Stupid Things''' Taking What Isn't Mine

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COMMANDMENT 8
You shall not steal. Exodus 2015
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Proverbs 20 Paperback pg. 454 Hardback pg. 645
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How Do We Steal?

• By
• robberies, bribery, carjacking, extortion, home
  burglaries, insurance fraud, shoplifting,
  academic cheating, etc.

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How Do We Steal?

• By
• deceiving customers (proverbs 2010,23)

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How Do We Steal?

• By
• deceiving customers

They overcharge, use false measures, fix the
scales to cheat the customers." Amos 85
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A man can steal an airplane thats a crime,
he can go to jail for it, but if a man can steal
a whole airline, thats just good business
acumen.
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How Do We Steal?

• By defrauding employers
• (taking things)

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How Do We Steal?

• By defrauding employers
• (wasting time)

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart,
as working for the Lord." Col.323
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How Do We Steal?

• By delaying payments

Don't take advantage of anyone. Don't hold back
the wages of someone you've hired, not even for
one night." Lev.1913
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How Do We Steal?

• By defrauding on loans

The wicked man borrows never pays back."
Ps.3721
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How Do We Steal?

• By deceiving the government

The authorities are working for God. Pay what
you owe them, pay your personal property
taxes." Rom.136-7
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How Do We Steal?

• By defrauding the Lord

Will a man rob God? Yet you rob Me! But you
ask, "How do we rob You, God?' By withholding
tithes offerings!" Mal.38
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Why Be Honest?

• Im Being Watched

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Why Be Honest?

• Im Being Watched
• By God

God carefully watches the goings on of all
mankind, He sees them all. No darkness is thick
enough to hide evil men from His eyes."
Job.3421-22
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Why Be Honest?

• Im Being Watched
• By God
• By my kids

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The child begins by taking sugar, it may be. The
mother makes light of it at first the childs
conscience is violated without any sense of
wrong. By by its not an easy matter to check
the habit, because it grows multiplies with
every new commission. D.L. Moody
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Why Be Honest?

• Im Being Watched
• By God
• By my kids

It is a wonderful heritage to have an honest
father." Proverbs 207 (LB)
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Why Be Honest?

• Im Being Watched
• By God
• By my kids
• By unbelievers

Let your light shine so people can see your good
works praise your Father in heaven." Matthew
516
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Why Be Honest?

• Im Being Watched
• Ill Reap Whatever I Sow

Don't be misled, remember ... a man will always
reap just the kind of crop he sows!" Galatians
67
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Why Be Honest?

• Im Being Watched
• Ill Reap Whatever I Sow
• Sow honesty Ill be blessed

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Why Be Honest?

• Im Being Watched
• Ill Reap Whatever I Sow
• Sow honesty Ill be blessed
• Sow dishonesty Ill be hurt.

Try to make a profit dishonestly you'll get
your family in trouble." Proverbs 1527
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Why Be Honest?

• Im Being Watched
• Ill Reap Whatever I Sow
• Sow honesty Ill be blessed
• Sow dishonesty Ill be hurt.

Dishonest gain will never last, so why take the
risk." Proverb 216 (LB)
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Why Do We Steal?

• Greed

The love of money is the root of evil." 1
Timothy 610
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Why Do We Steal?

• Greed
• Laziness

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Why Do We Steal?

• Greed
• Laziness
• Pride (Proverb 2014)

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Why Be Honest?

• Im Being Watched
• Ill Reap Whatever I Sow
• Dishonesty Damages My Character (Prov.191)

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Why Be Honest?

• Dishonesty Damages My Character

What does it profit a man if he gain the whole
world but lose his own soul? Matthew 1626
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Why Be Honest?

• Dishonesty Damages My Character

Wealth you get by dishonesty will do you no
good, but honesty can save your life." Proverb
102
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Why Be Honest?

• Dishonesty Damages My Character
• Dishonesty is tempting.

The thief (Satan) comes only to steal kill
destroy, but I (Jesus) have come that you might
have life have it to the full." John 1010
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Why Be Honest?

• Dishonesty Damages My Character
• Dishonesty is tempting.
• Integrity pays

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Why Be Honest?

• Im Being Watched
• Ill Reap Whatever I Sow
• Dishonesty Damages My Character
• God Will Reward My Honesty

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Why Be Honest?

• God Will Reward My Honesty
• In this life

"Honest people will lead a full, happy life but
if you're in a hurry to get rich you're going to
be punished." Proverbs 2820
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Why Be Honest?

• God Will Reward My Honesty
• Throughout eternity

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Why Be Honest?

• God Will Reward My Honesty
• Throughout eternity
• My tests problems, temptations, money

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Why Be Honest?

• God Will Reward My Honesty
• Throughout eternity
• My tests problems, temptations, money

If you're dishonest in a little, you're going to
be dishonest in a lot." Luke 1610
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Why Be Honest?

• God Will Reward My Honesty
• Throughout eternity
• My tests problems, temptations, money

"Well done, you've shown you can be faithful in
small things. I will trust you with greater
ones, come join in your Master's happiness."
Matthew 2521
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Ephesians 428 Paperback pg. 813 Hardback pg.
1158
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Pathway to Integrity Blessing

• Make Restitution When Possible!

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Pathway to Integrity Blessing

• Make Restitution When Possible!
• (e.g.) ZacchaeusLuke 19

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"If I'm going to do this, I've got to clear up
my past make restitution with some people,
so I asked God to help me remember the people
I need to make things right with? I started
making a list the list was about 3 pages. It
was amazing when I asked God to help me remember.
He did--things that Id forgotten for years.
Like the time I used to rip off my sister's piggy
bank. Every week she was putting the money in
every week I was taking the money out. God said
you need to get it right. It's pretty
embarrassing for a grown man to go to his sister
say I was ripping off your piggy bank, but I
did it. And there were other things, like when I
was a teenager with some other teenagers in a car
accidentally backed into a car in a parking lot
smashed in their fender. We didn't stay
around, we were scared just split. I decided to
go back to the police station in that town see
if I can find that traffic report, find that
person, repay them.
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I've cheated the IRS, here's 500. P.S. If I
still feel guilty I'll send the rest later.
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Pathway to Integrity Blessing

• Make Restitution When Possible!

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Pathway to Integrity Blessing

• Make Restitution When Possible!
• Make Hard Work with Integrity a Non-negotiable!

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Pathway to Integrity Blessing

• Make Restitution When Possible!
• Make Hard Work with Integrity a Non-negotiable!

The man who used to be a thief must give up
stealing, do an honest day's work with his own
hands." Eph. 428 (Ph)
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Pathway to Integrity Blessing

• Make Restitution When Possible!
• Make Hard Work with Integrity a Non-negotiable!
• Make Giving to God Others a Priority.

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Pathway to Integrity Blessing

• Make Giving to God Others a Priority.

The righteous give without sparing. Proverbs
2126 A generous man will himself be blessed,
for he shares his food with the poor. Proverbs
229
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Pathway to Integrity Blessing

• Make Giving to God Others a Priority.

If anyone has material possessions sees his
brother in need but has no pity on him, how can
the love of God be in him?1 John 317
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Pathway to Integrity Blessing

• Make Giving to God Others a Priority.
• Give God my full tithe

"Is it right for a person to cheat God? Of
course not...Bring the full amount of your tithes
to the Temple ... I will pour out on you in
abundance..." Mal. 38-10
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Pathway to Integrity Blessing

• Make Restitution When Possible!
• Make Hard Work with Integrity a Non-negotiable!
• Make Giving to God Others a Priority.