OT: Exodus. A Call For Justice

Exodus often gets a bad rap.

Everyone knows the story of the Exodus, don't they? Jews certainly do, hearing it every Passover. Christians probably think they know it - I mean, what's to know? 10 plagues, 40 years wandering in the desert, Promised Land. Boom - Exodus in a sentence, you can go back to Facebook now.

As for the rest - well there's some laws in there, mostly irrelevant to us now, oh, and that 10 Commandments bit.
But those who write Exodus off as laws for people long dead, or for Jews only, ignore God's heart and Christ's teaching.

Have a look at Chapter 23 - in my Bible it's called 'A Call for Justice', and if you read the first 13 verses and aren't challenged by them in how you behave at work, school, church etc., I'll come round and slap you with a rainbow trout.
Nothing speaks clearer of God's desire that the poor get justice, and that we as individuals have a responsibility to act in a Godly manner. No hiding in the crowd, as many Israelites did at the time - this is all about YOU.

Now, as the old hymn says - stand up, stand up for Jesus.
Stand up and be counted.