Buying and selling
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· 170 viewsBuying and selling are an integral part of the everyday life of the world. Scripture makes it clear that God expects moral dealings by his people in this area of life as in every other.
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Some biblical transactions
Some biblical transactions
The first recorded transaction
The first recorded transaction
Many other transactions had obviously taken place before this, from the earliest times.
Transactions in land
Transactions in land
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Buying animals
Buying animals
And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.’
Buying food and drink
Buying food and drink
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Transactions in other goods
Transactions in other goods
And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore, cargo of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all kinds of scented wood, all kinds of articles of ivory, all kinds of articles of costly wood, bronze, iron and marble, cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human souls.
Buying of slaves
Buying of slaves
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The labour market
The labour market
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God’s standards in buying and selling
God’s standards in buying and selling
Fairness
Fairness
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Honesty
Honesty
“You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity. You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
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Sins to avoid in buying and selling
Sins to avoid in buying and selling
Dishonesty
Dishonesty
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Greed
Greed
The people curse him who holds back grain,
but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.
Exploitation
Exploitation
And if you make a sale to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.
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Extravagance
Extravagance
Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living.
Desecration of the Sabbath
Desecration of the Sabbath
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Desecration of the temple
Desecration of the temple
The merchants were operating within the outer court of the temple, itself consecrated as a place of prayer and worship.
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Worldliness
Worldliness
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Oppression through the control of buying and selling
Oppression through the control of buying and selling
Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.
Spiritual transactions
Spiritual transactions
Sinners sold to sin
Sinners sold to sin
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Israel sold and redeemed
Israel sold and redeemed
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Jesus Christ has bought his people
Jesus Christ has bought his people
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
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Spiritual wealth to be bought
Spiritual wealth to be bought
Buy truth, and do not sell it;
buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
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Gifts money cannot buy
Gifts money cannot buy
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