Exodus 22: 25-27
25 “If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not
treat it like a business deal; charge no interest. 26 If you take your
neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, return it by sunset, 27 because that cloak is the
only covering your neighbor has. What else can they sleep in? When they cry out
to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.
Title: Money
lending decree
Message: God allows
money lending or borrowing only that, He does want us to take advantage of the
circumstance. He disfavors making money lending a business deal.
Promise to Claim: God is
compassionate. He listens and responds to the prayer of the abused.
Command to Obey: God wants
us to not take money lending a business deal. If we lend money to our fellows,
see to it that we don’t charge interest. He does not want us to take advantage
of any circumstance if it means sufferings to any of our fellows.
Warning to Heed: The pain
we cause to our fellows will be the same pain that we will experience (v.24).
Application: I will not
take advantage of any situation whoever and whenever money is involved.
