Exodus Week 5 Day 22
Read Exodus 22:3-4 & John 5:45-47
Exodus 22 is all about property and social responsibility — two see, like they have nothing to do with us because most of us don’t own animals or pay for a wife. You might even think, “I’ll just skip this chapter.” But Exodus 22:3 foreshadows a major theme throughout the Bible: “Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution, but if they have nothing, they must be sold to pay for their theft.”
As people born full of sin, we are the thieves Moses writes about in Exodus 22. Our nature is to steal what isn’t ours — do the things our parents ask us not to do, take something from our siblings. And as thieves, we have nothing with which to make restitution for our sins or to pay back what we have done wrong. Without Jesus, our only option is to “be sold to pay for [our] theft.” To set all of our wrong things right. We could never restore what we’ve stolen. We are not rich enough or powerful enough to make things right on our own. But Jesus, who is both divine and human, can. Jesus came to pay our debt, to restore what we have stolen, while only asking that we turn to Him, love Him, and steal no more.
Reflect:
What’s one thing your sin has stolen from you? How have you seen Jesus restore what was lost?
In John 5:46, Jesus says, “If you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me.” What are one or two ways you’ve seen the book of Exodus point to Jesus either directly or indirectly?
Exodus 22 is all about property and social responsibility — two see, like they have nothing to do with us because most of us don’t own animals or pay for a wife. You might even think, “I’ll just skip this chapter.” But Exodus 22:3 foreshadows a major theme throughout the Bible: “Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution, but if they have nothing, they must be sold to pay for their theft.”
As people born full of sin, we are the thieves Moses writes about in Exodus 22. Our nature is to steal what isn’t ours — do the things our parents ask us not to do, take something from our siblings. And as thieves, we have nothing with which to make restitution for our sins or to pay back what we have done wrong. Without Jesus, our only option is to “be sold to pay for [our] theft.” To set all of our wrong things right. We could never restore what we’ve stolen. We are not rich enough or powerful enough to make things right on our own. But Jesus, who is both divine and human, can. Jesus came to pay our debt, to restore what we have stolen, while only asking that we turn to Him, love Him, and steal no more.
Reflect:
What’s one thing your sin has stolen from you? How have you seen Jesus restore what was lost?
In John 5:46, Jesus says, “If you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me.” What are one or two ways you’ve seen the book of Exodus point to Jesus either directly or indirectly?