No Safety in Numbers Regarding Guilt - Ruminating in the Word of God

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Exodus 23:2a,

"Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong."

What might a crowd be doing that is wrong? We might say it doesn't matter what it is if it is wrong. The entirety of the law defines right and wrong. What is consistent with God is right and what contradicts him in any way is wrong. Right and wrong can be articulated in a variety of ways, but the truthfulness and proper expression of right and wrong comes from our Creator.

Here in this short sentence we have a prohibition against following the crowd in doing wrong without the "wrong" being identified. Consequently, this law doesn't define the "wrong" but instead declares that no matter what the numbers are in a crowd, wrong is wrong and there is no escape from culpability in doing wrong simply based on the number of those doing it. There is no safety in numbers when it comes to God's justice and his judgment.

This is certainly applicable today when large numbers of people have hijacked a protest concerning the murder of George Floyd to loot, plunder, assault and destroy property. Each and every last person involved in this episode of lawlessness is just as culpable for their actions as if they were the only one on the planet doing it.

No safety in numbers when it comes to God's justice.

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!

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