesus says

00:37:24.020 --> 00:37:24.880
 sometimes it takes

00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:25.800
 more strength

00:37:25.800 --> 00:37:27.060
 to absorb

00:37:27.060 --> 00:37:27.660
 an injury

00:37:27.660 --> 00:37:28.740
 rather than

00:37:28.740 --> 00:37:29.380
 retaliate.

00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:31.940
 To forbear

00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:33.220
 rather than

00:37:33.220 --> 00:37:33.920
 fight back

00:37:33.920 --> 00:37:35.800
 and to overcome

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:36.240
 evil

00:37:36.240 --> 00:37:37.760
 by doing good.

00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:40.440
 And of course

00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:41.540
 that's what

00:37:41.540 --> 00:37:42.140
 Jesus Christ

00:37:42.140 --> 00:37:42.480
 did

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:43.840
 when he

00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:44.240
 willingly

00:37:44.240 --> 00:37:45.960
 allowed himself

00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:46.540
 to be nailed

00:37:46.540 --> 00:37:47.260
 to the cross.

00:37:47.720 --> 00:37:48.760
 His life

00:37:48.760 --> 00:37:50.320
 for ours.

00:37:52.660 --> 00:37:53.200
 Fourth

00:37:53.200 --> 00:37:54.400
 lost,

00:37:54.580 --> 00:37:54.700
 stolen,

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:55.140
 or damaged

00:37:55.140 --> 00:37:55.540
 property.

00:37:55.640 --> 00:37:56.080
 This is chapter

00:37:56.080 --> 00:37:56.660
 22

00:37:56.660 --> 00:37:58.080
 verses 1 to 15.

00:37:58.680 --> 00:37:59.500
 Again I'm not

00:37:59.500 --> 00:37:59.820
 going to go

00:37:59.820 --> 00:38:00.460
 through each

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:01.040
 section

00:38:01.040 --> 00:38:01.600
 and each

00:38:01.600 --> 00:38:02.320
 part in detail

00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:02.680
 but I want

00:38:02.680 --> 00:38:03.060
 to point out

00:38:03.060 --> 00:38:03.640
 two themes.

00:38:03.780 --> 00:38:04.300
 Number one

00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:05.060
 the importance

00:38:05.060 --> 00:38:06.040
 of restitution.

00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:08.440
 When property

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:09.019
 is lost

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:09.719
 or stolen

00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:10.420
 or damaged

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:10.779
 and when

00:38:10.779 --> 00:38:11.099
 someone's

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:11.759
 responsible

00:38:11.759 --> 00:38:12.679
 either by

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:13.119
 their action

00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:13.400
 or by

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:13.980
 their negligence

00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:14.699
 restitution

00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:15.119
 is what's

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:15.619
 required

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:16.300
 in order

00:38:16.300 --> 00:38:16.679
 to make

00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:17.340
 things right.

00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:17.880
 What does

00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:18.340
 that mean?

00:38:19.259 --> 00:38:19.820
 If you

00:38:19.820 --> 00:38:20.559
 stole something

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:21.480
 you bring

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:21.960
 back what

00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:22.519
 you stole

00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:23.239
 plus some

00:38:23.239 --> 00:38:23.559
 more.

00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:25.880
 If you

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:26.559
 lose or

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:26.940
 break

00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:27.500
 something

00:38:27.500 --> 00:38:28.500
 that someone

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:29.119
 entrusted

00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:29.800
 to you

00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:30.759
 or that

00:38:30.759 --> 00:38:31.400
 belongs to

00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:32.039
 someone else

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:32.320
 or that

00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:32.940
 you borrowed

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:34.219
 you buy

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:34.679
 them another

00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:35.119
 one

00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:35.840
 even if

00:38:35.840 --> 00:38:36.160
 you didn't

00:38:36.160 --> 00:38:36.539
 mean to

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:36.940
 lose it

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.460
 or break

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:37.680
 it.

00:38:40.019 --> 00:38:40.740
 Or if

00:38:40.740 --> 00:38:41.039
 something

00:38:41.039 --> 00:38:41.800
 happens that's

00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:42.640
 genuinely out

00:38:42.640 --> 00:38:42.860
 of your

00:38:42.860 --> 00:38:43.500
 control someone

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:44.519
 entrusts someone

00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:45.760
 says I'm

00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:46.100
 leaving for

00:38:46.100 --> 00:38:46.519
 the summer

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:47.220
 can you

00:38:47.220 --> 00:38:47.579
 hold on

00:38:47.579 --> 00:38:47.840
 to this

00:38:47.840 --> 00:38:49.300
 box and

00:38:49.300 --> 00:38:49.700
 a robber

00:38:49.700 --> 00:38:50.059
 comes into

00:38:50.059 --> 00:38:50.600
 your house

00:38:50.600 --> 00:38:51.500
 and you

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:51.800
 had no

00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:52.320
 control over

00:38:52.320 --> 00:38:52.780
 it and

00:38:52.780 --> 00:38:53.100
 they take

00:38:53.100 --> 00:38:53.500
 the box

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:53.860
 and run

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:56.019
 and it's

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.620
 never found.

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:58.460
 Then you

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:59.320
 make an oath

00:38:59.320 --> 00:38:59.900
 before God

00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:00.480
 and say I

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:01.000
 did all

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:01.380
 that I

00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:02.740
 could and

00:39:02.740 --> 00:39:03.039
 something

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:03.480
 happened that

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:04.200
 was completely

00:39:04.200 --> 00:39:04.660
 out of my

00:39:04.660 --> 00:39:05.820
 control and

00:39:05.820 --> 00:39:06.660
 then that's

00:39:06.660 --> 00:39:07.300
 all you

00:39:07.300 --> 00:39:07.519
 need to

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:07.700
 do.

00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:09.000
 You don't

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.360
 have to pay

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:09.800
 them back

00:39:09.800 --> 00:39:11.420
 because something

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:11.860
 happened that

00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:12.519
 was completely

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:12.980
 beyond your

00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:13.320
 control.

00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:19.059
 So the

00:39:19.059 --> 00:39:19.580
 importance of

00:39:19.580 --> 00:39:20.480
 restitution and

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:23.380
 in the New

00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:24.620
 Testament we

00:39:24.620 --> 00:39:25.320
 see somebody who

00:39:25.320 --> 00:39:25.980
 understood this

00:39:25.980 --> 00:39:26.880
 principle and it's

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:27.420
 Zacchaeus.

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:29.140
 What did

00:39:29.140 --> 00:39:29.780
 Zacchaeus say?

00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:31.740
 He said if I've

00:39:31.740 --> 00:39:33.039
 defrauded anyone I'll

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:33.840
 pay them back four

00:39:33.840 --> 00:39:34.420
 times over.

00:39:37.120 --> 00:39:37.300
 You know

00:39:37.300 --> 00:39:38.200
 Zacchaeus didn't

00:39:38.200 --> 00:39:38.900
 just say

00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:41.820
 Jesus I've

00:39:41.820 --> 00:39:42.400
 done a ton of

00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:43.000
 bad things in

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:43.539
 my life.

00:39:44.180 --> 00:39:44.920
 I've hurt a lot

00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:45.300
 of people.

00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:45.920
 I've sort of

00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:46.420
 swindled some

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:46.940
 people and

00:39:46.940 --> 00:39:47.420
 taken some

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:47.880
 things I

00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:48.220
 shouldn't have

00:39:48.220 --> 00:39:48.500
 taken.

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:50.019
 Will you just

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:50.940
 forgive me so

00:39:50.940 --> 00:39:51.320
 that I can

00:39:51.320 --> 00:39:52.000
 forget about it

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:54.160
 all and not

00:39:54.160 --> 00:39:54.980
 have to deal

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:55.620
 with any of

00:39:55.620 --> 00:39:56.120
 those things I've

00:39:56.120 --> 00:39:56.620
 done before?

00:39:58.200 --> 00:39:58.640
 No.

00:39:58.639 --> 00:40:02.619
 Zacchaeus said

00:40:02.619 --> 00:40:04.299
 in effect

00:40:04.299 --> 00:40:05.639
 Jesus I know

00:40:05.639 --> 00:40:05.980
 I've done

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:07.480
 wrong but I

00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:08.559
 can see that

00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:09.159
 you've accepted

00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:10.779
 me despite

00:40:10.779 --> 00:40:13.000
 my sins and

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:13.759
 so now I want

00:40:13.759 --> 00:40:14.239
 to do whatever

00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:15.879
 I can to

00:40:15.879 --> 00:40:16.379
 make things

00:40:16.379 --> 00:40:17.599
 right with

00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:18.159
 anyone I've

00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:18.619
 wronged.

00:40:20.079 --> 00:40:20.779
 And Jesus

00:40:20.779 --> 00:40:21.219
 says to

00:40:21.219 --> 00:40:21.779
 Zacchaeus when

00:40:21.779 --> 00:40:22.619
 he hears this

00:40:22.619 --> 00:40:23.480
 he says salvation

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:24.139
 has come to

00:40:24.139 --> 00:40:24.619
 this house.

00:40:24.739 --> 00:40:25.799
 You too are a

00:40:25.799 --> 00:40:26.480
 son of Abraham.

00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:28.699
 In other

00:40:28.699 --> 00:40:29.539
 words that's

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:29.940
 what it means

00:40:29.940 --> 00:40:30.679
 to be saved.

00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:32.219
 To know that

00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:32.800
 Jesus has

00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:34.240
 accepted you

00:40:34.240 --> 00:40:35.199
 despite your

00:40:35.199 --> 00:40:36.539
 sin and

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:38.519
 therefore if

00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:39.059
 you've wronged

00:40:39.059 --> 00:40:39.719
 anybody else

00:40:39.719 --> 00:40:40.019
 you're going to

00:40:40.019 --> 00:40:40.440
 do whatever

00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:42.039
 you can to

00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:42.519
 make things

00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:43.019
 right with

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.219
 them.

00:40:44.840 --> 00:40:45.619
 You're not

00:40:45.619 --> 00:40:46.059
 just going to

00:40:46.059 --> 00:40:46.639
 forget about

00:40:46.639 --> 00:40:47.460
 it and pretend

00:40:47.460 --> 00:40:47.840
 it never

00:40:47.840 --> 00:40:48.240
 happened.

00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:50.079
 You're not

00:40:50.079 --> 00:40:50.659
 going to leave

00:40:50.659 --> 00:40:51.460
 relationships

00:40:51.460 --> 00:40:54.880
 unreconciled as

00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:55.380
 far as it's

00:40:55.380 --> 00:40:55.980
 in your power.

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:59.559
 you're going

00:40:59.559 --> 00:40:59.920
 to come to

00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:00.280
 Jesus and

00:41:00.280 --> 00:41:00.719
 say I know

00:41:00.719 --> 00:41:01.000
 I'm a

00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:01.199
 sinner.

00:41:01.840 --> 00:41:02.219
 You've

00:41:02.219 --> 00:41:02.740
 accepted me

00:41:02.740 --> 00:41:03.039
 by your

00:41:03.039 --> 00:41:03.719
 amazing grace

00:41:03.719 --> 00:41:04.300
 and so I

00:41:04.300 --> 00:41:04.699
 want to do

00:41:04.699 --> 00:41:05.159
 what I can

00:41:05.159 --> 00:41:05.420
 to make

00:41:05.420 --> 00:41:05.840
 things right

00:41:05.840 --> 00:41:06.280
 with others.

00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:07.340
 That's what

00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:07.679
 a Christian

00:41:07.679 --> 00:41:08.119
 does.

00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:09.519
 That's a

00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:10.000
 distinctive

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.639
 Christian witness

00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:11.000
 in this

00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:11.500
 world because

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:12.039
 you know

00:41:12.039 --> 00:41:12.360
 what in

00:41:12.360 --> 00:41:12.880
 this world

00:41:12.880 --> 00:41:13.699
 most people

00:41:13.699 --> 00:41:14.380
 don't like

00:41:14.380 --> 00:41:14.699
 to pay

00:41:14.699 --> 00:41:15.320
 restitution

00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:16.240
 or pursue

00:41:16.240 --> 00:41:16.860
 reconciliation.

00:41:18.699 --> 00:41:19.360
 Even in

00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:19.760
 the justice

00:41:19.760 --> 00:41:22.360
 system you

00:41:22.360 --> 00:41:22.820
 can pursue

00:41:22.820 --> 00:41:23.460
 restitution.

00:41:23.460 --> 00:41:24.500
 It's in the

00:41:24.500 --> 00:41:25.219
 legal code

00:41:25.219 --> 00:41:26.399
 but what's

00:41:26.399 --> 00:41:26.679
 the more

00:41:26.679 --> 00:41:27.459
 common penalty

00:41:27.459 --> 00:41:28.359
 a restraining

00:41:28.359 --> 00:41:29.359
 order or

00:41:29.359 --> 00:41:30.259
 incarceration?

00:41:31.579 --> 00:41:32.319
 The Bible

00:41:32.319 --> 00:41:33.079
 never promotes

00:41:33.079 --> 00:41:34.359
 incarceration for

00:41:34.359 --> 00:41:36.339
 stealing or

00:41:36.339 --> 00:41:37.079
 even assault

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:38.159
 but it does

00:41:38.159 --> 00:41:39.379
 say you have

00:41:39.379 --> 00:41:40.199
 to pay the

00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:40.939
 person back

00:41:40.939 --> 00:41:41.899
 and more.

00:41:42.779 --> 00:41:43.599
 Or in the

00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:43.879
 case of

00:41:43.879 --> 00:41:44.859
 assault that

00:41:44.859 --> 00:41:45.459
 hurt somebody

00:41:45.459 --> 00:41:46.759
 you pay their

00:41:46.759 --> 00:41:47.559
 medical expenses

00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:48.459
 and you pay

00:41:48.459 --> 00:41:48.739
 them for

00:41:48.739 --> 00:41:49.459
 loss of time.

00:41:49.460 --> 00:41:51.240
 and it's a

00:41:51.240 --> 00:41:51.679
 way of seeking

00:41:51.679 --> 00:41:52.400
 to right

00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:53.280
 relationships

00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:54.519
 between people

00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:56.380
 in the

00:41:56.380 --> 00:41:56.659
 covenant

00:41:56.659 --> 00:41:57.240
 family of

00:41:57.240 --> 00:41:57.559
 God.

00:41:59.260 --> 00:42:00.019
 And so as

00:42:00.019 --> 00:42:00.639
 Christians we

00:42:00.639 --> 00:42:01.139
 need to do

00:42:01.139 --> 00:42:01.800
 that regardless

00:42:01.800 --> 00:42:02.380
 of what the

00:42:02.380 --> 00:42:03.059
 world may do

00:42:03.059 --> 00:42:03.780
 or not do.

00:42:05.380 --> 00:42:06.099
 Regardless of

00:42:06.099 --> 00:42:06.380
 what the

00:42:06.380 --> 00:42:07.019
 justice system

00:42:07.019 --> 00:42:07.659
 may or may

00:42:07.659 --> 00:42:08.139
 not do.

00:42:08.659 --> 00:42:09.360
 As Christians

00:42:09.360 --> 00:42:09.980
 we need to

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:10.740
 take responsibility

00:42:10.740 --> 00:42:11.460
 to make

00:42:11.460 --> 00:42:12.079
 things right

00:42:12.079 --> 00:42:13.260
 and pursue

00:42:13.260 --> 00:42:13.880
 reconciliation

00:42:13.880 --> 00:42:15.220
 with anybody

00:42:15.220 --> 00:42:15.920
 we've wronged.

00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:21.119
 Second point

00:42:21.119 --> 00:42:21.960
 about the

00:42:21.960 --> 00:42:22.860
 property laws

00:42:22.860 --> 00:42:23.880
 is that people

00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:24.940
 are always

00:42:24.940 --> 00:42:25.760
 more important

00:42:25.760 --> 00:42:26.700
 than things.

00:42:28.220 --> 00:42:29.539
 In Hammurabi's

00:42:29.539 --> 00:42:30.220
 law code

00:42:30.220 --> 00:42:31.420
 a thief who

00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:31.900
 couldn't pay

00:42:31.900 --> 00:42:32.500
 back what he

00:42:32.500 --> 00:42:33.079
 stole should

00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:33.639
 be killed.

00:42:34.480 --> 00:42:34.780
 He should

00:42:34.780 --> 00:42:35.240
 receive the

00:42:35.240 --> 00:42:35.840
 death penalty.

00:42:37.139 --> 00:42:37.820
 And robbery

00:42:37.820 --> 00:42:38.559
 or burglary

00:42:38.559 --> 00:42:39.240
 was also

00:42:39.240 --> 00:42:39.900
 deserving of

00:42:39.900 --> 00:42:40.180
 the death

00:42:40.180 --> 00:42:40.519
 penalty.

00:42:41.300 --> 00:42:41.920
 The Assyrian

00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:42.500
 laws and the

00:42:42.500 --> 00:42:43.079
 Hittite laws

00:42:43.079 --> 00:42:44.019
 required restitution

00:42:44.019 --> 00:42:44.480
 on the order

00:42:44.480 --> 00:42:45.139
 of 10 to

00:42:45.139 --> 00:42:46.099
 30 times

00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:46.819
 what was

00:42:46.819 --> 00:42:47.139
 stolen.

00:42:47.259 --> 00:42:47.719
 Of course

00:42:47.719 --> 00:42:48.480
 it depended

00:42:48.480 --> 00:42:48.799
 who you

00:42:48.799 --> 00:42:49.400
 stole from.

00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:50.519
 If you

00:42:50.519 --> 00:42:50.920
 steal from

00:42:50.920 --> 00:42:51.319
 someone of

00:42:51.319 --> 00:42:51.659
 equal or

00:42:51.659 --> 00:42:52.379
 higher status

00:42:52.379 --> 00:42:53.339
 you have

00:42:53.339 --> 00:42:53.579
 to pay

00:42:53.579 --> 00:42:53.940
 them back

00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:54.279
 more.

00:42:54.460 --> 00:42:54.839
 If you

00:42:54.839 --> 00:42:55.199
 steal from

00:42:55.199 --> 00:42:55.579
 someone of

00:42:55.579 --> 00:42:56.279
 lower status

00:42:56.279 --> 00:42:57.500
 you have

00:42:57.500 --> 00:42:57.739
 to pay

00:42:57.739 --> 00:42:58.039
 just a

00:42:58.039 --> 00:42:58.420
 little tiny

00:42:58.420 --> 00:42:58.639
 bit.

00:43:01.539 --> 00:43:02.440
 In Israel

00:43:02.440 --> 00:43:03.119
 restitution

00:43:03.119 --> 00:43:03.659
 was much

00:43:03.659 --> 00:43:04.279
 more reasonable

00:43:04.279 --> 00:43:04.960
 and doable.

00:43:05.179 --> 00:43:05.359
 It was

00:43:05.359 --> 00:43:05.719
 normally

00:43:05.719 --> 00:43:06.219
 double

00:43:06.219 --> 00:43:06.859
 sometimes

00:43:06.859 --> 00:43:07.339
 up to

00:43:07.339 --> 00:43:07.639
 four or

00:43:07.639 --> 00:43:08.359
 five times.

00:43:08.980 --> 00:43:09.480
 And property

00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:10.139
 crimes are

00:43:10.139 --> 00:43:10.819
 never punished

00:43:10.819 --> 00:43:11.379
 by the death

00:43:11.379 --> 00:43:12.259
 penalty in

00:43:12.259 --> 00:43:13.259
 Israel because

00:43:13.260 --> 00:43:16.660
 among God's

00:43:16.660 --> 00:43:17.660
 people people

00:43:17.660 --> 00:43:18.280
 are always

00:43:18.280 --> 00:43:18.800
 more important

00:43:18.800 --> 00:43:19.460
 than things.

00:43:21.000 --> 00:43:21.880
 One specific

00:43:21.880 --> 00:43:22.380
 example

00:43:22.380 --> 00:43:23.620
 chapter 22

00:43:23.620 --> 00:43:24.240
 verse 2

00:43:24.240 --> 00:43:25.560
 if a thief

00:43:25.560 --> 00:43:25.980
 is found

00:43:25.980 --> 00:43:26.740
 breaking in

00:43:26.740 --> 00:43:27.740
 and is struck

00:43:27.740 --> 00:43:28.300
 so that he

00:43:28.300 --> 00:43:29.280
 dies there

00:43:29.280 --> 00:43:29.840
 shall be no

00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:30.380
 blood guilt

00:43:30.380 --> 00:43:31.000
 for him

00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:32.600
 but if the

00:43:32.600 --> 00:43:33.260
 sun has risen

00:43:33.260 --> 00:43:33.940
 on him there

00:43:33.940 --> 00:43:34.540
 shall be

00:43:34.540 --> 00:43:35.000
 blood guilt

00:43:35.000 --> 00:43:35.560
 for him.

00:43:36.220 --> 00:43:36.600
 What does

00:43:36.600 --> 00:43:37.000
 that mean?

00:43:38.220 --> 00:43:38.820
 If somebody

00:43:38.820 --> 00:43:39.220
 breaks into

00:43:39.220 --> 00:43:39.540
 your house

00:43:39.540 --> 00:43:39.900
 at night

00:43:39.900 --> 00:43:41.080
 you can't

00:43:41.080 --> 00:43:41.460
 really see

00:43:41.460 --> 00:43:41.880
 what's going

00:43:41.880 --> 00:43:42.260
 on

00:43:42.260 --> 00:43:43.860
 you kill

00:43:43.860 --> 00:43:44.179
 him

00:43:44.179 --> 00:43:45.059
 that's

00:43:45.059 --> 00:43:45.800
 self-defense

00:43:45.800 --> 00:43:47.320
 because you

00:43:47.320 --> 00:43:47.900
 don't know

00:43:47.900 --> 00:43:49.400
 what the

00:43:49.400 --> 00:43:49.740
 thief is

00:43:49.740 --> 00:43:50.500
 trying to

00:43:50.500 --> 00:43:50.720
 do and

00:43:50.720 --> 00:43:51.000
 he might

00:43:51.000 --> 00:43:51.320
 be trying

00:43:51.320 --> 00:43:51.599
 to kill

00:43:51.599 --> 00:43:52.059
 you and

00:43:52.059 --> 00:43:52.679
 self-defense

00:43:52.679 --> 00:43:53.599
 is allowed

00:43:53.599 --> 00:43:54.659
 in the

00:43:54.659 --> 00:43:54.960
 law.

00:43:56.199 --> 00:43:56.800
 But if

00:43:56.800 --> 00:43:56.940
 it's

00:43:56.940 --> 00:43:57.340
 daytime

00:43:57.340 --> 00:43:59.059
 you can

00:43:59.059 --> 00:44:00.260
 see that

00:44:00.260 --> 00:44:00.579
 the thief

00:44:00.579 --> 00:44:00.920
 is not

00:44:00.920 --> 00:44:01.340
 trying to

00:44:01.340 --> 00:44:01.780
 kill you

00:44:01.780 --> 00:44:03.139
 he's only

00:44:03.139 --> 00:44:03.559
 trying to

00:44:03.559 --> 00:44:03.880
 take your

00:44:03.880 --> 00:44:04.199
 stuff.

00:44:04.320 --> 00:44:04.679
 If you

00:44:04.679 --> 00:44:05.320
 kill him

00:44:05.320 --> 00:44:05.920
 you are

00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:06.400
 guilty of

00:44:06.400 --> 00:44:06.679
 murder

00:44:06.679 --> 00:44:09.920
 or

00:44:09.920 --> 00:44:10.480
 manslaughter

00:44:10.480 --> 00:44:11.139
 depending on

00:44:11.139 --> 00:44:12.139
 how that's

00:44:12.139 --> 00:44:12.460
 judged.

00:44:13.260 --> 00:44:13.920
 But still

00:44:13.920 --> 00:44:14.199
 you're

00:44:14.199 --> 00:44:14.500
 guilty.

00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:15.840
 Even

00:44:15.840 --> 00:44:17.039
 though

00:44:17.039 --> 00:44:18.099
 the thief

00:44:18.099 --> 00:44:18.719
 was obviously

00:44:18.719 --> 00:44:19.579
 committing a

00:44:19.579 --> 00:44:19.920
 crime.

00:44:21.760 --> 00:44:21.960
 You see

00:44:21.960 --> 00:44:22.360
 God's law

00:44:22.360 --> 00:44:23.079
 even protects

00:44:23.079 --> 00:44:23.579
 the dignity

00:44:23.579 --> 00:44:24.460
 of criminals.

00:44:27.019 --> 00:44:27.619
 Criminals

00:44:27.619 --> 00:44:28.099
 too are

00:44:28.099 --> 00:44:28.599
 created in

00:44:28.599 --> 00:44:28.920
 the image

00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:29.360
 of God

00:44:29.360 --> 00:44:31.099
 and God's

00:44:31.099 --> 00:44:31.380
 law

00:44:31.380 --> 00:44:32.679
 protected

00:44:32.679 --> 00:44:32.980
 them.

00:44:35.920 --> 00:44:36.559
 Last

00:44:36.559 --> 00:44:37.119
 section

00:44:37.119 --> 00:44:38.699
 chapter 22

00:44:38.699 --> 00:44:39.420
 verse 16

00:44:39.420 --> 00:44:40.059
 and 17

00:44:40.059 --> 00:44:41.679
 if a man

00:44:41.679 --> 00:44:42.259
 seduces a

00:44:42.259 --> 00:44:42.679
 virgin who

00:44:42.679 --> 00:44:43.019
 is not

00:44:43.019 --> 00:44:43.799
 betrothed

00:44:43.799 --> 00:44:44.659
 and lies

00:44:44.659 --> 00:44:45.079
 with her

00:44:45.079 --> 00:44:45.420
 he shall

00:44:45.420 --> 00:44:45.759
 give the

00:44:45.759 --> 00:44:46.299
 bride price

00:44:46.299 --> 00:44:46.739
 for her

00:44:46.739 --> 00:44:47.179
 and make

00:44:47.179 --> 00:44:47.539
 her his

00:44:47.539 --> 00:44:47.920
 wife.

00:44:48.579 --> 00:44:48.960
 If her

00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:49.559
 father utterly

00:44:49.559 --> 00:44:50.199
 refuses to

00:44:50.199 --> 00:44:50.440
 give her

00:44:50.440 --> 00:44:50.820
 to him

00:44:50.820 --> 00:44:51.119
 he shall

00:44:51.119 --> 00:44:51.539
 pay money

00:44:51.539 --> 00:44:51.940
 equal to

00:44:51.940 --> 00:44:52.299
 the bride

00:44:52.299 --> 00:44:52.659
 price

00:44:52.659 --> 00:44:53.139
 for

00:44:53.139 --> 00:44:53.519
 virgins.

00:44:54.380 --> 00:44:54.840
 Alright?

00:44:56.219 --> 00:44:56.799
 This is

00:44:56.799 --> 00:44:56.980
 about

00:44:56.980 --> 00:44:57.380
 premarital

00:44:57.380 --> 00:44:57.759
 sex.

00:44:57.920 --> 00:44:58.360
 It's not

00:44:58.360 --> 00:44:58.659
 about

00:44:58.659 --> 00:44:59.039
 rape.

00:45:00.799 --> 00:45:01.119
 This is

00:45:01.119 --> 00:45:01.619
 a situation

00:45:01.619 --> 00:45:01.960
 where the

00:45:01.960 --> 00:45:02.159
 man

00:45:02.159 --> 00:45:02.880
 initiates

00:45:02.880 --> 00:45:03.860
 but the

00:45:03.860 --> 00:45:04.039
 woman

00:45:04.039 --> 00:45:04.679
 consents.

00:45:06.679 --> 00:45:07.159
 Deuteronomy

00:45:07.159 --> 00:45:08.119
 has a law

00:45:08.119 --> 00:45:08.699
 about rape.

00:45:10.059 --> 00:45:11.159
 And if

00:45:11.159 --> 00:45:12.139
 a man

00:45:12.139 --> 00:45:12.559
 finds a

00:45:12.559 --> 00:45:12.880
 woman in

00:45:12.880 --> 00:45:13.159
 the open

00:45:13.159 --> 00:45:13.500
 country

00:45:13.500 --> 00:45:13.820
 and she

00:45:13.820 --> 00:45:14.320
 screams for

00:45:14.320 --> 00:45:14.679
 help and

00:45:14.679 --> 00:45:15.099
 nobody can

00:45:15.099 --> 00:45:15.519
 hear her

00:45:15.519 --> 00:45:15.759
 and he

00:45:15.759 --> 00:45:16.219
 violates

00:45:16.219 --> 00:45:16.480
 her he

00:45:16.480 --> 00:45:16.920
 deserves a

00:45:16.920 --> 00:45:17.059
 death

00:45:17.059 --> 00:45:17.400
 penalty.

00:45:17.559 --> 00:45:17.880
 That was

00:45:17.880 --> 00:45:18.719
 the law.

00:45:20.239 --> 00:45:20.739
 If she

00:45:20.739 --> 00:45:21.059
 was around

00:45:21.059 --> 00:45:21.639
 other people

00:45:21.639 --> 00:45:22.259
 then she

00:45:22.259 --> 00:45:22.460
 could have

00:45:22.460 --> 00:45:22.799
 called for

00:45:22.799 --> 00:45:23.079
 help.

00:45:23.759 --> 00:45:24.679
 And it's

00:45:24.679 --> 00:45:24.980
 not the

00:45:24.980 --> 00:45:25.159
 death

00:45:25.159 --> 00:45:25.480
 penalty.

00:45:25.619 --> 00:45:25.779
 It's a

00:45:25.779 --> 00:45:26.579
 different...

00:45:26.579 --> 00:45:27.239
 It is a

00:45:27.239 --> 00:45:27.759
 penalty but

00:45:27.759 --> 00:45:28.860
 it's different.

00:45:30.119 --> 00:45:30.500
 Anyway,

00:45:30.900 --> 00:45:32.219
 we're not

00:45:32.219 --> 00:45:32.719
 talking about

00:45:32.719 --> 00:45:33.219
 rape here.

00:45:33.219 --> 00:45:35.000
 The

00:45:35.000 --> 00:45:35.359
 consequence

00:45:35.359 --> 00:45:36.219
 is...

00:45:36.219 --> 00:45:38.980
 But the

00:45:38.980 --> 00:45:39.319
 situation

00:45:39.319 --> 00:45:40.719
 is a

00:45:40.719 --> 00:45:40.859
 man

00:45:40.859 --> 00:45:41.419
 initiates

00:45:41.419 --> 00:45:41.939
 and he

00:45:41.939 --> 00:45:42.139
 and the

00:45:42.139 --> 00:45:42.299
 woman

00:45:42.299 --> 00:45:42.539
 sleep

00:45:42.539 --> 00:45:42.859
 together.

00:45:42.980 --> 00:45:43.259
 Neither

00:45:43.259 --> 00:45:43.539
 of them

00:45:43.539 --> 00:45:43.859
 are already

00:45:43.859 --> 00:45:44.259
 married.

00:45:44.559 --> 00:45:44.799
 Neither

00:45:44.799 --> 00:45:45.059
 of them

00:45:45.059 --> 00:45:45.339
 are already

00:45:45.339 --> 00:45:46.159
 betrothed.

00:45:46.159 --> 00:45:46.719
 That is

00:45:46.719 --> 00:45:47.019
 in a

00:45:47.019 --> 00:45:47.279
 binding

00:45:47.279 --> 00:45:47.739
 covenant

00:45:47.739 --> 00:45:49.899
 that they

00:45:49.899 --> 00:45:50.239
 would be

00:45:50.239 --> 00:45:50.539
 married.

00:45:51.179 --> 00:45:51.579
 Consequence,

00:45:51.779 --> 00:45:52.119
 man must

00:45:52.119 --> 00:45:52.419
 give the

00:45:52.419 --> 00:45:52.899
 bride price

00:45:52.899 --> 00:45:53.219
 for her

00:45:53.219 --> 00:45:53.500
 and make

00:45:53.500 --> 00:45:53.739
 her his

00:45:53.739 --> 00:45:53.939
 wife.

00:45:54.019 --> 00:45:54.099
 You

00:45:54.099 --> 00:45:54.199
 think,

00:45:54.259 --> 00:45:54.519
 what does

00:45:54.519 --> 00:45:54.699
 that

00:45:54.699 --> 00:45:54.939
 mean?

00:45:55.959 --> 00:45:56.179
 Okay,

00:45:56.239 --> 00:45:56.439
 in the

00:45:56.439 --> 00:45:56.659
 ancient

00:45:56.659 --> 00:45:57.079
 Near East

00:45:57.079 --> 00:45:57.319
 if a

00:45:57.319 --> 00:45:57.699
 man wants

00:45:57.699 --> 00:45:58.019
 to marry

00:45:58.019 --> 00:45:58.379
 a woman

00:45:58.379 --> 00:45:58.919
 he would

00:45:58.919 --> 00:45:59.239
 normally

00:45:59.239 --> 00:45:59.759
 give a

00:45:59.759 --> 00:46:00.239
 substantial

00:46:00.239 --> 00:46:00.859
 sum of

00:46:00.859 --> 00:46:01.299
 money to

00:46:01.299 --> 00:46:01.919
 the bride's

00:46:01.919 --> 00:46:02.379
 family.

00:46:02.380 --> 00:46:03.140
 Although

00:46:03.140 --> 00:46:03.720
 sometimes

00:46:03.720 --> 00:46:04.000
 it was

00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:04.220
 even

00:46:04.220 --> 00:46:04.440
 given

00:46:04.440 --> 00:46:04.599
 to

00:46:04.599 --> 00:46:04.740
 the

00:46:04.740 --> 00:46:04.960
 bride

00:46:04.960 --> 00:46:05.500
 herself.

00:46:05.680 --> 00:46:05.760
 In

00:46:05.760 --> 00:46:06.039
 Genesis

00:46:06.039 --> 00:46:06.720
 24,

00:46:07.200 --> 00:46:07.700
 Abraham's

00:46:07.700 --> 00:46:07.900
 servant

00:46:07.900 --> 00:46:08.240
 gave

00:46:08.240 --> 00:46:08.800
 silver

00:46:08.800 --> 00:46:09.019
 and

00:46:09.019 --> 00:46:09.260
 gold

00:46:09.260 --> 00:46:09.720
 jewelry

00:46:09.720 --> 00:46:10.320
 and

00:46:10.320 --> 00:46:10.720
 clothing

00:46:10.720 --> 00:46:11.519
 to

00:46:11.519 --> 00:46:11.900
 Rebecca

00:46:11.900 --> 00:46:12.860
 who

00:46:12.860 --> 00:46:13.000
 was

00:46:13.000 --> 00:46:13.140
 to

00:46:13.140 --> 00:46:13.320
 marry

00:46:13.320 --> 00:46:13.700
 Isaac

00:46:13.700 --> 00:46:14.140
 and

00:46:14.140 --> 00:46:14.260
 he

00:46:14.260 --> 00:46:14.519
 also

00:46:14.519 --> 00:46:14.860
 gave

00:46:14.860 --> 00:46:15.220
 gifts

00:46:15.220 --> 00:46:16.039
 costly

00:46:16.039 --> 00:46:16.420
 ornaments

00:46:16.420 --> 00:46:16.640
 to

00:46:16.640 --> 00:46:16.780
 her

00:46:16.780 --> 00:46:17.059
 brother

00:46:17.059 --> 00:46:17.280
 and

00:46:17.280 --> 00:46:17.420
 her

00:46:17.420 --> 00:46:17.700
 mother.

00:46:17.980 --> 00:46:18.220
 What

00:46:18.220 --> 00:46:18.500
 was

00:46:18.500 --> 00:46:18.820
 this?

00:46:18.920 --> 00:46:19.019
 It

00:46:19.019 --> 00:46:19.160
 was

00:46:19.160 --> 00:46:19.280
 a

00:46:19.280 --> 00:46:19.380
 way

00:46:19.380 --> 00:46:19.500
 of

00:46:19.500 --> 00:46:20.039
 acknowledging

00:46:20.039 --> 00:46:20.340
 the

00:46:20.340 --> 00:46:20.980
 seriousness

00:46:20.980 --> 00:46:21.619
 and

00:46:21.619 --> 00:46:22.340
 costliness

00:46:22.340 --> 00:46:23.380
 of the

00:46:23.380 --> 00:46:23.800
 marriage

00:46:23.800 --> 00:46:24.460
 covenant.

00:46:25.460 --> 00:46:25.760
 It

00:46:25.760 --> 00:46:25.980
 was a

00:46:25.980 --> 00:46:26.280
 man's

00:46:26.280 --> 00:46:26.400
 way

00:46:26.400 --> 00:46:26.539
 of

00:46:26.539 --> 00:46:26.940
 saying,

00:46:28.039 --> 00:46:28.200
 I

00:46:28.200 --> 00:46:28.440
 am

00:46:28.440 --> 00:46:28.720
 not

00:46:28.720 --> 00:46:29.059
 doing

00:46:29.059 --> 00:46:29.480
 this

00:46:29.480 --> 00:46:30.160
 lightly

00:46:30.160 --> 00:46:31.140
 or

00:46:32.380 --> 00:46:34.840
 I'm

00:46:34.840 --> 00:46:35.140
 willing

00:46:35.140 --> 00:46:35.579
 to

00:46:35.579 --> 00:46:35.720
 put

00:46:35.720 --> 00:46:36.039
 a lot

00:46:36.039 --> 00:46:36.160
 of

00:46:36.160 --> 00:46:36.380
 things

00:46:36.380 --> 00:46:36.539
 on

00:46:36.539 --> 00:46:36.660
 the

00:46:36.660 --> 00:46:36.960
 line.

00:46:38.039 --> 00:46:38.280
 And

00:46:38.280 --> 00:46:38.720
 usually

00:46:38.720 --> 00:46:39.019
 the

00:46:39.019 --> 00:46:39.460
 bride

00:46:39.460 --> 00:46:39.760
 or

00:46:39.760 --> 00:46:39.980
 her

00:46:39.980 --> 00:46:40.340
 family

00:46:40.340 --> 00:46:40.680
 would

00:46:40.680 --> 00:46:41.360
 save

00:46:41.360 --> 00:46:41.599
 or

00:46:41.599 --> 00:46:42.300
 invest

00:46:42.300 --> 00:46:43.280
 the

00:46:43.280 --> 00:46:43.640
 bride

00:46:43.640 --> 00:46:44.059
 price.

00:46:44.140 --> 00:46:44.180
 You

00:46:44.180 --> 00:46:44.280
 could

00:46:44.280 --> 00:46:44.460
 also

00:46:44.460 --> 00:46:44.660
 call

00:46:44.660 --> 00:46:44.740
 it

00:46:44.740 --> 00:46:44.880
 the

00:46:44.880 --> 00:46:45.119
 wedding

00:46:45.119 --> 00:46:45.640
 present.

00:46:46.579 --> 00:46:47.079
 It

00:46:47.079 --> 00:46:47.240
 was

00:46:47.240 --> 00:46:47.460
 kept

00:46:47.460 --> 00:46:47.720
 as a

00:46:47.720 --> 00:46:47.900
 kind

00:46:47.900 --> 00:46:48.000
 of

00:46:48.000 --> 00:46:48.460
 insurance

00:46:48.460 --> 00:46:48.940
 policy

00:46:48.940 --> 00:46:49.119
 for

00:46:49.119 --> 00:46:49.260
 the

00:46:49.260 --> 00:46:49.640
 bride

00:46:49.640 --> 00:46:50.180
 just

00:46:50.180 --> 00:46:50.360
 in

00:46:50.360 --> 00:46:50.780
 case

00:46:50.780 --> 00:46:51.440
 her

00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:51.820
 husband

00:46:51.820 --> 00:46:52.860
 died

00:46:52.860 --> 00:46:53.500
 unexpectedly

00:46:53.500 --> 00:46:54.440
 or

00:46:54.440 --> 00:46:54.980
 in

00:46:54.980 --> 00:46:55.119
 case

00:46:55.119 --> 00:46:55.240
 her

00:46:55.240 --> 00:46:55.440
 husband

00:46:55.440 --> 00:46:55.840
 abandoned

00:46:55.840 --> 00:46:56.140
 her.

00:46:57.539 --> 00:46:57.820
 And

00:46:57.820 --> 00:46:57.920
 she

00:46:57.920 --> 00:46:58.000
 had

00:46:58.000 --> 00:46:58.119
 no

00:46:58.119 --> 00:46:58.280
 other

00:46:58.280 --> 00:46:58.420
 way

00:46:58.420 --> 00:46:58.519
 to

00:46:58.519 --> 00:46:58.800
 provide

00:46:58.800 --> 00:46:58.980
 for

00:46:58.980 --> 00:46:59.260
 herself.

00:46:59.380 --> 00:46:59.420
 It

00:46:59.420 --> 00:46:59.559
 was

00:46:59.559 --> 00:46:59.700
 a

00:46:59.700 --> 00:46:59.960
 safety

00:46:59.960 --> 00:47:00.240
 net.

00:47:01.159 --> 00:47:01.420
 It

00:47:01.420 --> 00:47:01.519
 was

00:47:01.519 --> 00:47:01.720
 actually

00:47:01.720 --> 00:47:01.960
 something

00:47:01.960 --> 00:47:02.139
 that

00:47:02.139 --> 00:47:02.559
 protected

00:47:02.559 --> 00:47:03.400
 the

00:47:03.400 --> 00:47:03.619
 woman.

00:47:04.860 --> 00:47:05.179
 The

00:47:05.179 --> 00:47:05.480
 problem

00:47:05.480 --> 00:47:05.860
 here is

00:47:05.860 --> 00:47:05.960
 the

00:47:05.960 --> 00:47:06.139
 man

00:47:06.139 --> 00:47:06.500
 sleeps

00:47:06.500 --> 00:47:06.659
 with

00:47:06.659 --> 00:47:06.780
 the

00:47:06.780 --> 00:47:06.980
 woman

00:47:06.980 --> 00:47:07.240
 without

00:47:07.240 --> 00:47:07.539
 making

00:47:07.539 --> 00:47:07.800
 any

00:47:07.800 --> 00:47:08.139
 promise

00:47:08.139 --> 00:47:08.340
 to

00:47:08.340 --> 00:47:08.480
 her

00:47:08.480 --> 00:47:08.579
 and

00:47:08.579 --> 00:47:08.820
 without

00:47:08.820 --> 00:47:09.099
 going

00:47:09.099 --> 00:47:09.260
 through

00:47:09.260 --> 00:47:09.460
 any

00:47:09.460 --> 00:47:09.980
 preparation

00:47:09.980 --> 00:47:10.240
 for

00:47:10.240 --> 00:47:10.720
 marriage.

00:47:11.440 --> 00:47:11.519
 And

00:47:11.519 --> 00:47:11.659
 by

00:47:11.659 --> 00:47:11.920
 doing

00:47:11.920 --> 00:47:12.119
 this

00:47:12.119 --> 00:47:12.220
 he

00:47:12.220 --> 00:47:12.400
 puts

00:47:12.400 --> 00:47:12.539
 the

00:47:12.539 --> 00:47:12.740
 woman

00:47:12.740 --> 00:47:12.920
 at

00:47:12.920 --> 00:47:13.260
 great

00:47:13.260 --> 00:47:13.900
 risk.

00:47:14.500 --> 00:47:14.679
 For

00:47:14.679 --> 00:47:14.880
 one

00:47:14.880 --> 00:47:15.079
 thing

00:47:15.079 --> 00:47:15.220
 she

00:47:15.220 --> 00:47:15.420
 might

00:47:15.420 --> 00:47:15.579
 be

00:47:15.579 --> 00:47:15.940
 pregnant

00:47:15.940 --> 00:47:17.900
 or

00:47:17.900 --> 00:47:18.619
 if

00:47:18.619 --> 00:47:18.699
 he

00:47:18.699 --> 00:47:19.179
 abandons

00:47:19.179 --> 00:47:19.460
 her

00:47:19.460 --> 00:47:20.260
 another

00:47:20.260 --> 00:47:20.539
 guy

00:47:20.539 --> 00:47:20.740
 might

00:47:20.740 --> 00:47:21.079
 refuse

00:47:21.079 --> 00:47:21.280
 to

00:47:21.280 --> 00:47:21.500
 marry

00:47:21.500 --> 00:47:21.679
 her

00:47:21.679 --> 00:47:21.940
 because

00:47:21.940 --> 00:47:22.139
 she's

00:47:22.139 --> 00:47:22.280
 no

00:47:22.280 --> 00:47:22.539
 longer

00:47:22.539 --> 00:47:22.699
 a

00:47:22.699 --> 00:47:22.960
 virgin.

00:47:23.619 --> 00:47:23.960
 Again

00:47:23.960 --> 00:47:24.179
 in

00:47:24.179 --> 00:47:24.340
 that

00:47:29.960 --> 00:47:40.780
 Now of

00:47:40.780 --> 00:47:41.119
 course

00:47:41.119 --> 00:47:41.760
 the

00:47:41.760 --> 00:47:42.039
 fact

00:47:42.039 --> 00:47:42.159
 that

00:47:42.159 --> 00:47:42.340
 this

00:47:42.340 --> 00:47:42.519
 law

00:47:42.519 --> 00:47:42.699
 was

00:47:42.699 --> 00:47:42.860
 on

00:47:42.860 --> 00:47:42.980
 the

00:47:42.980 --> 00:47:43.340
 books

00:47:43.340 --> 00:47:44.079
 would

00:47:44.079 --> 00:47:44.300
 make

00:47:44.300 --> 00:47:44.619
 any

00:47:44.619 --> 00:47:44.980
 single

00:47:44.980 --> 00:47:45.220
 guy

00:47:45.220 --> 00:47:45.340
 in

00:47:45.340 --> 00:47:45.559
 Israel

00:47:45.559 --> 00:47:45.860
 think

00:47:45.860 --> 00:47:46.320
 twice

00:47:46.320 --> 00:47:47.760
 before

00:47:47.760 --> 00:47:48.159
 asking

00:47:48.159 --> 00:47:48.420
 any

00:47:48.420 --> 00:47:48.740
 single

00:47:48.740 --> 00:47:48.960
 girl

00:47:48.960 --> 00:47:49.119
 in

00:47:49.119 --> 00:47:49.300
 Israel

00:47:49.300 --> 00:47:49.460
 to

00:47:49.460 --> 00:47:49.539
 go

00:47:49.539 --> 00:47:49.659
 to

00:47:49.659 --> 00:47:49.760
 bed

00:47:49.760 --> 00:47:49.920
 with

00:47:49.920 --> 00:47:50.139
 him.

00:47:52.619 --> 00:47:53.079
 Right?

00:47:56.220 --> 00:47:56.659
 Because

00:47:56.659 --> 00:47:56.860
 he

00:47:56.860 --> 00:47:57.019
 would

00:47:57.019 --> 00:47:57.300
 know

00:47:57.300 --> 00:47:57.480
 that

00:47:57.480 --> 00:47:57.699
 among

00:47:57.699 --> 00:47:57.900
 the

00:47:57.900 --> 00:47:58.139
 people

00:47:58.139 --> 00:47:58.320
 of

00:47:58.320 --> 00:47:58.599
 God

00:47:58.599 --> 00:47:58.980
 sex

00:47:58.980 --> 00:47:59.220
 is

00:47:59.220 --> 00:47:59.519
 not

00:47:59.519 --> 00:47:59.940
 cheap

00:47:59.940 --> 00:48:00.920
 and

00:48:00.920 --> 00:48:01.079
 it's

00:48:01.079 --> 00:48:01.400
 not

00:48:01.400 --> 00:48:02.079
 casual.

00:48:04.139 --> 00:48:04.780
 Two

00:48:04.780 --> 00:48:05.320
 applications

00:48:05.320 --> 00:48:05.740
 for

00:48:05.740 --> 00:48:06.099
 Christians

00:48:06.099 --> 00:48:06.519
 today.

00:48:07.559 --> 00:48:07.760
 Number

00:48:07.760 --> 00:48:08.119
 one,

00:48:09.019 --> 00:48:09.380
 don't

00:48:09.380 --> 00:48:09.599
 have

00:48:09.599 --> 00:48:09.920
 sex

00:48:09.920 --> 00:48:10.340
 before

00:48:10.340 --> 00:48:11.000
 marriage.

00:48:12.679 --> 00:48:13.320
 According

00:48:13.320 --> 00:48:13.800
 to God's

00:48:13.800 --> 00:48:14.159
 design,

00:48:14.300 --> 00:48:14.539
 sex

00:48:14.539 --> 00:48:15.019
 is like

00:48:15.019 --> 00:48:15.679
 superglue.

00:48:16.619 --> 00:48:16.860
 It's

00:48:16.860 --> 00:48:17.000
 meant

00:48:17.000 --> 00:48:17.179
 to

00:48:17.179 --> 00:48:17.420
 seal

00:48:17.420 --> 00:48:17.619
 the

00:48:17.619 --> 00:48:17.960
 deal

00:48:17.960 --> 00:48:18.880
 on

00:48:18.880 --> 00:48:19.000
 a

00:48:19.000 --> 00:48:19.240
 covenant

00:48:19.240 --> 00:48:19.440
 of

00:48:19.440 --> 00:48:19.880
 marriage

00:48:19.880 --> 00:48:20.400
 and

00:48:20.400 --> 00:48:20.519
 is

00:48:20.519 --> 00:48:20.659
 meant

00:48:20.659 --> 00:48:20.840
 to

00:48:20.840 --> 00:48:21.179
 build

00:48:21.179 --> 00:48:21.579
 on

00:48:21.579 --> 00:48:21.880
 that

00:48:21.880 --> 00:48:22.400
 bond

00:48:22.400 --> 00:48:22.720
 for

00:48:22.720 --> 00:48:22.840
 the

00:48:22.840 --> 00:48:23.019
 rest

00:48:23.019 --> 00:48:23.139
 of

00:48:23.139 --> 00:48:23.240
 your

00:48:23.240 --> 00:48:23.599
 life.

00:48:25.000 --> 00:48:25.539
 Second,

00:48:26.139 --> 00:48:27.139
 some

00:48:27.139 --> 00:48:27.260
 of

00:48:27.260 --> 00:48:27.320
 you

00:48:27.320 --> 00:48:27.440
 are

00:48:27.440 --> 00:48:27.720
 married

00:48:27.720 --> 00:48:28.119
 now

00:48:28.119 --> 00:48:29.260
 but

00:48:29.260 --> 00:48:29.380
 you

00:48:29.380 --> 00:48:29.760
 started

00:48:29.760 --> 00:48:30.080
 having

00:48:30.080 --> 00:48:30.380
 sex

00:48:30.380 --> 00:48:30.520
 with

00:48:30.520 --> 00:48:30.680
 each

00:48:30.680 --> 00:48:30.880
 other

00:48:30.880 --> 00:48:31.280
 before

00:48:31.280 --> 00:48:31.500
 you

00:48:31.500 --> 00:48:31.680
 got

00:48:31.680 --> 00:48:32.000
 married.

00:48:33.620 --> 00:48:34.260
 Now,

00:48:34.320 --> 00:48:34.800
 ironically,

00:48:35.240 --> 00:48:36.140
 if you're

00:48:36.140 --> 00:48:36.760
 a Christian,

00:48:37.580 --> 00:48:38.220
 having sex

00:48:38.220 --> 00:48:38.700
 before

00:48:38.700 --> 00:48:39.260
 marriage

00:48:39.260 --> 00:48:40.260
 often makes

00:48:40.260 --> 00:48:40.960
 it harder

00:48:40.960 --> 00:48:41.580
 for you

00:48:41.580 --> 00:48:42.440
 to enjoy

00:48:42.440 --> 00:48:42.980
 sex

00:48:42.980 --> 00:48:43.560
 after

00:48:43.560 --> 00:48:44.100
 marriage

00:48:44.100 --> 00:48:44.720
 because

00:48:44.720 --> 00:48:45.140
 you have

00:48:45.140 --> 00:48:45.520
 residual

00:48:45.520 --> 00:48:46.120
 guilt

00:48:46.120 --> 00:48:47.200
 and shame

00:48:47.200 --> 00:48:48.380
 tied up

00:48:48.380 --> 00:48:48.880
 with having

00:48:48.880 --> 00:48:49.440
 sex

00:48:49.440 --> 00:48:50.120
 before

00:48:50.120 --> 00:48:50.620
 marriage

00:48:50.620 --> 00:48:51.080
 when you

00:48:51.080 --> 00:48:51.240
 knew

00:48:51.240 --> 00:48:51.480
 that it

00:48:51.480 --> 00:48:51.620
 was

00:48:51.620 --> 00:48:51.980
 wrong.

00:48:54.180 --> 00:48:54.980
 But if

00:48:54.980 --> 00:48:55.240
 that's

00:48:55.240 --> 00:48:55.600
 you,

00:48:56.200 --> 00:48:56.520
 and if

00:48:56.520 --> 00:48:56.760
 you have

00:48:56.760 --> 00:48:57.360
 confessed

00:48:57.360 --> 00:48:58.560
 to God

00:48:58.560 --> 00:48:58.800
 your

00:48:58.800 --> 00:48:59.340
 premarital

00:48:59.340 --> 00:48:59.860
 sin

00:48:59.860 --> 00:49:01.380
 and mourned

00:49:01.380 --> 00:49:01.960
 over that

00:49:01.960 --> 00:49:02.680
 before the

00:49:02.680 --> 00:49:03.120
 Lord,

00:49:03.600 --> 00:49:04.280
 that guilt

00:49:04.280 --> 00:49:05.020
 and shame

00:49:05.020 --> 00:49:05.760
 can be

00:49:05.760 --> 00:49:06.280
 removed.

00:49:07.380 --> 00:49:08.200
 It doesn't

00:49:08.200 --> 00:49:08.680
 have to

00:49:08.680 --> 00:49:09.460
 hang over

00:49:09.460 --> 00:49:10.580
 your bed

00:49:10.580 --> 00:49:11.240
 and your

00:49:11.240 --> 00:49:11.720
 marriage

00:49:11.720 --> 00:49:12.300
 forever.

00:49:13.820 --> 00:49:14.720
 You can

00:49:14.720 --> 00:49:15.140
 go

00:49:15.140 --> 00:49:15.920
 forward

00:49:15.920 --> 00:49:16.420
 with the

00:49:16.420 --> 00:49:16.800
 blessing

00:49:16.800 --> 00:49:17.500
 of your

00:49:17.500 --> 00:49:17.780
 heavenly

00:49:17.780 --> 00:49:18.260
 father

00:49:18.260 --> 00:49:19.240
 and because

00:49:19.240 --> 00:49:19.700
 Christ

00:49:19.700 --> 00:49:20.200
 is making

00:49:20.200 --> 00:49:20.760
 all things

00:49:20.760 --> 00:49:20.940
 new,

00:49:21.000 --> 00:49:21.260
 you can

00:49:21.260 --> 00:49:21.740
 enjoy

00:49:21.740 --> 00:49:22.200
 God's

00:49:22.200 --> 00:49:22.400
 gift

00:49:22.400 --> 00:49:22.920
 of sex

00:49:22.920 --> 00:49:23.340
 in

00:49:23.340 --> 00:49:24.080
 marriage

00:49:24.080 --> 00:49:24.760
 like

00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:25.100
 Adam

00:49:25.100 --> 00:49:25.620
 and Eve

00:49:25.619 --> 00:49:26.239
 who are

00:49:26.239 --> 00:49:26.599
 naked

00:49:26.599 --> 00:49:27.339
 without

00:49:27.339 --> 00:49:28.119
 shame.

00:49:32.179 --> 00:49:32.739
 We've

00:49:32.739 --> 00:49:33.099
 gone all

00:49:33.099 --> 00:49:33.359
 over the

00:49:33.359 --> 00:49:33.579
 place

00:49:33.579 --> 00:49:33.880
 today

00:49:33.880 --> 00:49:36.539
 because

00:49:36.539 --> 00:49:36.839
 there's

00:49:36.839 --> 00:49:37.299
 no area

00:49:37.299 --> 00:49:37.619
 of our

00:49:37.619 --> 00:49:37.960
 lives

00:49:37.960 --> 00:49:38.400
 as God's

00:49:38.400 --> 00:49:38.579
 holy

00:49:38.579 --> 00:49:38.980
 people

00:49:38.980 --> 00:49:39.619
 that God

00:49:39.619 --> 00:49:40.000
 does not

00:49:40.000 --> 00:49:40.500
 care about.

00:49:41.719 --> 00:49:42.460
 And yet

00:49:42.460 --> 00:49:42.960
 there's no

00:49:42.960 --> 00:49:43.400
 area of

00:49:43.400 --> 00:49:43.819
 our life

00:49:43.819 --> 00:49:44.119
 that is

00:49:44.119 --> 00:49:45.179
 so broken

00:49:45.179 --> 00:49:46.759
 or so

00:49:46.759 --> 00:49:47.279
 damaged

00:49:47.279 --> 00:49:48.219
 or so

00:49:48.219 --> 00:49:48.599
 twisted

00:49:48.599 --> 00:49:50.000
 that God

00:49:50.000 --> 00:49:50.279
 cannot

00:49:50.279 --> 00:49:50.859
 begin

00:49:50.859 --> 00:49:52.179
 a process

00:49:52.179 --> 00:49:52.699
 of healing

00:49:52.699 --> 00:49:53.859
 and restoration

00:49:53.859 --> 00:49:55.039
 and making

00:49:55.039 --> 00:49:55.320
 things

00:49:55.320 --> 00:49:55.619
 right.

00:49:57.340 --> 00:49:57.880
 God

00:49:57.880 --> 00:49:58.300
 can meet

00:49:58.300 --> 00:49:58.480
 us

00:49:58.480 --> 00:49:58.779
 right

00:49:58.779 --> 00:49:59.079
 where

00:49:59.079 --> 00:49:59.300
 we

00:49:59.300 --> 00:49:59.719
 are

00:49:59.719 --> 00:50:00.219
 and

00:50:00.219 --> 00:50:00.519
 help

00:50:00.519 --> 00:50:00.699
 us

00:50:00.699 --> 00:50:00.960
 take

00:50:00.960 --> 00:50:01.139
 the

00:50:01.139 --> 00:50:01.420
 next

00:50:01.420 --> 00:50:01.759
 steps

00:50:01.759 --> 00:50:02.219
 forward

00:50:02.219 --> 00:50:02.460
 to

00:50:02.460 --> 00:50:02.659
 where

00:50:02.659 --> 00:50:02.900
 he

00:50:02.900 --> 00:50:03.340
 wants

00:50:03.340 --> 00:50:03.739
 us

00:50:03.739 --> 00:50:04.139
 to

00:50:04.139 --> 00:50:04.480
 go.

00:50:04.940 --> 00:50:05.559
 And we

00:50:05.559 --> 00:50:05.940
 can have

00:50:05.940 --> 00:50:06.139
 this

00:50:06.139 --> 00:50:06.599
 confidence

00:50:06.599 --> 00:50:08.360
 because we

00:50:08.360 --> 00:50:08.699
 have a

00:50:08.699 --> 00:50:09.019
 Savior,

00:50:09.659 --> 00:50:09.880
 Jesus

00:50:09.880 --> 00:50:10.360
 Christ,

00:50:10.739 --> 00:50:11.619
 who has

00:50:11.619 --> 00:50:12.039
 come

00:50:12.039 --> 00:50:13.119
 to meet

00:50:13.119 --> 00:50:13.400
 us where

00:50:13.400 --> 00:50:13.840
 we are,

00:50:14.639 --> 00:50:14.980
 who has

00:50:14.980 --> 00:50:15.500
 taken our

00:50:15.500 --> 00:50:16.019
 sin upon

00:50:16.019 --> 00:50:16.500
 himself,

00:50:17.500 --> 00:50:18.440
 and who

00:50:18.440 --> 00:50:18.599
 has

00:50:18.599 --> 00:50:20.619
 promised

00:50:20.619 --> 00:50:21.400
 never to

00:50:21.400 --> 00:50:21.840
 leave us

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 and never

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 to forsake

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 us.

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 that's

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 what we're

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 going to

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 celebrate

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 as we

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 come to

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 the

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 Lord's

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 Supper

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 today.

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 Let's

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 pray.

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 Father,

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 we