No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Exodus 22:25.
Exodus 22:25-27
The Old Testament tells us that we are not to take usury (interest) when we loan to a brother in need. It also makes clear that when the collateral is a necessity of life, it must be returned to the debtor should he need it to sustain life or earn a living.
This relates to business, not to the poor. It is a type or a physical example to teach us the spiritual principle that we must use our God-given gifts and blessings to produce good fruit and not just let them waste away.
Exodus 22:25
That is a prohibition from God, and that same prohibition carries through from the Old Covenant into the New Covenant in regard to our relationships within the church. We can lend money to somebody in the church, but it has to be a "no-interest" loan; and if a seventh year comes up, into which we will not go, the debt is wiped out regardless of in what year of paying off they are.
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