TREAD CAREFULLY - text You can never err on the side of caution, says a popular dictum. A corollary to this is the need for circumspection and discretion in all interpersonal undertaking. This is because a breach in laws governing interpersonal relationship runs the risk of being examined and judged. This chapter consists chiefly of judicial laws, as the preceding chapter does of political. It is meant to help the pilgrim know how he/she ought to conduct his daily life and inter-personal relationship with his fellow men. God has just principles on how men should coexist with each other. Anyone who breaches these principles must pay a price for it. For instance, among the Israelites, when a thief makes profit from his theft, he must pay four-fold the cost of what he had stolen. When he is apprehended with the stolen object, he would pay double for the object. This underscores the need for restitution among New Testament believers. The people of God should ever be ready to show mildness and mercy, according to the spirit of these laws. We must answer to God, not only for what we do maliciously, but for what we do heedlessly. Therefore, when we have done harm to our neighbor, we should make restitution. Let these scriptures lead our souls to remember that if the grace of God has indeed appeared to us, then it has taught us and enabled us to conduct ourselves by its holy power. It will make us very careful of ourselves, if we consider that we are accountable for the hurt we do against others. We should be more careful therefore not to do wrong than not to suffer wrong. This is because to suffer wrong is only an affliction, but to do wrong is a sin.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 06:30:08 +0000
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