TOPIC: EACH ONE PAYS FOR
HIS/HER SINS
Memory verse:-"Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall
surely be put to death. However, if he
does not do it intentionally, but God
lets it happen, he is to flee to a place I will
designate. But if a man schemes
and kills another man deliberately, take him away from
my altar and put him to
death. "Anyone who attacks his father or his mother must be
put to death.
"Anyone who kidnaps another and either sells him or still has him when he
is
caught must be put to death.
"Anyone who curses his
father or mother must be put to death. "If men quarrel and one
hits the other
with a stone or with his fist and he does not die but is confined to bed, the
one who struck the blow will not be held responsible if the other gets up and
walks
around outside with his staff; however, he must pay the injured man for
the loss of his
time and see that he is completely healed. "If a man beats his
male or female slave with
a rod and the slave dies as a direct result, he must
be punished, but he is not to be
punished if the slave gets up after a day or
two, since the slave is his property.
"If men who are fighting
hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely but there
is no serious
injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman’s husband
demands and the
court allows. But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life,
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn,
wound for
wound, bruise for bruise.
"If a man hits a
manservant or maidservant in the eye and destroys it, he must let the
servant
go free to compensate for the eye. And if he knocks out the tooth of a
manservant
or maidservant, he must let the servant go free to compensate for the
tooth.
"If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull must be stoned to death,
and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the bull will not be held
responsible.
If, however, the bull has had the habit of goring and the owner
has been warned but
has not kept it penned up and it kills a man or woman, the
bull must be stoned and the
owner also must be put to death. However, if
payment is demanded of him, he may
redeem his life by paying whatever is
demanded. This law also applies if the bull gores
a son or daughter. If the
bull gores a male or female slave, the owner must pay thirty
shekels of silver
to the master of the slave, and the bull must be stoned.
"If a man uncovers a pit
or digs one and fails to cover it and an ox or a donkey falls
into it, the
owner of the pit must pay for the loss; he must pay its owner, and the
dead
animal will be his. "If a man’s bull injures the bull of another and it dies,
they
are to sell the live one and divide both the money and the dead animal
equally.
However, if it was known that the bull had the habit of goring, yet
the owner did not
keep it penned up, the owner must pay, animal for animal and
the dead animal will be
his.”
It is said that each one
for himself God for us all, it is true that sometimes other peoples sins and
bad behavior affect us who know nothing about it in some ways. But we have to
know that at large each one is entitled to his/her sin. We see from the
scripture above that a man’s sins bring destruction upon him/herself. We ought
to be careful with what we do today because it does not go unnoticed.
Prayer:-pray for a desire to flee
from sins
pray for self control through the power
of the Holy Spirit
What to meditate on:
What is sin (reason from
biblical perspective)?
