335 - Of Interest
Ngu Jonathan S. Rose
Title: Of Interest
Topic: The Word
Summary: The Old Testament commands us not to charge interest on loans, but a couple of parables in the New Testament chide us for NOT, at the very least, putting our money in the bank and getting interest? What is going on?
References:
Ex 22:25-27
Lev 25:35-37
Deut 23:19-20
Nehemiah 5:1-12
Psalms 15
Proverbs 28:6-8
Jeremiah 15:10
Ezekiel 18:5-17; 22:6-16
Luke 6:32-36
Matthew 25:14-30
Luke 19:12-13, 16-25
This video is a part of the Spirit and Life Bible Study series, whose purpose is to look at the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible through a Swedenborgian lens.
Exodus 22:25-27
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"If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.
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If you take your neighbor's garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,
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for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What would he sleep in? It will happen, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.