The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the
lender (Prov 22:7 RSV). The Bible reveals that you cannot be in debt and
be free and yet Jesus came to set us free from all forms of slavery.
That is why it is written: You were bought at a price; do not become
slaves of men (1 Cor 7:23-24).
To keep us free from the servitude of debt, God has instituted what
in today’s terms may be called a consumer protection policy, a kind of
policy that modern economies are trying to institute especially where
debt has gone bad. That’s why I say, God’s financial system is superior,
and, secure!
In Deut 15:1-2, God institutes that all loans must be restricted to a
period of no more than seven years, and the lender must forgive and
cancel all outstanding loans at the end of the seven years. Exodus 22:26
and 24:6 institutes that a man’s (or a woman’s) livelihood shall not be
taken as security for a loan. While as, in Deut 15:6, God lays out His
plan regarding debt: I will bless you as I have promised, and you will
lend to many nations but will borrow from none. The New Testament echoes
this plan perfectly when Paul instructs believers to live God’s
debt-free plan by owing no man anything (Rom 13:8 KJV).
Look, when God allows debt, He institutes very restrictive law on
debt management. When God expresses his plan regarding debt, He speaks
of a no-debt-status kind of plan: “You shall borrow from none”. What I
read into God’s debt law is this: “My plan is not for you to be a
borrower but for you to be debt-free, and even more than that, a
lender”. And that is why I say, God’s debt policy, is a no-debt policy.
What do you read into God’s debt law?
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