Read Lesson 2: Scripture

INTRODUCTION

Sin is one of the primary issues that affects economics. In this lesson, we will look at the impact of the fall on economics; the way sin affects our relationships to the creation and to other men and women; the economic results of the Law and the Ten Commandments; the importance of liberty; and the role of civil government.

SCRIPTURE READING

• Genesis 3-9
• Exodus 20
• Romans 13

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. To understand the impact of sin on economics.
2. To see the importance of the Law to economic growth.
3. To recognize the role of civil government in any economic system.

QUOTATION

God promises prosperity and blessing to societies that abide by His Law. But He warns of misery and judgment on those who reject it. The prosperity and blessing, on the one hand, and the misery and judgment, on the other, are not solely caused by God’s response to our actions. They are also the natural, cause-and-effect results of behavior consistent or inconsistent with the moral and physical laws God has woven into the fabric of creation. The Biblical worldview, by recognizing these laws and teaching people to operate consistently with them, underlies the prosperity of the West.

– E. Calvin Beisner, Prosperity and Poverty