Saturday, July 25, 2009

Stealing

I have a thought. To not offer someone something that they need, to me, if a form of stealing from them. The reason is because, the Bible says, “He who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins” (James 4:17). If you know someone who needs a job and you have a job for them for pay, to offer them the job would help them, to not, means that you have withheld from them something that could have helped them. In the same way, if you know someone has no bread and you have a piece of bread to offer, why would you keep it? To me, you steal when you know that someone is hungry and you did not even offer a piece of bread to them. This is serious. Jesus said, “I am the bread of life.” Bread symbolizes fellowship with him. You have not only stolen food, but fellowship with the Lord. For the Christian body to withhold bread would seem to be an even greater offence because we all make up the body. To me, no matter how little you have you can always offer a piece of bread to someone. There is no excuse and the penalty may cost you your life with Jesus, forever. "Thou shalt not steal” (Exodus 20:15).
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