The NXR Podcast - DAILY TRUTH - Applying Biblical Justice to Theft

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00:00:52.380 Exodus chapter 22, verses two through three.

00:00:54.780 Here's another form of slavery under the old covenant.

00:00:57.420 God's good righteous law

00:00:59.380 if a thief is found breaking in

00:01:01.460 and is struck so that he dies

00:01:03.340 there shall be no blood guilt for him

00:01:05.280 let me pause right there

00:01:06.480 if someone breaks into your home

00:01:10.200 to steal your property

00:01:12.840 or to do harm to your family

00:01:14.840 and you

00:01:16.940 you strike that individual

00:01:20.220 the criminal 0.98

00:01:20.820 in such a way that they die

00:01:23.260 you don't get sued

00:01:25.920 our culture is insane

00:01:30.800 that's a real thing in our culture today that's a real thing in our society

00:01:36.900 people breaking in to steal someone protecting their property

00:01:41.260 and then getting sued by the family of the criminal

00:01:45.160 and they win not in god's good righteous perfect law

00:01:51.240 if a thief is found breaking in and struck so that he dies there shall be

00:01:55.420 no blood guilt for him. Amen. But if the sun has risen on him, there shall be blood guilt

00:02:01.900 for him. He shall surely pay. He will pay, not the person who owns the property, who

00:02:08.120 is being stolen from. Isaiah says, woe to the culture, woe to the nation that calls

00:02:14.620 good evil and evil good. That reverses God's justice and righteousness. No, the thief shall

00:02:24.180 pay he shall surely pay if he has nothing well how does he pay then he shall be sold for his theft

00:02:33.900 not thrown in prison so that those who don't steal now have to pay extra taxes for his food

00:02:43.220 his room and board no it's not what the bible teaches the bible doesn't have jails the bible

00:02:50.480 gives more dignity to man.

00:02:53.080 The Bible doesn't treat man like

00:02:54.740 livestock. The Bible doesn't

00:02:56.820 treat a man like an animal.

00:02:59.020 The Bible gives swift, fair 0.98

00:03:00.760 justice, which does 0.98

00:03:02.840 not require the righteous 1.00

00:03:04.720 people of the society, those who have

00:03:06.780 not committed crimes, to carry

00:03:08.720 the financial weight and burden

00:03:10.800 of those who have. And what the Bible 0.66

00:03:12.700 does is, in some cases,

00:03:15.180 the person simply dies.

00:03:17.460 The death penalty

00:03:18.400 is invoked, depending on the crime.

00:03:21.300 In other cases, the person is publicly

00:03:22.940 flogged and beaten. And then they're allowed

00:03:25.060 to go free. We say that's so unjust, that's so

00:03:27.080 humiliating, that takes a person's dignity

00:03:29.220 more than spending the rest

00:03:31.200 of your life in a jail cell wearing an

00:03:33.020 orange uniform

00:03:34.280 where you can't see your family

00:03:37.260 and every time your children come

00:03:39.120 and see you, they're reminded of the

00:03:41.080 crime you committed. You can never

00:03:43.120 rebuild your reputation,

00:03:45.440 you can never rebuild your home

00:03:47.120 and your family? No, that, that is what steals a man's dignity. So biblical law says, depending on

00:03:54.100 the crime, if it's murder, life for a life, the penalty is death. If it's something lesser, it's a

00:04:00.880 public beating, then you go free. And if it's theft, the Bible teaches not that you go to jail,

00:04:07.340 but you actually pay the person back, double restitution. You pay back what you stole, plus

00:04:13.660 times two. And

00:04:15.620 if you don't have the money, then

00:04:17.840 you work for them.

00:04:20.700 You don't go to jail

00:04:21.840 so that they now work for you,

00:04:24.080 aka working a job, paying taxes

00:04:25.920 for your meals.

00:04:27.560 How does that make sense?

00:04:29.580 You don't get punished where

00:04:31.780 they now work for you. No, they,

00:04:33.860 the person who stole, they're going to work

00:04:35.540 for the person they were stealing from.

00:04:38.740 God is really wise,

00:04:40.240 is He not?

00:04:41.920 We would do well to follow.

00:04:43.660 his wisdom, his law. Can I be frank with you for just a second right here at the end? Look,

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The NXR Podcast - February 01, 2023

DAILY TRUTH - Applying Biblical Justice to Theft

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