What makes surety wrong?
Surety is not a biblical law, but it is one of God’s financial principles. A principle is a biblical guide that can help keep God’s people on the correct financial path and out of the money traps set by the world’s economic system. People don’t get punished for violating principles unknowingly, but they do suffer the consequences of such violations. The consequence of violating the biblical principle of abstaining from surety is that when someone takes surety that person presumes upon the future. In other words, when people sign surety for a debt, they pledge their future and presume upon God’s will. Why is the principle violated? If surety is a biblical principle, why is there so much violation of the principle of abstaining from surety in today’s Christian society (over 95 percent either have or will in the future most likely violate the principle)? The primary reason why the principle is violated is because surety is the primary mechanism used in our society to “buy now,” rather tha
