Main Idea: The Lord’s covenantal rules for His people demanded they embrace societal norms that were just and good.

Honoring Marriage as a Societal Good

• Honoring marriage when marriage has been dishonored
  • Exodus 22:16, 17

Rejecting Paganism and Embracing Godliness as a Societal Good

• Rejecting the pagan practices of the Canaanites
  • Exodus 22:18–20
• Embracing the consecrating practices of the Lord’s covenant
  • Exodus 22:28–31
  • Micah 6:6–8

Protecting the Vulnerable as a Societal Good

• Protecting the sojourner
  • Exodus 22:21
  • Exodus 23:9
• Protecting widows and orphans
  • Exodus 22:22–24
• Protecting the poor
  • Exodus 22:25–27
  • Isaiah 1:23–25
  • Jeremiah 5:27–29
  • Ezekiel 22:6, 7, 14–16
  • Zechariah 7:9–14

Standing For What Is Right as a Societal Good

• Justice in the face of the many
  • Exodus 23:1–3, 6–8
• Doing right by one’s enemy
  • Exodus 23:4, 5
  • Matthew 5:43–47

So What?

• Those in covenant with the Lord must seek to live set apart lives that are marked with goodness and justice as they seek the welfare of their society.
  • James 1:27
  • Jeremiah 29:4–7