1 Peter 5.1

¹ The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed:…

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The Law of God for Daily Meditation

Morning Meditation
Deuteronomy 22.23, 24

²³ “If a young woman who isa virgin is betrothed to a husband, and a man finds her in the city and lies with her, ²⁴ then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he humbled his neighbor’s wife; so you shall put away the evil from among you.”

The Law of God for Daily Meditation

Morning Meditation
Leviticus 20.10
“‘The man who commits adultery with anotherman’s wife, hewho commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress, shall surely be put to death.’”

The Law of God for Daily Meditation

Morning Meditation
Leviticus 18.6-18

⁶ “‘None of you shall approach anyone who is near of kin to him, to uncover his nakedness: I amthe LORD. ⁷ The nakedness of your father or the nakedness of your mother you shall not uncover. She isyour mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness. ⁸ The nakedness of your father’s wife you shall not uncover; it isyour father’s nakedness. ⁹ The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whetherborn at home or elsewhere, their nakedness you shall not uncover. ¹⁰ The nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; for theirs isyour own nakedness. ¹¹ The nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, begotten by your father—she isyour sister—you shall not uncover her nakedness. ¹² You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she isnear of kin to your father. ¹³ You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she isnear of kin to your mother. ¹⁴ You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother. You shall not approach his wife; she isyour aunt. ¹⁵ You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law—she isyour son’s wife—you shall not uncover her nakedness. ¹⁶ You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it isyour brother’s nakedness. ¹⁷ You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, nor shall you take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness. They arenear of kin to her. It iswickedness. ¹⁸ Nor shall you take a woman as a rival to her sister, to uncover her nakedness while the other is alive.’”

The Law of God for Daily Meditation

Morning Meditation
Deuteronomy 24.6

“No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone in pledge, for he takes one’sliving in pledge.”

The Law of God for Daily Meditation

Morning Meditation
Numbers 35.22-29

²² “‘However, if he pushes him suddenly without enmity, or throws anything at him without lying in wait, ²³ or uses a stone, by which a man could die, throwing itat him without seeing him,so that he dies, while he was not his enemy or seeking his harm, ²⁴ then the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments. ²⁵ So the congregation shall deliver the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall return him to the city of refuge where he had fled, and he shall remain there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil. ²⁶ But if the manslayer at any time goes outside the limits of the city of refuge where he fled, ²⁷ and the avenger of blood finds him outside the limits of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of blood, ²⁸ because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest the manslayer may return to the land of his possession. ²⁹ And these thingsshall be a statute of judgment to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.’”

The Law of God for Daily Meditation

Morning Meditation
Deuteronomy 24.16
“Fathers shall not be put to death for theirchildren, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own sin.”

The Law of God for Daily Meditation

Morning Meditation
Deuteronomy 22.25-27
²⁵  “But if a man finds a betrothed young woman in the countryside, and the man forces her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die. ²⁶ But you shall do nothing to the young woman; there isin the young woman no sin deservingof death, for just as when a man rises against his neighbor and kills him, even so isthis matter. ²⁷ For he found her in the countryside, andthe betrothed young woman cried out, but there wasno one to save her.”

1 Peter 4.16-19

¹⁶ Yet if anyone suffersas a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter. ¹⁷ For the time has come for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it beginswith us, what will bethe end for those who do not obey the gospel of God? ¹⁸ Now
“If the righteous one is scarcely saved,
Where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?”
¹⁹ Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.

1 Peter 4.12-15

¹² Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; ^{1 13} but rejoice to the extent you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when his glory is revealed you also may be glad with exceeding joy. ¹⁴If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified. ¹⁵ But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer. or as a busybody in other people’s matters.