{"id":1175,"date":"2011-12-04T18:26:09","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T00:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2014-12-16T11:21:09","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T17:21:09","slug":"thou-shalt-not-steal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/?p=1175","title":{"rendered":"Thou Shalt Not Steal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Exodus 20:15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The positive side of this command is &#8220;Be honest.&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>This recognizes the right of ownership. The word Property means &#8220;pecular to one, or personal to one.&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>There are some things we have no right to.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I: Property of men that can be stolen.<\/strong><!--more--><br \/>\n1. Man&#8217;s right to freedom, (slavery, and manstealers). <strong>Timothy 1 11:10.<\/strong><br \/>\n2. Man&#8217;s right to the affections of family and friends, (No insurance covers this).<br \/>\n3. Time can be stolen from Employees and Employer.<br \/>\n4. A man&#8217;s right to work.<br \/>\n5. A man&#8217;s tangible property.<br \/>\n6. A man&#8217;s good name.<\/p>\n<p><strong>II: Stealing and Cheating begins in the heart.<\/strong><br \/>\n1. &#8220;Thou shalt not covet.&#8221; <strong>(10th commandment).<\/strong><br \/>\nAny desire to possess something without consent of owner can lead to stealing.<br \/>\n2. Cheating on taxes, prices, goods misrepresented, or school exams comes under this command.<br \/>\n3. Steal a loaf and go to the pen.<br \/>\na. Steal a horse and get hung.<br \/>\nb. Steal $1,000,000 and be Captain of Finance.<br \/>\n4. Grand larceny is robing God. &#8220;Will a man rob God?&#8221;<br \/>\n5. Constantly the New Testament urges us to be: Honest with self, honest with fellowmen, honest with Church, and honest with God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exodus 20:15 The positive side of this command is &#8220;Be honest.&#8221; This recognizes the right of ownership. The word Property means &#8220;pecular to one, or personal to one.&#8221; There are some things we have no right to. I: Property of men that can be stolen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1175"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1366,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175\/revisions\/1366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}