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BEAUTIFUL BOUNDARIES: NO STEALING
Exodus 20:15
Ephesians 4:28
Proposition: God commands His people to respect others’ possessions and earn & share what they have.
Motivation:
Who has had something stolen from them?
∙ Bill Belichick & New England Patriots
stealing signs
Belichick fined $500,000
Patriots fined $250,000 & loss of draft pick(s)
What’s the big deal?
Interviewee statement:
∙ “If your not cheating, you’re not trying.”
Read Exodus 20:15
Boundary
= you do not have a right to unlawfully take from someone else - possessions or person
Beauty
= honesty, security, generosity, peace
Explanation
What are some ways we steal?
def.
- taking something from someone without permission
should not be limited solely to possessions
▸ last five commandments focused on how we value God by valuing others
“Loving your neighbor as yourself”
Taking someone’s possessions
Kidnaping - depriving someone of their freedom
one of the charges against O. J. Simpson
most serious of the charges
∙ 1 Timothy 1:8-10
Dishonest practices
∙ Deuteronomy 25:13-16
Wendy’s - underweight 1/4lb patties
∙ employee/employer
Colossians 3:22-4:1
honest day’s work for an honest day’s wage
remember who you are working for
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Greed
∙ Matthew 6:19-24
unethical or inappropriate focus on gaining money detracts from proper worship of God
∙ placing work before God
∙ concerned more for this life than the next
What does stealing do?
devalues others
∙ unlawfully &/or unrighteously taking anything from another conveys belief you are more valuable than they are
degrades God
∙ Malachi 3:6-10
∙ Haggai 1:3-4
Expectation:
What is your Christian responsibility?
more than just not doing something,
also what are we to do
∙ David Kinnaman quote
(“American Lifestyles Mix Comassion and Self Oriented Behavior” -www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page= BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=264 - 2/05/2007)
Put on Christ - Ephesians 4:17-28
∙ Eph.
4:17-19 = don’t live like the world
- challenges at CCF, avoiding work
- pirating music & programs
Barna reports
∙ 86% of teens believe music piracy either morally acceptable or not even a moral issue
∙ moral pragmatists - “whatever works” philosophy
∙ David Kinnaman quote p. 3
(“Fewer than 1 in 10 Teenagers Believe that Music Piracy is Morally Wrong” - www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdates&BarnaUpdateID=162 - 4/26/2007)
“having lost all sensitivity”
∙ Eph.
4:20-24 = put off old, corrupted self; put on Christ
“be made new in the attitude of your mind”
“be created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness”
∙ Eph.
4:28 = provide for others
Be Good Stewards
∙ honest gain is good
Proverbs 10:16, 11:18
∙ enjoy what you have
John 2:1 - Jesus at a wedding feast
Luke 5:27-29 - Levi’s banquet
∙ help others in need
1 Timothy 6:17-19
▸ Recognizing all things belong to God
Psalm 24:1-2
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