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00:00In this video, we stand before the words of Yahweh that are still speaking to every beating

00:08heart today.

00:10Thou shalt not steal.

00:12Four simple words, but a mighty call to righteousness.

00:17Is stealing just taking another man's goods, or does it go even deeper than that and go

00:23even more nuanced?

00:24So stay with us as we search the scriptures, challenge traditions, and see what it really

00:30means to obey the Eighth Commandment of Thou shalt not steal.

00:54So this teaching or drosh is going to be all about the Eighth Commandment in our Ten Commandment

00:58series.

00:59And of course, this commandment is the commandment of do not steal.

01:03But before we get into that, I just want to remind you that, like always, we have an article

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02:02So the eighth commandment, do not steal.

02:05The command itself, as it is put to the Scriptures 2009 translation that we use here at God Honest

02:12Truth, it says, straightforward and simply, you do not steal.

02:17Now, of course, it's put in other ways, but pretty much the same exact way.

02:22Like we look in the Wycliffe, which was the first English or complete English translation

02:27of Scripture.

02:30And the Wycliffe states, thou shalt not do theft.

02:35Pretty poetic way of doing it.

02:36Of course, the King James, which most people are pretty used to and which people like me

02:41were raised on.

02:42Thou shalt not steal.

02:44Those are the kind of commands that really get ingrained in people, and they really remember.

02:50ISV, you are not to steal.

02:53And then the BBE, which I'm not particularly fond of, but I thought it was kind of neat

02:58in this one instance.

02:59It says, do not take the property of another.

03:02Now, as we go through tonight's drosh and this teaching, you're going to find out that

03:08stealing is not just about tangible things.

03:13And I'm not going to explain it all right now because we're going to get into that as

03:15we go on.

03:16But the BBE here, the Bible in basic English, not really a translation.

03:20It's more of a paraphrase, but that's a tangent.

03:22It's not really about taking the property, but taking something tangible or intangible

03:29that's not yours and does not belong to you that you have earned or otherwise.

03:34Make sure to stay tuned.

03:35Make sure to know how to have your notes ready because there's going to be a lot here.

03:38And once again, go check out the notes on our website for more information that we even

03:43have here in this particular episode.

03:45Here is the Strong's number for the word steal here in the Eighth Commandment, and that is

03:53the Strong's number H1589, Ghanav, Ghanav, and the outline of biblical usage from bluelitterbible.org

04:02states it as to steal, steal away, or carry away.

04:06And the various types of that here says to steal, to be stolen, to be brought by stealth.

04:12Remember that because we're going to go over certain aspects.

04:15And nuances of stealing that involve stealth.

04:19And then again, also to go by stealth.

04:22Strong's definition, to thieve, meaning literally or even figuratively, to deceive, to steal, steal

04:30away, get by stealth.

04:32Brown driver Briggs, to steal, steal away, be stolen away by or even steal a person.

04:38Keep that in mind as well.

04:41Seen as this Hebrew lexicon, to steal, to take away by theft, secretly.

04:45To deceive, to do by stealth.

04:48So we've got not only this simple, you know, take an object someone has, that kind of stealing,

04:55but it's also the stealth, not immediately known kind of stealing as well.

05:00Jastrell's dictionary, the Targums, to be stolen, kidnapped, to be deceived.

05:05Now that's the first one that has kidnapped in there, but keep that in mind as we go through.

05:09Then of course, Cline dictionary has it as theft.

05:13And if you'd like more information from the dictionaries and lexicons, once again, you'll

05:17check out the notes on GodHonestTruth.com for this particular episode.

05:20Now defining stealing even more and not necessarily in such a nerdy way, the Hebrew word ganav means

05:30to take away, even secretly, to carry away without consent or to deal deceitfully with.

05:35And it encompasses more than just direct stealing, but it does, and it's very obvious, well, that's

05:44included, I forgot where I was going with that, but it does include the direct stealing, like

05:49if I had to come up and took your lollipop, that'd be direct stealing.

05:51The theft of tangible goods, as it were, the simple taking of items, not returning borrowed

05:57items even.

05:57You know, most people think about this, if I borrow your chainsaw to cut up some wood, and

06:06I just simply don't return it, I keep it.

06:09Well, I didn't take it from you by force, so it's not theft in that sense, but it's something

06:14that's not mine that I got without earning, right?

06:18I borrowed it and never returned it.

06:20So that is a form of theft as well.

06:23Theft also encompasses fraudulent dealings.

06:25You think about this within the marketing realm, within capitalism, the society as a whole

06:33kind of thing, but this deals with things like false advertising, manipulative sales

06:38tactics, and things like that.

06:41Theft also encompasses something like financial injustice, and this, I know this is starting

06:47to get nuanced here, but this is more than what most people think about when they think

06:51about do not steal.

06:52But financial injustice, what we're talking about here, is withholding wages.

06:57If you're an employer, if you hire the neighbor's kid to mow your lawn, and you don't pay them,

07:04well, you know, you're stealing from them, because that money is theirs at that point.

07:09So withholding wages is a form of theft using unequal weights and measures, which Bible definitely

07:16talks about that.

07:17And we'll get into here as well.

07:20Theft also encompasses kidnapping and human trafficking.

07:24This is also classified as a form of theft under Torah law, and we'll be getting into that

07:29here in just a moment.

07:31And various types of theft, according to Torah, require different punishments, some more severe

07:42than others, but stay tuned as we go forward.

07:45Theft also encompasses things like stealing time, stealing credit, or stealing various ideas.

07:52So things that are intangible, not just the tangible, but the intangible as well.

07:58Things like this include plagiarism, falsifying timesheets at work, making it seem like you worked

08:03more than you did.

08:05You're stealing from your employer by doing such things.

08:09The slacking off while at work, while being paid to do stuff.

08:13Now, if your job includes just slacking off in case you're needed, that's one thing.

08:19But if you're supposed to be doing something, and you're slacking off not doing what you're

08:22supposed to do, and you're still getting paid for it, hey, think about it.

08:27That really is a type of theft.

08:30And just about everyone out there probably knows someone like this.

08:34Not going to name names.

08:36Theft also encompasses things like stealing someone's reputation, their name, as we went

08:42through in a previous episode, where name is the character, the reputation which someone

08:47is known by.

08:49Things like this include slander, gossip, and we'll get into some biblical examples of

08:55that as well.

08:56So make sure to have your notes ready and stay tuned.

09:00In a nutshell, theft really comes down to taking what belongs to another without right or without

09:07permission or without earning it or anything like that.

09:11And once again, this can come down to things that are both tangible and things that are

09:16intangible.

09:17Like time, like salary, things that you're owed.

09:22Seeking personal gain through another's loss.

09:23That's really what theft is in a nutshell.

09:27It's generally a lot of times about greed.

09:31I mean, sometimes it can be for survival, but it's still theft.

09:34But seeking personal gain through another's loss.

09:38That's what theft really boils down to.

09:40And like we said before, and we reiterating this and kicking, I mean, beating a dead horse,

09:47I guess it is at this point.

09:48But a lot of people just go on the surface and they don't really dig deep to find out

09:52even more about what this commandment means.

09:54They think of theft as stealing something that you can see and hold and touch.

10:00I got to steal your coffee cup or something like that.

10:02No, theft includes physical goods, includes money, property, even a spouse.

10:09You ever think about that?

10:11That your spouse could be stolen away?

10:13We'll get into a biblical example of that coming up later too.

10:17But theft also includes intangible things like trust and reputation, trying to steal away

10:25someone's good character, which we'll get into that as a biblical example.

10:29We've got several examples coming up straight from Scripture about theft and these various

10:34types of theft.

10:35So make sure to stay tuned and stay awake for that.

10:39Some various implications of stealing or various implications of theft.

10:44Matthew chapter 22, verses 37 through 40.

10:48And Yeshua said to him, you shall love Yahweh your Elohim with all your heart and with all

10:53your being and with all your mind.

10:55This is the first and great command.

10:57And the second is like it.

10:59You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

11:02On these two commands hang all the Torah and prophets.

11:07This is something we're going to be reiterating probably just about every single episode in

11:11this Ten Commandments series.

11:13Here, Yeshua is pretty much summarizing the entirety of the Ten Commandments, where the first four

11:20are about how to love Yahweh are about how to love Yahweh and the last six are about how to love your neighbor.

11:27And here, Yeshua is stating the first command is to love Yahweh with all your heart and being or soul and mind.

11:35And the second is to love your neighbor as yourself.

11:39This is pretty much the encompassing of the Ten Commandments.

11:43It gets even spelled out more directly by Paul in his letter to the Romans, chapter 13, verse 9.

11:50For this, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not bear false witness, you shall not covet.

11:58And if there is any other command, it is summed up in this word, you shall love your neighbor as yourself.

12:05So when Yeshua said, you shall love your neighbor as yourself, what was one of the ways he was referencing when he said to love your neighbor as yourself?

12:14Well, Paul here goes into detail.

12:17And one of the ways that you can love your neighbor as yourself is by not stealing.

12:23Simply allowing you to have that lollipop and not stealing it from you.

12:27That's a way of loving you.

12:29I mean, just simply refraining from taking it from you.

12:33That's a way of loving you.

12:35Now, I could ask you for it and you could give it to me.

12:38I could pay you for it.

12:40I could work for it.

12:42But stealing it is the opposite of loving your neighbor.

12:46So not stealing is a way of loving your neighbor.

12:51Theft violates the love for your neighbor.

12:54And when you violate the love for your neighbor and you don't love your neighbor, that has other implications like how you do or do not love Yahweh.

13:04We look at 1 John 5, verses 2 through 3.

13:08By this, we know that we love the children of Elohim.

13:12When we love Elohim and guard his commands.

13:15For this is the love for Elohim, that we guard his commands.

13:19And his commands are not heavy.

13:22They're not burdensome.

13:23The commandments.

13:25All the commandments.

13:25Not just the ten.

13:26But all of the commandments.

13:28And what is one of the commandments that Yahweh has given us?

13:32It's do not steal.

13:35So we know that we love Elohim when we follow his commandments.

13:39When we do not steal.

13:41That's a way to show Elohim or Yahweh that we love him.

13:46Because we're obeying his commandments.

13:49And by doing so, we're also loving our neighbor.

13:53We're loving the children of Elohim.

13:57Now, as you can see here on the screen, we can also boil this down even more.

14:01It says, theft violates the principle of loving one's neighbor and respecting Yahweh's sovereignty.

14:08Keep that in mind because we're going to get into some even more implications, especially on a personal level, about how theft relates between you and Yahweh.

14:19But theft really does violate the principle of loving your neighbor and, by extension, loving Elohim because it's breaking his command and, therefore, not loving Elohim, according to 1 John 5.

14:32Every act of theft is rebellion against the order that Yahweh has established.

14:38Obviously, you don't murder.

14:41That is part of the order that Yahweh has established.

14:43You do not commit adultery.

14:45That is part of the order that Yahweh has established.

14:48And it includes not stealing.

14:52That is also part of the order that Yahweh has established.

14:57It doesn't matter how much money you have.

15:00If someone else has 50 times more money than you, it does not make it okay to go and steal anything.

15:08Hopefully, people from the government are watching this as well.

15:12But, anyways, just because someone has more money than you does not make it okay to steal.

15:17It's never okay to steal for any reason.

15:20There's no okays here in Scripture.

15:23It just says, do not steal.

15:25Plain.

15:28Period.

15:29Very short.

15:30But understanding this, because we just saw, it's not just about taking tangible things.

15:35It's also about intangible things as well.

15:38It's also about loving your neighbor.

15:40It's also about loving Yahweh.

15:42So, it goes much, much deeper than just that one simple, quick, physical act.

15:47Implications of stealing go even further.

15:51Theft pretty much implies, well, you're making a statement when you steal stuff.

15:57And what are some of these statements that you're implying or that you're making?

16:02Well, theft implies pretty much that you're saying that, well, Yahweh has not given me enough.

16:07It's not being thankful for what you have.

16:10It's a sense of greed in reality that you're wanting more.

16:15You're not trusting in Yahweh to provide for you.

16:18And by stealing stuff, you're pretty much saying, well, Yahweh hasn't given me enough.

16:23And I don't know about you, but in my life, that has never been the case.

16:29Stealing also implies that you're pretty much saying, well, I must take for myself what it is that I've determined that Yahweh has denied me.

16:37As if you're owed something simply for sucking wind.

16:42No, you don't deserve anything just because you exist, okay?

16:46Go out, earn it, create it, make it, but don't steal it.

16:52And just because you don't have something doesn't mean that Yahweh has denied you.

16:57It could be delayed or it could be a good thing that you don't have it.

17:01But don't think that Yahweh just automatically denied whatever it is that you want and don't have.

17:08Trust in Yahweh.

17:10Be content with what you have and trust in Him.

17:15And finally, stealing or theft implies that you're pretty much saying, well, my needs and wants and desires justify breaking the Torah.

17:25Justify breaking the established order that Yahweh has put in place.

17:32And I hate to tell you, but you, me, us as humans, we're small and insignificant.

17:38And in the grand scheme of things, and our needs and our wants and our desires do not in any way trump the Torah.

17:49Yahweh's commands.

17:50Nothing trumps that.

17:53Yahweh's commands stand supreme.

17:55We cannot break those or do away with them.

17:57It's not okay to do that.

17:59That's called sin, by the way.

18:01That's what the Bible defines as sin.

18:04Breaking Yahweh's laws.

18:07Breaking Yahweh's commands.

18:09So when you steal, you broke the eighth commandment and therefore you have sinned.

18:15Obviously, right?

18:16And did you know that scripture even describes the possibility of stealing from Yahweh himself?

18:27Malachi chapter three, verses eight through nine.

18:30Would a man rob Elohim?

18:33Yet you are robbing me.

18:34But you said, and what have we robbed you?

18:39And the tithe and the offering.

18:41You have cursed me with a curse, for you are robbing me, this nation, all of it.

18:46In Proverbs chapter three, verses nine through ten.

18:49Esteem Yahweh with your goods and with the first fruits of all your increase.

18:54Then your storehouses shall be filled with plenty and your vats overflow with new wine.

18:59So what are some ways that you can actually rob Yahweh?

19:04Well, here it's got the tithes and the offerings.

19:07If you don't tithe or bring the offerings that you're supposed to be bringing, that 10%,

19:12even up to 30% that we've discussed in the tithe episode.

19:17If you don't bring those tithes and those offerings, you're pretty much robbing Yahweh

19:21because that's the kind of thing that allows the ministry of Yahweh to go on here on earth.

19:28Are we trusting him?

19:29Do we want his ministry and his work to continue here on earth?

19:32Well, yeah, he's all powerful.

19:34He can do things here on earth that he wants to do, but he also uses people.

19:38And those people need various funds and tithes and offerings.

19:43So in essence, you're robbing Yahweh when you hold back your tithes and your offerings.

19:50What are some other things?

19:51I didn't include it here, but there's another section in scripture.

19:54If you'll remember, I forget the exact verse, but it talks about not keeping the Sabbaths

20:00like they should have.

20:02So he sends them into exile and lets the land rest for all those number of Sabbaths that

20:08it should have been resting before.

20:09So the people robbed the land.

20:11They robbed Yahweh of these Sabbaths.

20:14And so he made up for it.

20:17But yeah, in a sense, you can actually rob Yahweh.

20:21We can rob Yahweh through withholding our tithes and offerings like we discussed earlier,

20:26refusing to devote our time or our talents to his work.

20:30You don't have to be a teacher or a minister or a missionary to provide and do work for Yahweh.

20:39You can do it every single day that you get up, regardless of your occupation.

20:44When you go to work, when you're out in society, you can devote time and talent and work for

20:52him.

20:53You can talk to other people about Yahweh.

20:54You can bring people closer to him.

20:56You can actually talk with other people about various doctrines and things from scripture

21:02and bring them closer to Yahweh's word, which brings them closer to Yahweh.

21:08So you can devote time and talent, your talents and your work, regardless of what your occupation

21:13or your day-to-day work kind of is.

21:16And one can also rob Yahweh through claiming glory that belongs to him alone.

21:23This gets deep and really gets heated when we're talking about things like the subjects

21:28of the Godhead and stuff like that.

21:29So we won't get into really deep on this.

21:31But anyone who claims glory that belongs to Yahweh himself, that's trying to rob Yahweh

21:40of his glory.

21:42And sometimes it actually does because it confuses people and takes that worship away from him.

21:47Do not claim glory that belongs to Yahweh alone.

21:50Not good stuff.

21:52Very, very not good stuff.

21:53So let's go on and move into some scriptural examples here.

21:58We mentioned a couple of them just in passing earlier.

22:00But let's go ahead and look at them for ourselves in black and white.

22:05First up, Genesis chapter 31, verse 19.

22:09And when Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rahel stole the house idols that were her father's.

22:16So y'all probably know this story pretty by heart.

22:20But here, Rachel steals the idols from her father Laban as they're leaving with Jacob to

22:27go back to his land, right?

22:28This is direct stealing.

22:30It's the stealing that we all think about.

22:33It's taking of a tangible object from someone else that doesn't belong to them.

22:38Rachel stole the idols that were Laban's.

22:41Judges chapter 17, verses 1 through 2.

22:44And there was a man from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Mikahu.

22:49And he said to his mother, the eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you and

22:55on which you put a curse, even saying it in my ears.

22:59Look, the silver is mine.

23:01I took it.

23:02And his mother said, blessed of Yahweh be my son.

23:06So here you got a mother and a son.

23:08And the son took his mother's silver.

23:11Sounds like a lot of silver, eleven hundred pieces.

23:14But the son took his mother's silver and he admits to it and gives the silver back to his mother.

23:21But here's another example of theft.

23:23This is a direct taking of a tangible thing that doesn't belong to you and it's not yours.

23:30Again, Joshua chapter 7, verse 1.

23:35But the children of Israel committed a trespass regarding that which is under the ban.

23:40For Akon, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Yehudah,

23:46took of that which is under the ban.

23:48And the displeasure of Yahweh burned against the children of Israel.

23:53Now, skipping on down to verse 20 of Joshua chapter 7.

23:57So Akon answered Yehoshua and said,

24:01Truly I have sinned against Yahweh Elohim of Israel, and this is what I did.

24:06When I saw among the spoil a lovely garment from Shinar and two hundred shekels of silver

24:11and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels,

24:14I coveted them and took them.

24:16And see, they are hidden in the ground in the midst of my tent with the silver under it.

24:21Now, in this example, this guy, they were supposed to do away with all that, right?

24:25But he didn't. He saw it and he took some stuff for himself.

24:28He stole that which he did not have the right to.

24:33Now, to his credit, he comes forward and he admits it to Joshua,

24:39who is leading at this point because Moses has already died.

24:43So Joshua is the leader, the mediator at that point.

24:47And he admits to Joshua what he's done.

24:49What I don't have in here, this is an example of the stealing,

24:52but later on, even though he admitted to it and fessed up,

24:55they still took him and all this stuff and stoned him to death.

25:00Then they burnt him and all this stuff and then covered everything with rocks.

25:05So just because you fess up to a theft, which you should do,

25:09it doesn't mean you're going to escape the punishment.

25:12But this is another example of physically taking tangible objects that you really shouldn't

25:19because it's not yours and you have no right to it.

25:22This is a pretty extreme example in scripture.

25:26Then going on to Joshua chapter 7, verse 25.

25:30Oh, here it is.

25:32And Joshua said, Why have you troubled us?

25:34Yahweh does trouble you today.

25:36Then all Israel stoned him with stones,

25:38and they burned them with fire after they had stoned them with stones.

25:41But yeah, that's where they took Akan, even though he fessed up,

25:45and they stoned him, and then they burned him,

25:47and they piled lots of rocks on top of him.

25:50Now moving on to some biblical examples of financial deception or theft.

25:58Genesis chapter 31, verse 7.

26:01Yet your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times,

26:05but Elohim did not allow him to do evil to me.

26:09Now here in this example, some of you probably already know what this story is,

26:13but this is Jacob talking to Rachel about Laban.

26:18And he's telling Rachel that your father, Laban, has changed my wages ten times.

26:23So Laban promised Jacob something for the work he did,

26:27and then he didn't give it to Jacob.

26:29Remember?

26:30Jacob ended up with multiple wives when he really just was trying to work for one.

26:36But Laban changed his wages ten times,

26:40and each time he did that, that's like theft,

26:42because he wasn't trying to make good on his promise that he told to Jacob.

26:48So that's more of like a financial theft or financial deception.

26:53James chapter 5, verse 4.

26:56This is talking about the rich people.

26:58See, the wages of the workmen who mowed your field,

27:01which you kept back, cry out.

27:03And the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of Yahweh of hosts.

27:07So again, taking the wages of the workers is theft,

27:13because they earned it,

27:15and once they earned it, that money is technically theirs.

27:18Even though you still have a hold of it,

27:19it's technically theirs, and by keeping it, that is theft.

27:24So more of an intangible kind of theft and stealing.

27:28Micah chapter 6, verse 10.

27:31Are there still treasures of wrongness in the house of the wrong,

27:35and the short measure that is an abomination?

27:37Would I be innocent with wrong scales and with a bag of false weights?

27:41Proverbs chapter 11, verse 1.

27:44A false scale is an abomination to Yahweh,

27:46but a perfect weight is his delight.

27:50So here, back in a time when they measured things out,

27:54like gold and silver and frankincense, stuff like that,

28:00they would use weights to tell how much it weighed

28:02and then pay by the weight.

28:04Now, if they used false weights or differing weights for different people,

28:07that would be scamming some people

28:09and giving somebody else a good deal.

28:13But that's a form of theft,

28:15a form of financial deception, financial theft,

28:20more of a kind of intangible thing.

28:22See how this stealing goes much more beyond

28:25just the taking of what you can see and hold in your hand.

28:30But using differing measures and weights

28:33is an abomination to Yahweh.

28:36Now, going on to some more examples.

28:40Genesis chapter 37, verse 28.

28:44And men, Midianite traders, passed by,

28:46so they pulled Yosef up and lifted him out of the pit

28:49and sold him to the Ishmaelites for 20 pieces of silver.

28:54And they took Yosef to Mitzrayim.

28:57Now, here we can see we're looking at kidnapping or human trafficking.

29:03And this is a form of theft as well.

29:07You'll see some more examples here in a minute.

29:09But human trafficking, taking someone against their will

29:12and then selling them for your own profit.

29:14You do not have the right to that other person.

29:18And if you don't have the right to them,

29:20you don't have the right to sell them

29:21and make money for your own personal gain.

29:23So human trafficking is a form of theft.

29:26We look at Exodus chapter 21, verse 16.

29:30And he who kidnaps a man and sells him,

29:33or if he is found in his hand,

29:35shall certainly be put to death.

29:38Now, keep this in mind because this form of theft

29:42deserves the death penalty.

29:46Other forms that were like financial,

29:49stuff like that,

29:49they required for punishment a restitution.

29:53Giving back the amount that you took plus extra.

29:56But when it comes to the theft of a human being,

30:00that punishment is the death penalty.

30:04Now, this does not include slavery.

30:07This is just kidnapping and human trafficking.

30:10Slavery is a different subject

30:12that we're actually going to have two dedicated episodes

30:15to coming up here soon.

30:17But this does not include slavery.

30:19So here when it talks about

30:20he who kidnaps a man and sells him,

30:23this is not talking about slavery.

30:24This is just talking about grabbing someone randomly

30:27and then selling them to get you some money in your pocket.

30:32Deuteronomy chapter 24, verse 7.

30:34When a man is found kidnapping any of his brothers

30:37of the children of Israel

30:38and treats him harshly or sells him,

30:42then that kidnapper shall die.

30:45Thus you shall purge the evil from your midst.

30:48So slavery, like I said, is a different thing.

30:52But kidnapping, that requires, or that,

30:57how should I put this?

30:59That incurs the death penalty

31:01as far as punishments go.

31:04But theft is a very serious thing.

31:06Even when it's not the death penalty kind of theft,

31:10even when it's just the,

31:12oh, how should I say this?

31:14Even when it's the tangible financial thing,

31:19we can see it and grab it and feel it.

31:21Even when it's just something like that,

31:22you think is a very small thing.

31:25Death is still a big deal.

31:28And it's such a big deal in the eyes of Scripture.

31:31It's still such a big deal in the eyes of Yahweh

31:33that we go on and look at the letter to the Corinthians

31:36when Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 6, verses 9-10.

31:41Do you not know that the unrighteous

31:43shall not inherit the reign of Elohim?

31:46Do not be deceived.

31:47Neither those who whore, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,

31:50nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves,

31:54nor greedy of gain, nor drunkards, nor revelers,

31:58nor swindlers, shall inherit the reign of Elohim.

32:03John Herod, the kingdom of God.

32:06So, with all these other people,

32:09these total and utterly horrid and horrendous abominations

32:15of sinful people like the effeminate,

32:17like the adulterers, like the homosexuals,

32:20the idolaters, the whores, the drunkards,

32:23amidst all these,

32:24these are included in this list

32:27as part of the people

32:29that will not inherit the reign of God,

32:33the reign of Yahweh.

32:35That's pretty serious.

32:37And another example,

32:39I should have put it in here,

32:40but you know the story fairly well.

32:43Another example of stealing

32:44is when someone steals a spouse,

32:48not just grabbing them up against their will

32:49and taking them away.

32:51No, what I'm talking about here

32:52is the example of David and Bathsheba and Uriah.

32:56David saw Bathsheba,

32:59and he was attracted to her,

33:00and he wanted her.

33:01So, he sent his people out to get her,

33:03and then he did what he wanted to do,

33:06and she ended up pregnant,

33:08and he ended up stealing her away from Uriah

33:11by killing Uriah.

33:14So, this wasn't gold that he stole.

33:16This wasn't a horse that he stole.

33:19This was a human being

33:21who, as far as I can tell,

33:23Bathsheba was complicit in the entire matter.

33:26But David stole Bathsheba from Uriah.

33:30So, that was a theft.

33:32He committed adultery,

33:33and he committed murder.

33:35But even through all of these,

33:38even if you've committed

33:40some of these heinous and abominable acts,

33:43even if you have stolen,

33:44even if you are a thief like David,

33:48there is a chance for forgiveness

33:52and repentance.

33:54Come to Yahweh.

33:55Come to Yeshua.

33:57Be forgiven.

33:58No longer be a thief.

33:59Have that washed away from you

34:01so that you can inherit the reign of Yahweh,

34:05so that you can be there with us

34:06in the end times.

34:08It would be awesome.

34:10Even if you've done this stuff before,

34:12you can be forgiven for it,

34:14and I highly advise you to do so,

34:17to turn away from these evil

34:20and sinful ways of doing things

34:23and go towards the right way of doing things.

34:26In this context,

34:27according to this teaching,

34:29turn away from thieving and stealing,

34:31and instead go towards working

34:33for what you have,

34:35working for what you get,

34:36so that you can provide for yourself,

34:38so you can trust in Yahweh,

34:39and even have extra to give to other people.

34:44In summary,

34:45the command straight up and straightforward,

34:49just as a reminder,

34:50is do not steal,

34:52or thou shalt not steal.

34:54The Hebrew word here for steal

34:56is Strong's H1589,

34:59ghanav, ghanav.

35:03Stealing can involve many things,

35:05including tangible objects,

35:07but stealing can involve direct theft,

35:09I'm sorry, direct theft,

35:12meaning physically taking things,

35:14like if I took a lollipop from you,

35:15that's physical and direct theft.

35:17Kidnapping or human trafficking,

35:19we went over that,

35:21and once again,

35:22human trafficking and kidnapping,

35:23according to scripture,

35:25is a different thing than slavery,

35:27which we'll go over here

35:28in a future episode coming up soon.

35:33Theft and stealing

35:34can also involve fraud and deception,

35:37things that are more intangible,

35:39like financial deception or financial theft,

35:42using false weights and measures,

35:44dishonest wages,

35:45or even withholding wages.

35:47You can actually also rob Yahweh,

35:50and how can you rob Yahweh?

35:51By withholding your tithes,

35:53your offerings,

35:54you're devoting your time,

35:56and your talents,

35:56and things that he has gifted you with.

35:58Stealing and theft can also involve

36:03things like stealing honor or loyalty,

36:06destroying someone's character,

36:08such as the example of Joseph and Potiphar's wife,

36:11because remember,

36:13Potiphar's wife,

36:14she wanted Joseph to lay with her, right?

36:18He wouldn't do it,

36:19so she falsely accused him,

36:20and pretty much accused him of rape,

36:22and that's what got him thrown into the dungeon.

36:26She stole his reputation

36:28by accusing him of rape.

36:31She stole his reputation,

36:32so that is an intangible type of theft there.

36:36Theft disrupts the human relationships

36:39and dishonors Yahweh.

36:41We went over that before.

36:42The first commandment,

36:43love Yahweh with all your heart and soul and being,

36:46and the second is like it,

36:47love your neighbor as yourself.

36:49So, if you steal or you thieve,

36:54you are not loving your neighbor,

36:56and you are not honoring the way

36:58that Yahweh has set up and established.

37:02Thieves will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

37:05So, if you are still a thief,

37:06and you have not been forgiven,

37:08you have not repented of your thieving,

37:10and you're still a thief,

37:12you will not see the kingdom of God,

37:14the kingdom of heaven.

37:15I highly, once again,

37:17advise you to repent,

37:20turn from your ways,

37:21and be cleansed of this sin.

37:25And not stealing is one way

37:27to love your neighbor as yourself.

37:30Remember, we went over that passage

37:32from Romans chapter 13, verse 9.

37:35We're listed out of all those,

37:36including murder and adultery

37:37and stuff like that,

37:38but it says,

37:39do not steal,

37:39and this is how you love your neighbor.

37:43And that's just the God honest truth.

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Is All Stealing the Same in God’s Eyes? - Commandment 8 of 10

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