Key Thought: God gave Israel not only the Ten Commandments, but also the ordinances, rules, laws, and regulations. These laws were practical applications of the Decalogue to daily living.
August 30, 2025

1. Have a volunteer read Exodus 21:12-19.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What specific regulations were given concerning Hebrew slaves, homicide, and bodily injuries?
3. Personal Application: How is loving others, even our enemies, making us perfect? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “We are not under the law, but under grace. How does this statement give people the idea that the law can be ignored, forgotten, or misused even in regulations related to practical application to the law?” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Exodus 22:16-26.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What issues were dealt with in these laws, and how?
3. Personal Application: How graceful and patient are you when others reject some of the truths of God’s words, of Jesus Himself? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “Why didn’t God just drive out all the people in the land He gave Israel? Then Israel wouldn’t have been tempted to backslide and cause Israel problems?” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Matthew 5:38-48.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. How did Jesus interpret the meaning of the retaliation law? How should we apply it today?
3. Personal Application: How should the realization that justice will come one day help you deal with the injustices we see in the world today? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states, “What is the difference between justice and vengeance?” How would you respond to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read Romans 12:19.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2.  What promise and command are found in these verses, and how are they closely related?
3. Personal Application: What are the ways we can learn to love in the way we are commanded to? Why does it always include “death to self”? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.

(“Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.” Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

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