WELCOME TO PINE GROVE CHURCH OF CHRIST Pine Grove Church of Christ – 02/06/11

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WELCOME TO PINE GROVE CHURCH OF CHRIST Pine Grove Church of Christ – 02/06/11

Introduction  John 8:11-12 –  (11) “And Jesus said to her, ‘Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”  (12) “Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

SIN NO MORE… STEALING Pine Grove Church of Christ – 02/06/11

Sin No More… STEALING  Definition of Stealing:  to take the property of another without permission or right, secretly or by force  the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods or property of another  Legal: to take or appropriate without right or consent and with intent to keep or make use of  thievery, smuggle, burglarize, rip off, rob  Thief, Burglar, Robber, Smuggler, Cheat

Sin No More… STEALING  You Shall Not Steal

You Shall Not Steal  Exodus 20:1-17 –  “You shall not steal.”  Exodus 22:1-14 –  “If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and slaughters it or sells it, he shall restore five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.”

You Shall Not Steal  Leviticus 19:11-13 –  (11) “You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.”  (13) “You shall not cheat your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of him who is hired shall not remain with you all night until morning.”

You Shall Not Steal  Matthew 7:12 –  “Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.”  Matthew 22:35-40 –  “And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Sin No More… STEALING  You Shall Not Steal  Old Testament Passages

Old Testament Passages  Psalm 50:16-23 –  “Seeing you hate instruction and cast My words behind you? When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have been a partaker with adulterers.”  Proverbs 11:1 –  “Dishonest scales are an abomination to the Lord, But a just weight is His delight.”

Old Testament Passages  Jeremiah 7:9-15 –  “Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know”

Old Testament Passages  Micah 2:1-5 –  “Woe to those who devise iniquity”  “They covet fields and take them by violence, also houses, and seize them. So they oppress a man and his house”  “Behold, against this family I am devising disaster”

Old Testament Passages  Micah 6:11-13 –  “Shall I count pure those with the wicked scales, and with the bag of deceitful weights?”  “Therefore I will also make you sick by striking you, by making you desolate because of your sins.”

Old Testament Passages  Zechariah 5:3-4 –  “This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole earth: ‘Every thief shall be expelled”

Sin No More… STEALING  You Shall Not Steal  Old Testament Passages  New Testament Passages

New Testament Passages  Matthew 19:16-19 –  “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?”  “keep the commandments”  “You shall not steal”

New Testament Passages  Mark 11:15-18 –  “It is not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it a ‘den of thieves.”

New Testament Passages  Romans 2:21 –  “You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal?”

New Testament Passages  Romans 13:8-10 –  “You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.”

New Testament Passages  I Peter 4:12-19 –  “But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a busybody in other people’s matters”

Sin No More… STEALING  You Shall Not Steal  Old Testament Passages  New Testament Passages  The End of Stealing

The End of Stealing  II Thessalonians 1:7-9 –  “in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

The End of Stealing  I Corinthians 6:9-11 –  “Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.”

Sin No More… STEALING  You Shall Not Steal  Old Testament Passages  New Testament Passages  The End of Stealing  Example of Achan

Example of Achan  Joshua 6:17-19 –  (18) “by all means abstain from the accursed things, lest you become accursed when you take of the accursed things, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.”  (19) “But all the silver and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are consecrated to the Lord; they shall come into the treasury of the Lord.”

Example of Achan  Joshua 7:10-26 –  (11) “Israel has sinned… For they have even taken some of the accursed things, and have both stolen and deceived; and they have also put it among their own stuff.”  (15) “Then it shall be that he who is taken with the accursed thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he has done a disgraceful thing in Israel.”

Sin No More… STEALING  You Shall Not Steal  Old Testament Passages  New Testament Passages  The End of Stealing  Example of Achan  We Must Put Away Stealing & Labor/Work

Put Away Stealing & Labor/Work  Ephesians 4:28 –  “Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.”

Put Away Stealing & Labor/Work  II Thessalonians 3:10 –  “For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.”

Put Away Stealing & Labor/Work  I Timothy 5:8 –  “But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”

Put Away Stealing & Labor/Work  Colossians 3:22-24 –  “And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.”

Conclusion  Stealing is sin & we must treat it that way.  Stealing is serious.  Steal involves harming our neighbor.  Stealing separates us from God, from God’s blessings, and from God’s promises.  Stealing will keep us out of heaven.  We are to work with our hands that we may be able to provide for our family & help another in need.  We are to love our neighbor as ourselves and seek to do good to all men.

Conclusion  Ephesians 4:28 –  “Let him who stole steal no longer”

God’s Plan of Salvation  Hear the Word of God (Acts 2:22)  Believe in Jesus (John 8:24)  Repent of Sins (Acts 17:30)  Confess Faith in Christ (Matthew 10:32)  Be Baptized in Water (Acts 2:38)  Remain Faithful & Grow(II Peter 3:18)  If err, repent and pray to God (I John 1:9)

Lord’s Supper  Partaking of the Bread:  Matthew 26:26 –  “Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, ‘Take, eat; this is my body”

Lord’s Supper  Partaking of the Fruit of the Vine:  Matthew 26:27-28 –  “Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, ‘Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins”

THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS EVENING! PLEASE COME BACK WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 7PM FOR BIBLE STUDY! Pine Grove Church of Christ – 02/06/11