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What does God tell us to do
about the crime of STEALING?
God teaches us to practice restitution—to pay back the person whose belongings were wrongly taken. “If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore FIVE oxen for an ox, and FOUR sheep for a sheep” (Holy Bible, Exodus 22:1, KJV).
The principle that God gives is:
If someone steals something, and destroys or sells it, then he has to pay back the owner FOUR to FIVE times the value.
1) If a child steals a $1.50 candy bar, and opens it before he gets caught, then the child has to pay the store 4 to 5 times the value ($6.00 to $7.50). It would have been a lot cheaper to buy it honestly.
2) If a young man tries on a pair of $120 shoes, and then walks out of the store wearing them, and gets them dirty before being caught, then he has to pay back the store 4 to 5 times the value ($480 to $600).
3) If a man steals a $50,000 truck and damages it, then he has to pay back the owner 4 to 5 times the value ($200,000 to $250,000).
Do you think that following God’s instructions would deter stealing?
If something is stolen, and it can be returned with no harm done, then he has to pay back the owner DOUBLE the value.
“If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore DOUBLE” (Holy Bible, Exodus 22:4, KJV).
Not opening the candy bar—restitution is $3. Not harming the shoes—restitution is $240. Not harming the truck—restitution is $100,000. God’s way works!
What does God say to do
about the crime of MURDER?
God tells us in the Bible, “The murderer shall surely be put to death” (Holy Bible, Numbers 35:17, KJV). But what if the wrong person is blamed for it? To prevent that, God teaches us, “At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death” (Holy Bible, Deuteronomy 17:6, KJV).
What does God say to do about the crime of KIDNAPPING?
“And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death” (Holy Bible, Exodus 21:16, KJV).
What does God say to do about the crime of SODOMY?
“If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them” (Holy Bible, Leviticus 20:13, KJV).
There is one more person
that deserves to die.
Each one of us. Yes, that is true. “For ALL HAVE SINNED, and come short of the glory of God” (Holy Bible, Romans 3:23, KJV). And the punishment for our sin is death. “For the WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Holy Bible, Romans 6:23, KJV).
What gift is this that God is offering to us? A pardon.
“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our GOD, for
HE WILL ABUNDANTLY PARDON” (Holy Bible, Isaiah 55:7, KJV). “Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live” (Holy Bible, Ezekiel 33:11a, KJV). “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, CHRIST DIED FOR US” (Holy Bible, Romans 5:8, KJV).
How do we accept His pardon? Turn from your sinful way to God right now, and call upon Him to forgive you, and to cleanse you, and to save you.
Jesus is the Son of God, God Almighty in the flesh, the Creator of heaven and earth. Jesus is the true Savior—He died on the cross for you, and gave His pure, sinless blood to pay your sin debt. Jesus arose from the grave the third day, proving that His blood fully paid for your sins. To be SAVED, you must CALL upon JESUS from your HEART. “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Holy Bible, Romans 10:9,13, KJV).
After we ask the Lord Jesus Christ to save us, then God instructs us to openly confess Him by getting baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. When we go under the water, it pictures death to the old life of sin, and when we come up out of the water, it pictures a new life serving the Lord.
Yes, I just asked the Lord Jesus Christ to save me, and I desire to now live for Him.
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