Don't Steal!

December 16, 2024 Monday Message:

Deuteronomy 5:19 NKJV, God’s words: “You shall not steal.”

About a week ago, we started looking at the 10 Commandments as listed in Deuteronomy. Today we’re up to, “Do Not Steal.” We need to understand that 2k years ago, survival of the fittest was the standard mode of operation. Beg, borrow, steal – whatever – just survive. So God needed to teach us his laws, his ethics, his value system. The laws were spoken to Moses on Mt. Sinai, and Moses in turn told the other Israelites.

You have your things, and I have my things. Don’t you take my things, and I won’t take your things. Seems simple enough. But sin is a choice to disobey God, and regrettably, some people choose to sin. Small-time thieves will take something from your yard or break into your car. Big-time thieves plot to rob a bank. It’s all wrong. Just ask God!

With the New Covenant given to us by Jesus, God’s laws are written on our hearts. In other words we have a conscience. We instinctively know right from wrong. So even without reading God’s Commandments, everyone already knows that it’s wrong to steal!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus In the City Fellowship