{"id":1757,"date":"2013-12-08T19:05:29","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T01:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/?p=1757"},"modified":"2014-12-16T11:20:45","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T17:20:45","slug":"thou-shalt-not-steal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/?p=1757","title":{"rendered":"Thou Shalt Not Steal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Exodus 20:15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The positive side of this command is &#8220;Be Honest.&#8221;<br \/>\nThis recognizes the right of ownership. The word Property means &#8220;peculiar to one&#8221; or personal to one.<br \/>\nThere are some things we have no right to.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I: Property of Men that Can Be Stolen.<\/strong>1. Man&#8217;s right to freedom (slavery and men-stealers). <strong>Tim. 1 1:10.<br \/>\n<\/strong>2. 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 good name.<br \/>\n6. A man&#8217;s tangible property.<\/p>\n<p><strong>II: Stealing and Cheating Begins in the Heart.<br \/>\n<\/strong>1. &#8220;Thou shalt not covet.&#8221; <strong>10th Commandment.<br \/>\n<\/strong>2. Cheating on taxes, prices, goods misrepresented, or school exams comes under this command.<br \/>\n3. Steal a loaf and go to the pen.\u00a0 <strong>b. <\/strong>Steal a horse and get hung.<br \/>\n<strong>c. <\/strong>Steal a million dollars and be Captain of Finance.<br \/>\n4. Grand larceny is robbing God. &#8220;Will a man rob God?&#8221;<br \/>\n5. Constantly the New Testament urges us to be: Honest with self, honest with fellow men, 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;peculiar to one&#8221; or personal to one. There are some things we have no right to. I: Property of Men that Can Be Stolen.1. Man&#8217;s right to freedom (slavery and men-stealers). Tim. 1 1:10. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757"}],"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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1758,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757\/revisions\/1758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}