You Shall Not Steal

Topics covered include:

- Stealing from your employer

- Rampant shoplifting

- Pastors aren't immune

- "The Thief comes to steal, kill and destroy."

- Bearing the image of the Devil

- The parable of the Sower

- "Give me Barrabbas!"

- What the Targums say

- Judas Iscariot, the anointing oil and the money box

- Stealing from God

- Nehemiah, the tithes and the Levites

- The Patriarchs and the tithe

- Thieves will not inherit the Kingdom of God

- "Give us this day our daily bread."

- Advice from John the Baptizer

- Learn to be content

- The righteous shows mercy and gives

Bible Verses:

- Exodus 20:15

- John 10:10

- Matthew 13:19

- Matthew 27:16, 20-21

- Proverbs 29:24

- John 12:4, 6

- Malachi 3:7-10

- Nehemiah 13:9-11

- Genesis 14:20

- Genesis 28:20,22

- 1 Corinthians 6:9-10

- Proverbs 30:8-9

- Luke 3:9-12, 14

- 1 Timothy 6:6, 8-9

- Ephesians 4:28

- Psalms 37:21

Other sources:

- Old Republic Surety - Better Business Bureau, employee theft

statistics

- Deep Sentinel - Shoplifting statistics (2022)

- Headline - Large Florida Church Removes Pastor for Stealing

From Offerings - Julie Roys, January 11, 2022

- Headline - Louisianna Pastor Pleads Guilty to Stealing Nearly

$900,000 From Church and School - The New York Times

- Thumbnail Headline - Miami-Dade Pastor Accused of Stealing

Money, Home Belonging to Elderly Couple - Terrell Fornoy, December 16, 2022

- Headline - Retired Pastor Accused of Stealing More than $350K

From Northside Church, CBSNews Pittsburgh, Chris Hoffman, May 3, 2022

- Headline - Chicago Pastor Steals $1 Million From Church Funds

to Buy a New Bently, Uncategorized, Black Enterprise, January 31, 2020

- Targum Neofiti - Exodus 20:15