Do not steal 8th Word
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What do I believe God wants us to know? We are blessed and He is our Father who provides therefore we do not need to steal
Why? Stealing robs others of their dignity and has playing on the wrong team
What do I believe God wants us to do? Do not steal and remember we are blessed and have a good good father
Why? Because it gives other dignity and value
ME/WE
Today we are going to be diving into the 8th word of the ten words.
This word like 6th word many of will say I am good with this word. I don’t have a problem with breaking this word.
This is a word we maybe broke when we were younger against our friends, a family member, or place of business.
But it is not something that you have broken recently or thought about doing.
What is the 8th word?
“You shall not steal.
Many of us say we are good. Not a problem. And this might be true.
IS THIS ALL THAT THIS WORD MEANS???
This word is pretty simple do not steal..I get it do not steal from a place of business, from my friends, or family.
Do not take something that is not yours.
NO
IT HAS A MUCH FULLER MEANING
DO NOT STEAL IS ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN JUST STEALING FROM A FRIEND, FAMILY MEMBER, PLACE OF BUSINESS.
THAT IS ONE OF THE THREE ENTITIES SCRIPTURES SHOW US NOT TO STEAL FROM
NOT ONLY THAT WE WILL STEALING IS MORE THAN JUST TAKING SOMETHING FINANCIAL
LET’S LOOK AT SCRIPTURES TO SEE WHAT THREE ENTITIES THE SCRIPTURES TELL US NOT TO STEAL FROM
People
Not to labor this too much because we just covered a lot this already
First group I want to talk about is that we are not steal from people. We are not to take what is someone elses.
Why doesn’t God want us to steal?
WE ARE TAKING SOMETHING THAT IS NOT OURS
We are robbing from someone else made in the image of God.
We are not just robbing the material thing, we are robbing that person of their dignity….We are saying with our stealing that you have such little value that whatever you value I am going to steal.
ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM BEEN ROBBED BEFORE? (OUR HOUSE WAS ROBBED WHEN I WAS IN 8TH GRADE) and my bike was stole in middle school….HOW DOES IT FELL? ARE YOU JUST UPSET ABOUT THE MATERIAL THING YOU LOST? NO…YOU FEEL VIOLATED AND DEVALUED
STEALING IS A LACK OF FAITH AND TRUST THAT GOD CAN PROVIDE FOR US
Also, can we steal something more than money?
Ideas
boyfriends and girlfriends
steal respect and honor
For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing.
Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.
Lastly, let me be straight us with stealing is that stealing can be something we can easily slip into….sweet aunt Sally never thought could steal, does steal.
There is a saying all stealing starts with a gallon of milk.
Almost all case of big stealing started with a gallon of milk and then it moves onto something more expensive and then more expensive
Oddly enough this week the topic of stealing came up this week.
I ran into a friend who I had not seen in 5 years and we were reflecting on the last time we were together things were going down with the Christian organization he was apart of. What happen is that a couple of people of him were stealing from the Christian organization, not by going to a bank but by lying about there numbers….saying we have _____ amount of people and people were thrilled and gave grants except the numbers were way off.
We can all fall into to stealing
2. Entity was can steal from is
Anybody want to guess? It happens every year on or before April 15
Government
Anybody like to pay taxes??? NO but should we pay our taxes? YES
For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing.
Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.
It so tempting to want to hid some money from the government. Not claim income we received or state things falsely on our income tax….some of us think come on are they really going to come after me?????
But what does scripture say? Pay taxes and trust God to provide.
We also do not steal from the government on our taxes but by working the system.
I know people who work the governmental system in order to not toe work or not work as much.
If we do this and that but not that and have it come off as we cannot earn enough money then the government will give us these breaks and stippens.
Eric family.
Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.
3. We can steal from God.
This might be hard to hear
How do we steal from God?
Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In your tithes and contributions.
You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you.
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.
We steal from God when we don’t tithe, give 10% back to God.
Some might say wait wait! I earned this money!
Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’
You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
God is saying you are stealing from Him when you do not tithe back to Him.
God is saying trust me.
For those of us who say how can I give 10%….grow in your giving
Dan Ghramm
If you aren’t giving anything, give something. If you give sporadically start giving consistently. Move from consistently to generously. And then I believe that God does as some people to move from generously to sacrificially. Something like that.
God says do not steal from
People
Government
God
How do stop from doing this?
Remember and have faith that your good good Father will provide
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
When we see God as He is our provider it removes the desire to steal.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.