Debt — A Biblical Exploration (Day 2 of 5)

When we go into debt, we are subject to the decision of those who we borrowed from. Whether it be financial institutions or people who lent the money, we quickly find ourselves losing things we hold dearly due to our inability to manage our finances. Not only do we become slaves to our debt, but we find ourselves also in a servitude to the wills and desires of our creditors. God teaches us that he has blessed us and has given us everything we could possibly need to live a debt-free life.

2 Kings 4:1 — "Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen."

Nehemiah 5:3 — "Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth."

Psalms 109:11 — "Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour."

Isaiah 50:1 — "Thus saith the Lord, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away."

Deuteronomy 28:44 — "He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail."

Deuteronomy 28:12 — "The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow."