Exodus 22:5
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
Our generation celebrates the tearing down of boundaries, whether they be moral, sexual, or national. We are told that true freedom is found in erasing distinctions and living without restraint. But a world without fences is a world where everything is trampled. It is a world where my cow is free to eat your corn, and your problems are free to become my problems, and the only recourse is to appeal to a bloated, bureaucratic state to sort out the mess with a mountain of regulations that a plain man can't decipher. The law of God, particularly the case laws we find here in Exodus, is the very foundation of true liberty. They establish clear lines of responsibility and provide a clear path for justice when those lines are crossed. They are not designed to create a nanny state; they are designed to create a society of responsible, self-governing individuals who know how to love their neighbor in practical, tangible ways.