You Shall Not Steal ( 9 of 11)
Series: The Ten Commandments
Scott Maze
Exodus 20:15
Stealing has become big business in our wireless age. A survey of 583 companies in the U.S. revealed ''90% of the respondents said their organizations' computers had been breached at least once by hackers over the past 12 months.'' More than 40% of the businesses surveyed stated they had spent more than $500,000 in security measures in an attempt to stop the security breaches. Inside the US, someone steals another's property every three seconds.
Honesty is a rarity. The well-known painter, Norman Rockwell, painted the scene of a butcher's shop. Behind the counter is the jolly butcher, with his apron stretched over his ample belly and his pencil tucked neatly behind one ear. Also in the picture is his customer, a respectable looking woman of perhaps sixty. Like the butcher, she looks pleased. The two of them exchange a knowing smile, almost as if they were sharing a joke, but the joke is on them. The painting shows what they were secretly doing. The butcher is pressing the scale down with his big fat thumb so as to raise the price. At the same time, the woman is trying to get a better deal by pushing the scale up with her finger. The reason both of them looked pleased is that neither is aware of what the other is doing.
According to some reports, larceny makes up over fifty percent of all crime in the US. This morning I want to talk to you about being honest. We continue to work our way through the Ten Words, or the Ten Commandments. And today we cover a commandment that is universally condemned - stealing. Even people who don't read the Bible know the eight (8th) commandment in their hearts.
Today's Scripture
''You shall not steal'' (Exodus 20:15).
''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'' (Ephesians 4:28).
This verse lay down ...
Series: The Ten Commandments
Scott Maze
Exodus 20:15
Stealing has become big business in our wireless age. A survey of 583 companies in the U.S. revealed ''90% of the respondents said their organizations' computers had been breached at least once by hackers over the past 12 months.'' More than 40% of the businesses surveyed stated they had spent more than $500,000 in security measures in an attempt to stop the security breaches. Inside the US, someone steals another's property every three seconds.
Honesty is a rarity. The well-known painter, Norman Rockwell, painted the scene of a butcher's shop. Behind the counter is the jolly butcher, with his apron stretched over his ample belly and his pencil tucked neatly behind one ear. Also in the picture is his customer, a respectable looking woman of perhaps sixty. Like the butcher, she looks pleased. The two of them exchange a knowing smile, almost as if they were sharing a joke, but the joke is on them. The painting shows what they were secretly doing. The butcher is pressing the scale down with his big fat thumb so as to raise the price. At the same time, the woman is trying to get a better deal by pushing the scale up with her finger. The reason both of them looked pleased is that neither is aware of what the other is doing.
According to some reports, larceny makes up over fifty percent of all crime in the US. This morning I want to talk to you about being honest. We continue to work our way through the Ten Words, or the Ten Commandments. And today we cover a commandment that is universally condemned - stealing. Even people who don't read the Bible know the eight (8th) commandment in their hearts.
Today's Scripture
''You shall not steal'' (Exodus 20:15).
''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'' (Ephesians 4:28).
This verse lay down ...
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