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index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Usually we think of stealing as a violation of the right of private property.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Finally, stealing is a serious sin because it is included in the Ten Commandments, which identifies the "ultimate evils" of Israel's day, and of our own as well.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Broadly speaking, stealing falls into two categories: active stealing and passive stealing.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Active stealing aggressively, willfully, maliciously takes what belongs to someone else, through a variety of means.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ (2) A man's failure to return something lost to its owner is stealing.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ (3) Failure to give what belongs to another is stealing.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Withholding the charity which was to be shown to the poor, the alien, and the stranger, was also stealing.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Whenever an Israelite became greedy and did not leave something behind for the poor, he was stealing from them, for God had given the gleanings to them.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Theft, whether actively or passively perpetrated, has certain characteristics, so that stealing can be positively identified as an evil act.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Several of the tell-tale ear marks of stealing are:
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ (1) Stealing involves an unauthorized change of possession.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ (2) Stealing does harm to one's neighbor by taking what rightfully belonged to him.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Stealing is always detrimental to the victim.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ (3) Stealing takes unfair advantage of one's neighbor.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ (4) Stealing sins against God by wrongly possessing the property of another.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ (7) Stealing is destructive to the community, to the unity of the people of God.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ (8) Stealing seeks to set aside the consequences of man's sin.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ (9) Stealing seeks to set aside the covenant of God with Israel.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ (10) Stealing disregards God's laws, because of the distrust of God and His promises.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ (11) Stealing was sometimes an effort to avoid genuine sacrifice.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ (12) Stealing is an act that is completely contrary to the character of God.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Stealing is, in its essence, an unfair exchange.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Then there is the stealing of time, which was mentioned in the introduction to this message.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ (2) Stealing from others by depriving them of the fruit of their labor.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ The stealing of software ("bootlegged" copies) deprives the author and the dealer of the fruit of their labor, and is nothing less than stealing.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Taking credit for the ideas or the labor of another is also stealing.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ (3) Stealing may also involve the abuse of legal rights.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ (4) Stealing by negligence or neglect.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ (5) Stealing in the name of getting a "good deal." This kind of stealing is far more subtle.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Is this not stealing, gaining at the expense of this woman, having the advantage over her, due to her ignorance of the value of what she possessed?
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ (6) Corporate or collective stealing.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Restitution is a corrective, but not a cure for the crime of stealing.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ You see, covetousness, which leads to stealing, was the first sin committed by the human race when Eve took of or stole the forbidden fruit.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ My friend, are you stealing from God that which honors Him as the Giver of all things?
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ IDLENESS IS A FORM OF STEALING!
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ This is one of the most awful running sores of our government: stealing from people and giving to those who do not or will not work.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Also a man who has declared bankruptcy and later prospers financially but fails to pay his creditors to the full is stealing in the sight of God.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Another form of stealing and the breaking of this 8th commandment is GAMBLING.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ God calls this stealing; a man who gambles is a thief because he is obtaining money for which he has done no honest work!
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Stealing is usually one of the first sins children commit: stealing in the home from father or mother, from the grocery store, or playmates in school.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ This is stealing; and brother, it is stealing when you rob your company of an honest days work, or when you lie about an injury to collect workmans compensation!
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ EXTORTION is another form of stealing which brings down the judgment of kjv@God: Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?...nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners...
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ And dear friend, whether a man steals with his gun in a bank robbery or with his pen in forging a check, his stealing breaks this 8th commandment and he is under the judgment of God.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Oh, my prayer is that the Holy Spirit will convict of this sin of stealing, causing each heart to be broken before God in repentance, for then and only then will it be evident that the precious blood of Christ has cleansed you from this sin.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ We have His promise in His Word that if we confess and forsake this sin of stealing, He will forgive us for Christs sake.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ The Lord contrasts the work of the devil as stealing, killing and destroying, while the work of the Lord is to bring abundant life to His people.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ We must also check our own lives to see if we are failing God by yielding to stealing or cheating.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ (6.) Giving a full days work for a full days pay, as you are stealing time from your boss if you don't.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ (9.) Cheating on school exams, as this is stealing a qualification you didn't earn.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ My friends don't have any alibis for stealing, but many have solid reasons why we should respect the property of others.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Brittany, age 9, says, "God wants us to be happy with what we have." Nathan, 11, adds: "Stealing is wrong because it is actually coveting.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ "It's just like stealing God's things.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Most thieves would never associate stealing from people with stealing from God.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ If you found out that your officemate is stealing from your office would you tell it to your superiors?
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Stealing was one of the most frequent occurences that they mentioned that someone has hurt them by.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ For example, stealing someone's life, virginity, or spouse would be deemed worse than say stealing a pair of scissors.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Lying is stealing another's knowledge of the truth; worshipping another is stealing your own soul away from God; so on and so forth.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ In the Old T there were circumstances when stealing food for a starving family was not classed as sin.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Why would stealing a Bible be worse than any other kind of stealing?
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ In which case, if the word of God cannot be possessed by a single man, it therefore follows that it wasn't actually the possessors 'possession'; more of a physical embodiment of a spiritual omnipresence/omnipotence - and thus would it have been actually been the TRUE sin for him to class the passing on of this knowledge to be 'stealing', as using your above arguments pertaining to this, it would be him 'stealing' your right to this divine knowledge?
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Thou shalt not steal - All rapine and theft are forbidden by this precept; as well national and commercial wrongs as petty larceny, highway robberies, and private stealing: even the taking advantage of a seller's or buyer's ignorance, to give the one less and make the other pay more for a commodity than its worth, is a breach of this sacred law.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ But the word is principally applicable to clandestine stealing, though it may undoubtedly include all political injustice and private wrongs.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Thefts are of various kinds; there is private theft, picking of pockets, shoplifting, burglary, or breaking into houses in the night, and carrying off goods; public theft, or robbing upon the highways; domestic theft, as when wives take away their husbands' money or goods, and conceal them, or dispose of them without their knowledge and will, children rob their parents, and servants purloin their masters' effects; ecclesiastical theft or sacrilege, and personal theft, as stealing of men and making slaves of them, selling them against their wills; and Jarchi thinks that this is what the Scripture speaks of when it uses this phrase; but though this may be included, it may not be restrained to this particular, since, besides what have been observed, there are many other things that may be reduced to it and are breaches of it; as
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ is it stealing to take towels, lamps, and TVs from the room?
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ OTOH, if you are visiting a friend's house, notice they have a motel Gideon Bible, and take it from them without permission, that is stealing from your friend.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Stealing betrays the fact that we think we can provide for ourselves in ways that are better and richer than God!
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ So we see that stealing something is not just a matter of it being wrong to take something that is not ours, but it's an offense to our good and generous God.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ The shift from a simple farming culture to a complex industrial society has given many thieves a guilt-proof excuse: "After all," they say, "I'm not hurting anyone in particular." One who would never think of stealing a neighbor's rake may steal with impunity from corporations, insurance companies, or governments.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ The Bible condemns the dishonest rich more than the desperate poor for stealing.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ There comes a point when profits are not just obscene; they constitute outright stealing.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Withholding a laborer's just wage is stealing.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Giving thirty hours of pay for forty hours of work is stealing.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ And taking forty hours of pay for thirty hours of work is also stealing.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ But to spend the church's money in ways that benefit me personally is stealing.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ The most cunning thieves are those who can get someone else to do their stealing for them.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ The apostle Paul not only demands that the thief quit stealing but commands the thief to go to work so that he or she may start giving.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ My mother always taught me - if it doesn't belong to you, taking it is stealing = wrong and sinful.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ We want enough security that stealing the software requires conscious, deliberate (and usually pretty technical) effort, while creating the minimal inconvenience for honest users.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ And now, 11 years later, he feels convicted about his dishonesty, confessing it as part of an old life style of stealing, shop-lifting, etc.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ For example, the Bible says that not tithing is actually stealing.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Perhaps part of the reason why it is easy to "steal" in our culture is that much stealing is against "companies" which are large and anonymous and everyone assumes have plenty of money (and maybe even insurance).
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Interesting thought..."if came down to paying their bills or "stealing" a Bible program, I think they would choose the latter as the lesser of two evils".
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ I'm sure he did not really think of this as stealing, and must have thought that it wouldnt hurt if he just borrowed my software and installed it on his computer.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ The importance of the law against stealing is clear from its inclusion as one of the Ten Commandments.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ There are three main places in the Old Testament where the laws on stealing are set out: Exodus, Leviticus and Deuteronomy.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ When we look at this passage of law-giving about "stealing" one of the first things we may notice is its complexity.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ In God's view gaining property by trickery (deception), lying about lost property found, and breach of trust, are equivalent forms of stealing and all are equally sinful.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ These principles show God's purpose in the law is to heal the wounds caused by the sin (crime of stealing).
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ The penalty for the offense against God remains a ram - the same as the penalty for stealing with later contrition, indicating God's requirement that all acts of unfaithfulness to God are sins of a nature such that they can only be atoned for by the shedding of blood - that is, through payment of life itself.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ In the case where a thief is caught stealing goods left in safekeeping the penalty is double restitution and the ram sacrifice as per the other types of stealing discussed earlier, showing the law upholding the same principles and promoting the same values already discussed.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ The same penalty of double restitution to man, and a ram sacrifice to God, shall be required if stealing is proved.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ "Finders Keepers" is stealing and treated as such.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Using deceptive weights and measures is a form of stealing, and the laws against stealing apply.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ If someone unintentionally breaks the law - in the case of stealing, by for example unknowingly taking someone's property or forgetting to return borrowed property - since they have deprived the owner, they are considered to have broken the law and must pay the usual penalties to the victim and the Lord.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ At the end of the Old Scriptures, the main problem issue identified is the same one that has been troubling God since Mt Sinai - Israel's unfaithfulness to God shown here by disobedience to the laws concerning stealing.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Jesus reaffirmed the commandment against stealing.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Those who would put the law away misunderstand God's purposes in the law, and by altering the stealing laws in the ways that they have, have blocked the achievement of God's purposes.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Isaiah observes these laws and unjust decisions are made so that stealing and victimisation are "legalised" He says woe will come to people who do such things.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ The failure to obey God's laws generally, and by failing to obey the laws against stealing for example, Christians frustrate the process God has provided to promote forgiveness.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Our examination of God's laws on stealing, reveal the essential Spirit in them is of God's love for His Creation.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Some are stealing because it's cool or daring and because it gives them a thrill.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ These days we don't take stealing very seriously.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ In fact, media romanticizes stealing - television programs portray police officers using a "pick" to break into locked quarters, where they steal incriminating evidence.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Have you thought about illegal download of music and movies as stealing?
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ It is a fact that today people struggle with the stealing of the intangibles more that they struggle with the stealing of the material things.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ That may be true, but just because someone has enough money does not make stealing ok.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Stealing of Reputation - Can you steal someone's reputation?
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ "In the final analysis, stealing evidences a man's lack of faith in God, and in His promises to provide for His people, who keep His commandments.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Men trust in stealing because they refuse to trust in God.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Stealing is an act that is completely contrary to the character of God.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Perhaps the reason why God hates stealing so much is that it is a crime which completely contradicts His character.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Does the cost of something make stealing it okay or not okay?
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ How does stealing differ from borrowing?
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ What are some consequences for stealing?
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ He knows I do it, and he wants me to do it so I'll be afraid of him, and so I can't tell HIS boss what HE is stealing."
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Stealing and bribery are pervasive in Communist society; it was a system of interlocking thievery that is only slowly being dismantled.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Therefore, God is my protector, which makes stealing my money even more difficult.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Why should we worry about someone stealing our financial records when we have treasure in Heaven?
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ They should not be stealing the truth from God and giving the people fables, lies, and doctrines that are pleasing to peoples' ears.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyStealing @ Was the land cursed because of the rampant sins of the people, including stealing?