God Demands Truth Exodus 20:16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.” Consider the grace and kindness of God: He believes that you deserve truth. So He reveals Himself to us, in the creation, by His Word, and in our Lord Jesus Christ, showing us in so many and varied ways ...
Standing Squarely for Truth Exodus 20:16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.” God is truth, the apostle reminds us (1 John 4:8), a proposition no Christian will deny. But more to the point for many of us is Pilate’s question, “What is truth?” Many believers today have their view ...
Launched on a Trajectory Exodus 20:15; Deuteronomy 5:19 “You shall not steal.” Exodus 22:6 “If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, he who started the fire shall make full restitution.” Show of hands: How many of you would ...
Full Restitution Exodus 20:15; Deuteronomy 5:19 “You shall not steal.” Exodus 22:6 “If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, he who started the fire shall make full restitution.” How many times have I done or said something that ...
Mess Up, ‘Fess Up, Clean Up–Grow Up Exodus 20:15; Deuteronomy 5:19 “You shall not steal.” Exodus 22:6 “If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, he who started the fire shall make full restitution.” “It’s not my fault!” “I ...
Patch Work? Exodus 20:15; Deuteronomy 5:19 “You shall not steal.” Exodus 22:6 “If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, he who started the fire shall make full restitution.” The commandment prohibiting stealing sanctifies the property and wellbeing ...
Care and Caution Exodus 20:15; Deuteronomy 5:19 “You shall not steal.” Exodus 22:6 “If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, he who started the fire shall make full restitution.” One of the principles embedded in Exodus 22:6 ...
Take Responsibility Exodus 20:15; Deuteronomy 5:19 “You shall not steal.” Love for our neighbors requires that we be prepared to take responsibility for any of our actions that may bring harm to our neighbors or their property. Because we aren’t always as careful about this as we should be, or we don’t ...
Unintended Consequences Exodus 20:15; Deuteronomy 5:19 “You shall not steal.” There is more to the prohibition against stealing than merely resisting the temptation to take what doesn’t belong to us. Implied in each negative commandment is a positive duty to show love for our neighbors. In the eighth commandment we show love ...
Examine Yourself Exodus 20:14 “You shall not commit adultery.” If we do nothing to roll back the floodtide of sexual adventurism and repair the hedge of the seventh commandment, we will never be able to realize the full beauty of this great gift as God intended it. Ask the Lord to convict ...