The Price of a Slave (Exodus 21:28–32)

📖 A Thought from My Personal Meditation Exodus 21:28–32 ⚖️ The Price of a Slave As I continued reading Exodus 21, one verse deeply touched my heart. “If the ox gores a male or female slave, the owner shall pay…

📖 A Thought from My Personal Meditation Exodus 21:28–32 ⚖️ The Price of a Slave As I continued reading Exodus 21, one verse deeply touched my heart. “If the ox gores a male or female slave, the owner shall pay…

📖 A Thought from My Personal Meditation Exodus 21:28–36 “The Responsibility of What Is Entrusted to Us” As I continued reading Exodus 21, I was reminded of a simple but important truth: we are responsible for what has been entrusted…

📖 A Thought from My Personal Meditation Exodus 21:18–27 ⚖️ “An Eye for an Eye” When we read Exodus 21:23–25, we may wonder: Does the Bible promote revenge? For a long time, I also thought so. But while meditating…

📖 A Thought from My Personal Meditation Exodus 21:12–14 ⚖️ The God Who Knows Our Hearts and the Intentions Behind Our Actions As I continued my meditation on Exodus chapter 21, I was drawn to these verses, where God makes…

A Hebrew slave could walk free in the seventh year, yet chose to stay because he loved his master. That is the heart of Christian surrender.

God delivered Israel first, then gave the Law. The Law is a mirror that shows the dirt but cannot wash the face. Only Christ saves, and that grace calls us to live holy.
False witness, covetousness, the fear of the Lord, and a question worth asking every day: do I have an altar in my life?
God looks past the outward act into the secret places of the heart. These two commandments examine our thoughts, our eyes and our everyday dealings.
Two commandments about how we treat people, and an honest confession. The Word of God is a mirror that examines my own heart before it examines anyone else's.
We speak God's name many times a day. The third and fourth commandments ask whether our words and our worship carry real reverence, or only habit.