
In today’s climate of turmoil and uncertainty, threatening and incapacitating feelings run rampant. Yet the God who created your emotions has also given you everything you need to navigate them. The Bible paints relatable and resonant portraits of women and men struggling with grief, anger, guilt, and despair—and provides divine wisdom for transforming your emotional trials into spiritual triumphs.
Scriptures: Exodus 20:15, Ephesians 4:28, Job 34:21-22, Amos 8:5, Malachi 3:8-9, Acts 20:33-35, Philippians 4:19, Matthew 6:31-33
If you have broken any of the prior seven commandments, you've automatically broken the eighth commandment. This is a commandment that God ever gave to the family and to the home for a reason. One of the greatest lesson parents will ever teach children is how to live with honesty and integrity--and that is what this commandment does in four short words. In this message, Dr. Merritt details how respecting the property of others and acting honestly in all our ways is a character trait that God greatly admires.
"It doesn't matter whether it is by gunpoint in broad daylight or by breaking through a window in the darkness of night we can steal from other people. It doesn't matter to God whether it is a piece of candy or a piece of jewelry, whether it is a dime or a dollar. It doesn't matter whether the person you are taking it from is rich or not. It is stealing and God condemns it." --Dr. Merritt
Keywords: law, God, commandments, guidelines, eighth, eight, steal, thief, take, honesty, Moses, Mt. Sinai
Pastors Edge provides Bible preachers and teachers with ready-to-use resources and materials based on the preaching of Dr. James Merritt, Senior Pastor at Cross Pointe Church in Duluth, GA and host of the international broadcast ministry Touching Lives.