In this eighth teaching of our Ten Commandments series, we explore what it truly means to honor the commandment “do not steal”. Far beyond the simple act of taking what is not yours, the prohibition against stealing is a summons to cultivate honesty, contentment, and trust in our Creator’s provision.

Join us as we examine the roots of the text and the real-world implications for believers today. We will explore how theft corrodes the fabric of families, communities, and nations. This teaching will equip you with scriptural insights on why stealing is a transgression against both man and Yahweh Himself, real examples of how theft manifests in subtle and overt ways, and encouragement to walk in righteousness, even in a world that prizes gain over godliness.

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In this video, we stand before the words of Yahweh that are still speaking to every beating heart today. Thou shalt not steal. Four simple words, but a mighty call to righteousness. Is stealing just taking another man’s goods, or does it go even deeper than that and go even more nuanced? So stay with us as we search the scriptures, challenge traditions, and see what it really means to obey the 8th commandment of thou shalt not steal.
So this teaching or drash is going to be all about the eighth commandment in our ten commandment series. And of course this commandment is the commandment of do not steal. But before we get into that just want to remind you that like always we have an article post for this particular episode on our website at godhonesttruth.com. And there you can find the on demand video. You’ll find the draw slides that you see here on your screen if you’re watching on a video platform. You’ll also be able to get the notes that we took for this episode and provided for you free of charge and the transcript if that is so helpful for you as well. And you can find all all that on one page on our website at godhonesttruth.com. Simply click on the post on the main page for the episode of Do Not Steal. You’ll be able to get all of that on one page. Now, to make it even easier, we have actually included a link down below in the description. Simply click on that link in the description, and boom, you’re right there with nothing else to do. And that should be down there in the description, whether you’re watching on a video platform or an audio podcasting platform. So, the eighth commandment, do not steal. command itself as it is put to the scriptures 2009 translation that we use here at God honest truth it says straightforward and simply you do not steal of course it’s put in other ways but pretty much the same exact way like we look in the Wcliffe which was the first English or complete English translation of scripture and the Wycliffe states thou shalt not do theft pretty poetic way of doing it. Of course, the King James, which most people are pretty used to and which people like me were raised on. Thou shalt not steal. Those are the kind of commands that really get ingrained in people and they really remember. ISV, you are not to steal. And then the BBE, which I’m not particularly fond of, but I thought it was kind of neat in this one instance. It says, “Do not take the property of another.” Now, as we go through tonight’s draw and this teaching, you’re going to find out that it stealing is not just about tangible things.
And I’m not going to explain all right now because we’re going to get into that as we go on. But the BBE here, the Bible in basic English, not really a translation. It’s more of a paraphrase, but that’s a tangent. It’s not really about taking the property, but taking something tangible or intangible that’s not yours and does not belong to you that you have earned or otherwise. Make sure to stay tuned. Make sure to know have your notes ready because there’s going to be a lot here. And once again, go check out the notes on our website for more information that we even have here in this particular episode. Here is the Strong’s number uh for the word steel here in the eighth commandment. And that is the Strong’s number H1589, Gonav. Goneav. And the outline of biblical usage from blueletterbible.org states it as to steal, steal away, or carry away. And the various types we’ve got here says to steal, to be stolen, to be brought by stealth. Remember that because we’re going to go over certain aspects and nuances of stealing that involve stealth. And then again also to go by stealth. Strong’s definition to thieve meaning literally or even figuratively. To deceive to steal, steal away yet by stealth. Brown driver bricks. To steal, steal away be stolen away by or even steal a person. Keep that in mind as well. Seen as a Hebrew lexicon. To steal, to take away by theft secretly, to deceive, to do by stealth. So, we’ve got not only this simple, you know, take an object someone has that kind of stealing. There’s also the stealth not immediately known kind of stealing as well. Jasrael’s dictionary, the targets to be stolen, kidnapped, to be deceived.
That’s the first one has kidnapped in there, but keep that in mind as we go through. Then, of course, Klein dictionary has it as theft. And if you’d like more information from the dictionaries and lexicons, once again, go check out the notes on godhonesttruth.com for this particular episode. Now, defining stealing even more and not necessarily in such a nerdy way. The Hebrew word ganav means to take away, even secretly, to carry away without consent or to deal deceitfully with. And it encompasses more than just direct stealing. But it does at its very obvious. Well, that’s included. I forgot where I was going with that. But it does include the direct stealing. Like if I come up and took your lollipop, that’d be direct stealing. The theft of tangible goods as it were, the the simple taking of items, not returning borrowed items. Even, you know, most people not even thinking about this. If I borrow your chainsaw to cut up some wood, and I just simply don’t return it. keep it. Well, I didn’t take it from you by force, so it’s not theft in that sense, but it’s something that’s not mine that I got without earning, right? I borrowed it and never returned it. So, that is a form of theft as well. Theft also encompasses fraudulent dealings. You think about this within the marketing realm, within capitalism, the society as a whole kind of thing. But this deals with things like false advertising, manipulative sales tactics and things like that. Theft also encompasses something like financial injustice. And this I know this is starting to get nuanced here, but this is more than what most people think about when they think about do not steal. But financial injustice, what we’re talking about here is withholding wages. If you’re an employer, if you hire the neighbor’s kid to come mow your lawn and you don’t pay them, well, you know, you’re stealing from them because that money is theirs at that point. So, withholding wages is a form of theft using unequal weights and measures, which Bible definitely talks about that we’ll get into here as well.
Theft also encompasses kidnapping and human trafficking. This is also classified as a form of theft under Torah law. And we’ll be getting into that here in just a moment. And various types of theft, according to Torah, require different punishments, some more severe than others, but stay tuned as we go forward. Theft also encompasses things like stealing time, stealing credit, or stealing various ideas. So things that are intangible, not just the tangible, but the intangible as well. Things like this include plagiarism, falsifying time sheets at work, making it seem like you worked more than you did. You’re stealing from your employer by doing such things. The slacking off while at work while being paid to do stuff. Now, if your job includes just slacking off in case you’re needed, that’s one thing. But if you’re supposed to be doing something and you’re slacking off not doing what you’re supposed to do and you’re still getting paid for it, hey, think about it. That really is a type of theft. And just about everyone out there probably knows someone like this. Not going to name names. Theft also encompasses things like stealing someone’s reputation. their name as we went through in a previous episode where name is their the character the reputation which someone is known by. Things like this include slander, gossip, and we’ll get into some biblical examples of that as well. So, make sure to have your notes ready and stay tuned.
In a nutshell, theft really comes down to taking what belongs to another without right or without permission or without earning it or anything like that. And once again, this can come down to things that are both tangible and things that are intangible like time, like salary, things that you’re owed, seeking personal gain through another’s loss. That’s really what theft is in a nutshell. It’s generally a lot of times about greed. I mean, sometimes it can be for survival, but it’s still theft, but seeking personal gain through another’s loss. That’s what theft really boils down to. And like we said before, we reiterating this and kicking I mean beating a dead horse, I guess it is at this point, but a lot of people just go on the surface and they don’t really dig deep to find out even more about what this commandment means. They think of theft as stealing something that you can see and hold and touch like I steal your coffee cup or something like that. No, theft includes physical goods, includes money, property, even a spouse.
You ever think about that, that your spouse could be stolen away? We’ll get into a biblical example of that coming up later, too. But theft also includes intangible things like trust and reputation, trying to steal away someone’s good character, which we’ll get into that as a biblical example.
We’ve got several examples coming up straight from scripture about theft and these various types of theft. So, make sure to stay tuned and stay awake for that. Some various implications of stealing or various implications of theft. Matthew chapter 22:es 37-4.
And Yeshua said to him, “You shall love Yahweh your Elohim with all your heart and with all your being and with all your mind. This is the first and great command. And the second is like it. You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” On these two commands hang all the Torah and prophets. This is something we’re going to be reiterating probably just about every single episode in this ten commandments series. Here Yeshua is pretty much summarizing the entirety of the ten commandments where the first four are about how to love Yahweh and the last six are about how to love your neighbor. And here Yeshua is stating the first command is to love Yahweh with all your heart and being or soul and mind.
And the second is to love your neighbor as yourself. This is pretty much the encompassing of the ten commandments. It gets even spelled out more directly by Paul in his letter to the Romans chapter 13:9.
For this, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not be bear false witness, you shall not covet, and if there is any other command, it is summed up in this word. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. So 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? Well, Paul here goes into detail. And one of the ways that you can love your neighbor as yourself is by not stealing. Simply allowing you to have that lollipop and not stealing it from you. That’s a way of loving you. I mean, just simply refraining from taking it from you. That’s a way of loving you. Now, I could ask you for it and you could give it to me. I could pay you for it. I could work for it. But stealing it is the opposite of loving your neighbor. So, not stealing is a way of loving your neighbor. Theft violates the love for your neighbor. And when you violate the love for your neighbor and you don’t love your neighbor, that has farther implications like how you do or do not love Yahweh. We look at 1 John 5:es 2-3.
By this we know that we love the children of Elohim. When we love Elohim and guard his commands, for this is the love for Elohim, that we guard his commands. And his commands are not heavy. They’re not burdensome. The commandments, all the commandments, not just the 10, but all of the commandments. And what is one of the commandments that Yahweh has given us? It’s do not steal. So, we know that we love Elohim when we follow his commandments. When we do not steal, that’s a way to show Elohim or Yahweh that we love him because we’re obeying his commandments. And by doing so, we’re also loving our neighbor. We’re loving the children of Elohim.
Now, as you see here on the screen, we can also boil this down even more. It says, “Theft violates the principle of loving one neighbor, loving one’s neighbor, and respecting Yahweh’s sovereignty.” Keep 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. But 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 chapter 5, every act of theft is rebellion against the order that Yahweh has established. Obviously, you don’t murder. That is part of the order that Yahweh has established. You do not commit adultery. That is part of the order that Yahweh has established. And it includes not stealing. That is also part of the order that Yahweh has established. It doesn’t matter how much money you have. If someone else has 50 times more money than you, it does not make it okay to go and steal from them. Hopefully people from the government are watching this as well. But anyways, just because someone has more money than you does not make it okay to steal. It’s never okay to steal for any reason.
There’s no okay here in scripture. It just says do not steal.
Plain period, very short. But understanding this because we just saw it’s not just about taking tangible things. It’s also about intangible things as well. It’s also about loving your neighbor. It’s also about loving Yahweh. So, it goes much much deeper than just that one simple quick physical act. Implications of stealing go even further. Theft pretty much implies well, you’re making a statement when you steal stuff. And what are some of these statements that you’re implying or that you’re making? Well, theft implies pretty much that you’re saying that, well, Yahweh has not given me enough. It’s not being thankful for what you have. It’s a sense of greed in reality that you’re wanting more. You’re not trusting in Yahweh to provide for you. And by stealing stuff, you’re pretty much saying, “Well, Yahweh hasn’t given me enough.” And I don’t know about you, but in my life, that has never been the case. See, uh, stealing 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.” as if you’re owed something simply for sucking wind. No, you don’t deserve anything just because you exist. Okay? Go out, earn it, create it, make it, but don’t steal it. And just because you don’t have something doesn’t mean that Yahweh has denied you. It could be delayed or could be a good thing that you don’t have it. But don’t think that Yahweh just automatically denied whatever it is that you want and don’t have. Trust in Yahweh. Be content with what you have and trust in him. And finally, stealing or theft implies that you’re pretty much saying, “Well, my needs and wants and desires justify breaking the Torah.
Justify breaking the established order that Yahweh has put in place.” And I hate to tell you, but you, me, us as humans, we’re small and insignificant.
And in the grand scheme of things, and our needs and our wants and our desires do not in any way trump the Torah, Yahweh’s commands, nothing trumps that. Yahweh’s commands stand supreme. We cannot break those or do away with them. It’s not okay to do that. That’s called sin, by the way. That’s what the Bible defines as sin. Breaking Yahweh’s laws, breaking Yahweh’s commands. So when you steal, you broke the eighth commandment and therefore you have sinned obviously, right? And did you know that scripture even describes the possibility of stealing from Yahweh himself? Malachi 3:es 8-9.
Would a man rob Elohim? Yet you are robbing me. But you said, “And what have you rob? In what have we robbed you?” And the tithe and the offering. You have cursed me with a curse. For you are robbing me, this nation all of it. In Proverbs 3:es 9-10, “Esteem Yahweh with your goods and with the first fruits of all your increase. Then your storehouses shall be filled with plenty, and your vats overflow with new wine.
So, what are some ways that you can actually rob Yahweh? Well, here it’s got the tithes and the offerings. If you don’t tithe or bring the offerings that you’re supposed to be bringing, that 10%, even up to 30% that we discussed in the tithe episode, you don’t bring those tithes and those offerings, you’re pretty much robbing Yahweh because that’s the kind of thing that allows the ministry of Yahweh to go on here on earth. Are we trusting him?
Do we want his ministry and his work to continue here on earth? Well, yeah, he’s all powerful. He can do things here on earth that he wants to do. But he also uses people and those people need various funds and tithes and offerings.
So, in essence, you’re robbing Yahweh when you hold back your tithes and your offerings. What are some other things? I didn’t include it here, but there’s another section in scripture, if you’ll remember. I forget the exact verse, but it talks about not keeping the Sabbaths like they should have. So he sends them into exile unless the land rest for all those number of Sabbaths that it should have been resting before. So the people robbed the land. They robbed Yahweh of these Sabbaths and so he made up for it. But yeah, in a sense you can actually rob Yahweh. We can rob Yahweh through withholding our tithes and offerings like we discussed earlier, refusing to devote our time or our talents to his work. You don’t have to be a teacher or a minister or a missionary to provide and do work for Yahweh. You can do it every single day that you get up regardless of your occupation. when you go to work, when you’re out in society, you can devote time and talent and work for him. You can talk to other people about Yahweh. You can bring people closer to him. You can actually talk with other people about various doctrines and things from scripture and bring them closer to Yahweh’s word, which brings them closer to Yahweh. So you can devote time and talent, your talents and your work regardless of what your occupation or your day-to-day work kind of is. And one can also rob Yahweh through claiming glory that belongs to him alone. This gets deep and really gets heated when we’re talking about things like the uh subject of the Godhead and stuff like that. So, we won’t get into really deep on this, but anyone who claims glory that belongs to Yahweh himself, that’s trying to rob Yahweh of his glory. And sometimes it actually does because it confuses people and takes that worship away from him. Do not claim glory that belongs to Yahweh alone. Not good stuff. Very, very not good stuff.
So, let’s go on and move into some scriptural examples. here. We mentioned a couple of them just in passing earlier, but let’s go ahead and look at them for ourselves in black and white.
First up, Genesis 31 19. And when Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rael stole the house idols and that were her fathers. So, you all probably know this story pretty by heart, but here Rachel steals the idols from her father, Laban, as they’re leaving with Jacob to go back to his land, right? This is direct stealing. It’s the stealing that we all think about. Just taking of a tangible object from someone else that doesn’t belong to them. Rachel stole the idols that were labs. Judges 17:es 1-2. And there was a man from the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Mikahu. And he said to his mother, “The 1100 pieces of silver that were taken from you and on which you put a curse, even saying it in my ears. Look, the silver is mine. I took it.” And his mother said, “Blessed of Yahweh be my son.” So here you got a mother and a son. And the son took his mother’s silver. Sounds like a lot of silver. 1100 pieces. But the son took his mother’s silver and he admits to it and gives his the silver back to his mother. But here’s another example of theft. This a direct taking of a tangible thing that doesn’t belong to you and it’s not yours. Again, Joshua 7:1, but the children of Israel committed a trespass regarding that which is under the ban. For Akan, son of Ki, son of Zabdi, son of Zera, of the tribe of Yehuda, took of that which is under the ban, and the displeasure of Yahweh burned against the children of Israel. Now, skipping on down to verse 20 of Joshua chapter 7. So Akan answered Yahosua and said, “Truly, I have sinned against Yahweh Elohim of Israel, and this is what I did. When I saw among the spoil a lovely garment from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing 50 shekels, I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the ground in the midst of my tent with the silver under it.” Now, in this example, this guy, they were supposed to do away with all that, right? But he didn’t. and he saw it and he took some stuff for himself. He stole that which he did not have the right to. Now to his credit, he comes forward and he admits it to Joshua who is leading at this point because Moses has already died. So Joshua is the leader, the mediator at that point and he admits to Joshua what he’s done. Well, I don’t have it in here. This is example of the stealing. But later on, even though he admitted to it and fessed up, they still took him and all this stuff and stoned him to death. Then they burnt him and all this stuff and then covered everything with rocks. So just because you fess up to a theft, which you should do, it doesn’t mean you’re going to escape the punishment.
But this is another example of physically taking tangible objects that you really shouldn’t because it’s not yours and you have no right to it. This is a pretty extreme example in scripture. Then going on to Joshua 7 verse 25. Oh, here it is. And Yeshua said, “Why have you troubled us? Yahweh does trouble you today.” Then all Israel stoned him with stones and they burned them with fire after they had stoned them with stones. So yeah, that’s where they took Akan even though he fessed up and they stoned him and then they burned him and they piled lots of rocks on top of him.
Now moving on to some biblical examples of financial deception or theft. Genesis 31 verse 7. Yet your father has deceived me and changed my wages 10 times, but Elohim did not allow him to do evil to me. Now, here in this example, some of you probably already know what this story is, but this is Jacob talking to Rachel about Laban. He’s telling Rachel that your father Laban has changed my wages 10 times. So, Laban promised Jacob something for the work he did and then he didn’t give it to Jacob. Remember, Jacob ended up with multiple wives when he really just was trying to work for one. But he changed Lab even changed his wages 10 times. And each time he did that, that’s like theft because he wasn’t trying to make good on his promise that he told to Jacob. So that’s more of like a financial theft or financial deception. James 5:4, this is talking about the rich people. See the wages of the workmen who mowed your field which you kept back cry out and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of Yahweh of host.
So again taking the wages of the workers is theft because they earned it and once they earned it that money is technically theirs even though you still have a hold of it it’s technically theirs and by keeping it that is theft. So more of an intangible kind of theft and stealing.
Ma Micah chapter 6 verse 10. Are there still treasures of wrongness in the house of the wrong and the short measure that is an abomination? Would I be innocent with wrong scales and with a bag of false weights? Proverbs 11:1. A false scale is an abomination to Yahweh, but a perfect weight is his delight. So here back in the time when they measure things out like gold and silver and frankincense stuff like that they would use weights to tell how much it weighed and then pay by the weight. Now if they used false weights or differing weights for different people that would be scamming some people and doing a good giving somebody else a good deal but that’s a form of theft form of financial deception. financial theft, more of a kind of intangible thing. See how this stealing goes much more beyond just the taking of what you can see and hold in your hand. But using differing measures and weights is an abomination to Yahweh.
Now going on to some more examples. Genesis 37 28. And men, Medidianite traders passed by. So they pulled Yseph up and lifted him out of the pit and sold him to the IshRaelites for 20 pieces of silver. And they took Yseph to Mitzraim.
Now here we can see we’re looking at kidnapping or human trafficking. And this is a form of theft as well. You’ll see some more examples here in a minute, but human trafficking, taking someone against their will and then selling them for your own profit. you do not have the right to that other person and if you don’t have the right to them, you don’t have the right to sell them and make money for your own personal gain. So, human trafficking is a form of theft. We look at Exodus 21:16.
And he who kidnaps a man and sells him or if he is found in his hand shall certainly be put to death. Now, keep this in mind because this form of theft deserves the death penalty. Other forms that were like financial stuff like that, they required for punishment a restitution, giving back the amount that you took plus extra. But when it comes to the theft of a human being, that punishment is the death penalty. Now, this does not include slavery. This is just kidnapping and human trafficking. Slavery is a different subject that we’re actually going to have two dedicated episodes to coming up here soon. But this does not include slavery. So, here when it talks about he who kidnaps a man and sells him, this is not talking about slavery.
This is just talking about grabbing someone randomly and then selling them to get you some money in your pocket.
Deuteronomy 24:7. When a man is found kidnapping any of his brothers of the children of Israel and treats him harshly or sells him, then that kidnapper shall die. Thus, you shall purge the evil from your midst. So, slavery, like I said, is a different thing. But kidnapping that requires or that how should I put this?
That incurs the death penalty as far as punishments go. But theft is a very serious thing. Even when it’s not the death penalty kind of theft, even when it’s just the oh, how should I say this? Even when it’s the tangible financial thing, we can see it and grab it and feel it. Even when it’s just something like that that you think is a very small thing, theft is still a big deal. And it’s such a big deal in the eyes of scripture. is still such a big deal in the eyes of Yahweh that we go on and look at the letter to the Corinthians when Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 6:es 9-10. Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the reign of Elohim? Do not be deceived. Neither those who nor idolattors, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor greedy of gain, nor drunkards, nor revelers, nor swindlers, shall inherit the reign of Elohim, shall inherit the kingdom of God. So with all these other people, these total and utterly horrid and horrendous abominations of sinful people like the effeminate, like the adulterers, like the homosexuals, the idolattors, the the drunkards. Amidst all these, these are included in this list as part of the people that will not in inherit the reign of God, the reign of Yahweh. That’s pretty serious. And another example, should have put it in here, but you know the story fairly well. Another example of stealing is when someone steals a spouse. Not just grabbing them up against their will and taking them away. No, what I’m talking about here is the example of David and Basheba and Uriah. David saw Basheba and he was attracted to her and he wanted her. So he sent his people out to get her and then he did what he’s wanting to do and she ended up pregnant and he ended up stealing her away from Uriah by killing Uriah. So this wasn’t gold that he stole. This wasn’t a horse that he stole. This was a human being who, as far as I can tell, Basheba was complicit in the entire matter. But David stole Basheba from Uriah. So that was a theft. He committed adultery and he committed murder. But even through all of these, even if you’ve committed some of these heinous and abominable acts, even if you have stolen, even if you are a thief like David, there is a chance for forgiveness and repentance. Come to Yahweh. Come to Yeshua. Be forgiven. No longer be a thief. have that washed away from you so that you can inherit the reign of Yahweh so you can be there with us in the end times be awesome. Even if you’ve done this stuff before, you can be forgiven for it. And I highly advise you to do so to turn away from these evil and sinful ways of doing things and go towards the right way of doing things. In this context, according to this teaching, turn away from thieving and stealing and instead go towards working for what you have, working for what you get so that you can provide for yourself, so you can trust in Yahweh and even have extra to give to other people. In summary, the command straight up and straightforward, just as a reminder, is do not steal or thou shalt not steal.
The Hebrew word here for steel is Strong’s H1589. Ganav gave.
Stealing can involve many things, including tangible objects. But stealing can involve direct thft, I’m sorry, direct theft, meaning physically taking things like if I took a lollipop from you, that’s physical and direct theft.
Kidnapping or human trafficking. We went over that. And once again, human trafficking and kidnapping according to scripture is a different thing than slavery, which we’ll go over here in a future episode coming up soon. Theft can and stealing can also involve fraud and deception, things that are more intangible like financial deception or financial theft using false weights and measures, dishonest wages, or even withholding wages. You can actually also rob Yahweh. And how can you rob Yahweh? By withholding your tithes, your offerings. You’re devoting your time and your talents and things that he has gifted you with.
Stealing and theft can also involve things like stealing honor or loyalty, destroying someone’s character, such as the example of Joseph and Potifer’s wife. Because remember Pottifer’s wife, she wanted Joseph to lay with her, right? He wouldn’t do it. So she falsely accused him and pretty much accused him of rape and that’s what got him thrown into the dungeon. She stole his reputation by accusing him of rape. She stole his reputation. So that is an intangible type of theft there. Theft disrupts the human relationships and dishonors Yahweh. We went over that before. The first commandment, love Yahweh with all your heart and soul and being. And the second is like it. Love your neighbor as yourself.
So if you steal or you thieve, you are not loving your neighbor and you are not honoring the way that Yahweh has set up and established. Thieves will not enter the kingdom of heaven. So if you are still a thief and you have not been forgiven, you have not repented of your thieving and you’re still a thief, you will not see the kingdom of God, the kingdom of heaven. I highly once again advise you to repent, turn from your ways, and be cleansed of this sin. And not stealing is one way to love your neighbor as yourself. Remember, we went over that passage from Romans chapter 13:9.
Were listed out all those including murder and adultery and stuff like that, but it says, “Do not steal, and this is how you love your neighbor.” And that’s just the God honest truth.