1. Show neighborly love.

2. Be careful with your attire.

“The wearing by one sex of a garment peculiar to the other is forbidden as a blurring of the distinction between the sexes which, in pagan practice, led to gross moral improprieties.” (Beacon Bible Commentary, Gen-Deut. Ford/Deasley, 576).

Galatians 3:28: “There is neither male or female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”

3. Treat animals correctly.

“Birds are important in Palestine for keeping down pests.” (Beacon Bible Commentary, Gen-Deut. Ford/Deasley, 576)

4. Instructions for building.

5. Be careful what is mixed.

“Two stuffs being woven together, according to a favorite superstition of ancient idolaters.” (Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deut. 22:10 https://biblehub.com/commentaries/deuteronomy/22-10.htm)

6. Tassels were requested.

“By these they were distinguished from other people, so that it might be said, upon first sight ‘There goes an Israelite’” (Commentaries on Deuteronomy, Henry, cxxix).

Sermon Discussion Questions

1. Tell a story about when you lost something, someone else found it and returned it, and the joy you felt. Tell an account when you found something of someone else's and returned it.

2. Comment on your understanding of Matthew 18:12-14.

3. Describe how our attire should be pleasing to the Lord? How can we be legalistic in our dress?

4. What insights do you get from the direction to build a parapet for your roof? How does this help us in 2023?

5. What did God speak to you about in James 3:9-10?

6. Is there anything in your life that is "mixed" and needs to become more wholesome?

7. Tassels became a distraction. Has there been anything that has been a distraction in your life?