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This is our third and final study through the Ten Commandments. The first four commandments were about relationship to God Himself. In Exodus 19 God said, “I carried you on eagle’s wings and brought you to Myself that you might be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” He has also called us to be a kingdom of priests and holy people. He wants to show them what it means to walk in faith as the people of God.

Jesus said the Law and Prophets can be summed up by the two greatest commandments: love the Lord your God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength and love your neighbor as yourself. These two great commandments are also seen in the Ten Commandments.

Today we look at the last three of the Ten Commandments. There is an aspect of faith in applying these last three. It has to do with trusting God as the source of your life.

Where does life come from? God gives life, the ability to breath, to work, to live from day to day. But there is a deeper definition of life. Jesus said, “The enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy, but I have come that you have life and have it abundantly.” Jesus is speaking of life that’s deeper than simply breathing and working and living day to day. There’s more to life than that. It’s life that comes when the soul is filled with the life of God and there is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

These last three commandments say, “Trust God as your source of life.”

 God gave these commandments to Israel for their benefit. They are given for our benefit as well.

 Though we are not under law, but under grace, these commandments give us God’s heart.

 Each of these reflects the heart of God’s holiness and righteousness and it’s to our benefit to understand what God is saying in each one of these commandments and how they should be applied to our lives.

I. Do Not Steal
 There is an assumption in this commandment that we have the right of ownership of things.
 In contrast, Karl Marx believed that private ownership was the root of many evils in society. In the Marxist doctrine, the answer to the ills of private ownership was state ownership of everything. The result was communism.
 Any society that allows stealing will turn into chaos.
Illus – Several years ago Matthew traveled to the DRC. As he was going through the final inspection of his luggage at the airport, it turned into chaos when airport workers just helped themselves to whatever they wanted out of his luggage.
 This is the only commandment that is open-ended; there is no indication at all what we are prohibited from stealing. Which therefore suggests that we are not to steal anything that belongs to someone else.

 There are two general categories of stealing. First, taking physical property which belongs to someone else, and second, taking anything that’s not tangible, like a person’s reputation, or trust, or dignity or intellectual property.

A. Stealing is selfish

 This commandment presupposes that after the fall of man, the condition of the heart would be that of selfishness, of placing our own wants and desires above concern for others.
 The one who steals is favoring himself at others’ expense. It’s a shortcut to satisfy greed.
 Stealing of course hurts others, it also hurts the one who steals. You are robbing yourself of character and integrity - which are of great value.
Proverbs 22:1, A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches.
B. Deceiving the mind is the root of stealing
 In order to steal, a person must transform his mind into justifying it. He must find a way to make that which is bad sound good to himself.
 In other words, he must convince himself of his goodness. Who is he talking to? To himself. This person must neutralize the values that would otherwise keep him from doing wrong.
 There are many lies people tell themselves. They fall into several categories.

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