Exodus 22 – Laws for a God honoring community

Are Christians called to follow these rules established by God in Exodus? No…mostly. These rules were established to help the people begin to learn what it means to live in God honoring community with one another.

Why should a sorceress be put to death (v18)? Because if she is part of the community the community is not being faithful to God.

Why should money not be lent in interest (v25)? Because a God honoring community should not take advantage of one another.

Rather than trying to force these ancient culturally driven rules into our context, we need to ask what rules do we need to establish to aid us in living out a God honoring community of Christians.