{"id":19910,"date":"2022-01-20T22:00:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T05:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/exodus-21_26-36-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-01-16T18:44:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T01:44:27","slug":"exodus-22_1-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/exodus-22_1-15\/","title":{"rendered":"The God Who Restores You"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exodus 22:1-15 Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs!<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Exodus 22:1-15.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Exodus 22:1-15 (NIV)<\/em><\/strong>
\n1\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed;
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0but if it happens after sunrise, he is guilty of bloodshed. “A thief must certainly make\u00a0restitution<\/strong>, but if he has nothing, he must be sold to pay for his theft.
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“If the stolen animal is found alive in his possession–whether ox or donkey or sheep–he must pay back double.
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“If a man grazes his livestock in a field or vineyard and lets them stray and they graze in another man’s field, he must make\u00a0restitution<\/strong>\u00a0from the best of his own field or vineyard.
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“If a fire breaks out and spreads into thornbushes so that it burns shocks of grain or standing grain or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make\u00a0restitution<\/strong>.
\n7\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“If a man gives his neighbor silver or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if he is caught, must pay back double.
\n8\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0But if the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges to determine whether he has laid his hands on the other man’s property.
\n9\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any other lost property about which somebody says, ‘This is mine,’ both parties are to bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges declare guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“If a man gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep or any other animal to his neighbor for safekeeping and it dies or is injured or is taken away while no one is looking,
\n11\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0the issue between them will be settled by the taking of an oath before the\u00a0LORD\u00a0that the neighbor did not lay hands on the other person’s property. The owner is to accept this, and no\u00a0restitution<\/strong>\u00a0is required.
\n12\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, he must make\u00a0restitution<\/strong>\u00a0to the owner.
\n13\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0If it was torn to pieces by a wild animal, he shall bring in the remains as evidence and he will not be required to pay for the torn animal.
\n14\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while the owner is not present, he must make\u00a0restitution<\/strong>.
\n15\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0But if the owner is with the animal, the borrower will not have to pay. If the animal was hired, the money paid for the hire covers the loss.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 1-15:\u00a0\u00a0Over and over the word \u201crestitution\u201d comes up.\u00a0\u00a0Restitution is a legal term that means restoring to someone something that has been taken away from them. It’s about making a person whole again after they have lost something. That’s what these regulations in verses\u00a01\u00a0to 15 are talking about.<\/p>\n

How can we apply these regulations from the Law of Moses?\u00a0\u00a0First, if we scan the New Testament, we\u2019ll see that the New Testament does not specifically mention these regulations.<\/p>\n

Second, we ask: are these regulations more likely announcing moral laws that are for all people and for all times?\u00a0\u00a0Or are these regulations more likely cultural laws that were specific to ancient Israelite culture?\u00a0\u00a0In this case, it\u2019s most likely the latter, as these regulations were especially important to an ancient Israelite society whose economy centered around owning livestock.<\/p>\n

Third, we ask: is there a timeless principle or truth we can learn from these regulations?\u00a0\u00a0Here\u2019s one:\u00a0When we suffer, God\u2019s heart is to restore us and make us whole again.\u00a0\u00a0He is a God of restitution.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now notice the kind of restoration God commands the Israelites to make in these verses:\u00a0\u00a0In\u00a0Exodus\u00a022, God doesn’t just give you back what you lost. Rather, God gives you back much more than you lost – in some cases, a double portion! (See verses 4, 7 and 9); in the case of verse 1, God commands that even more than double be given to the person who suffered.\u00a0\u00a0What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0When the world restores, it’s about returning you to your original state before the suffering happened.\u00a0 But\u00a0when God restores, He makes you better than you were before the loss! He makes you whole and then some!<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0So keep that truth in mind when you read verses in the New Testament like 1 Peter 5:10:<\/p>\n

1 Peter 5:10 (NIV)<\/em><\/strong>
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.<\/em><\/p>\n

Praise God!\u00a0\u00a0The biggest way God restored us was through Jesus Christ.<\/strong>\u00a0We were sinners separated from God, but through Christ’s death and resurrection, God forgave our sins and restored us back to Himself.\u00a0\u00a0Because God is your Restorer and He cares for you, don\u2019t hesitate to bring your hurts and burdens to Him<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0He will restore you in His presence and give you restitution when you let Him have the room to do so.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heavenly Father, thank You for Your heart to restore.\u00a0\u00a0Thank You that You restore me not just to where I used to be, but You make me better off than I used to be.\u00a0\u00a0Thank You for being the God who restores me.\u00a0\u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs!<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Exodus 22:1-15.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Exodus 22:1-15 (NIV)
\n1\u00a0\u00a0“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.
\n2\u00a0\u00a0“If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed;
\n3\u00a0\u00a0but if it happens after sunrise, he is guilty of bloodshed. “A thief must certainly make\u00a0restitution, but if he has nothing, he must be sold to pay for his theft.
\n4\u00a0\u00a0“If the stolen animal is found alive in his possession–whether ox or donkey or sheep–he must pay back double.
\n5\u00a0\u00a0“If a man grazes his livestock in a field or vineyard and lets them stray and they graze in another man’s field, he must make\u00a0restitution\u00a0from the best of his own field or vineyard…….<\/p>\n

On verses 1-15:\u00a0\u00a0Over and over the word \u201crestitution\u201d comes up.\u00a0\u00a0Restitution is a legal term that means restoring to someone something that has been taken away from them. It’s about making a person whole again after they have lost something. That’s what these regulations in verses\u00a01\u00a0to 15 are talking about.<\/p>\n

How can we apply these regulations from the Law of Moses?\u00a0\u00a0First, if we scan the New Testament, we\u2019ll see that the New Testament does not specifically mention these regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19910"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19911,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19910\/revisions\/19911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}