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Monday, June 27, 2011

The Ten Commandments: Theft


"You shall not steal"--Exodus 20:15.  The eighth commandment as given by Moses. The eighth commandment is pretty straightforward.  The eighth commandment is dealing with theft.

Theft.  The image above is one of an individual stealing a car.  Of course theft is not isolated to this as all the time we hear of everything from money to items from any sort of store being stolen.  

Theft.  The Hebrew word for steal used here involves taking something secretly or by force. 

Theft.  So the question today is have you ever stolen anything? Hopefully the answer is no.

Theft.  But I want to dig a little deeper than simply taking some material object that is not rightfully yours.

Theft.  Or what about this one? Maybe copying or "burning" a CD or DVD. Many Christians will try to justify this by using the legal loopholes that we are not selling said product for profit therefore it is legal. This is simply an example as it does happen in our brotherhood, making copies of something that is not rightfully ours to make copies of.

Theft.  No practical application here except to think about some of these things and study a little deeper on the subject of stealing.

DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! PRAY ABOUT IT! LOVE Y'ALL! GOD BLESS!     

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