Exodus 22 - Thou Shalt Not Objectify, ☧ for the Vulnerable

Rev. Delwyn Campbell, domestic missionary and pastor of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church & Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Gary, Indiana, joins host Rev. AJ Espinosa to study Exodus 22. Learn more about Pastor Campbell and how to support his work at lcms.org/campbell. “It is his cloak for his body; in what else shall he sleep? And if he cries to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.” God protects the most vulnerable through His good laws in Exodus 22. There is no oppression of the patriarchy here; God is foremost concerned about taking care of women and the poor—even animals. These clarifications of “You shall not steal” show God’s rejection of our sinful tendency to objectify: How can we objectify that which Christ has purchased with His own blood?