Deuteronomy 19;14

Deuteronomy 19:14 says, Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.  Moses said that when the people of Israel were in the Promised Land that the land would be divided by God, and that they were not to later move their neighbors landmark, or try to claim their neighbors land for their own in other words.  As followers of Christ, we should never attempt to claim what belongs to someone else as our own.  Verse fifteen adds, One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.  Moses said that one person alone should not be able to accuse another of sin, but it would take the witness of two or three to do so.  One person might be trying to get another in trouble unjustly for personal reasons, but two or three most likely would not.  Still, if we see someone doing something immoral or illegal today, I believe we need to address the problem with others and the person themself.   Verse sixteen states, If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;  Verse seventeen adds, Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;  Moses said that if only one person had a controversy with another, both people were to appear before God and the priests and judges that would be appointed.  All of these were a part of God's chosen people and should be guided by and subjected to following God's guidance.  If we have a problem with a fellow Christian today, we need to come with them before God and the church, but too often we divide into groups and gossip about one another.  Verse eighteen continues, And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;  Moses said that the judges were to diligently seek the truth, and determine if the witness was a false witness.  We as Christians today need to diligently seek the truth if one of our fellow believers accuses another of doing something wrong.  Of course, it would be nice if this were the truth in secular cases as well, but too often in those cases today, the object is not to find the truth but to defend one side or the other at all costs.  Verse nineteen concludes, Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.  Moses said that if they found that the one bearing testimony against another had lied that they should do ro him whatever he wanted done to the other person so that the evil could be put away from them.  We might be less likely to bear false witness today if we thought we would be punished as the one we accused was if he or she had been guilty, but really we should not bear false witness simply because we know it is against God's word.  Verse twenty says, And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.  Moses said that those who heard what had happened to the false witness would fear that happening to them if they bore false witness against another, and because of this even if they weren't avoiding doing so because it was morally wrong that they would not allow this to happen in the land God gave them.  Sometimes, the fear of the consequences of doing something that is against God's word may be a bigger deterrent than not doing it because it is morally wrong to do so, but this should never be the case.  We as Christians should do or not do things because God's word tells us to or not to.  Verse twenty-one adds, And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.  Moses said their judgments should not be made out of pity for one of the individuals, but judgment should fit the crime.  We should likewise never punish anyone more than their crime calls for.