The Basis for the Eighth Commandment – A Kingdom Catechism

The Basis for the Eighth Commandment

A Kingdom Catechism

We must not presume to “correct” God.

Q 110: What is the basis for the eighth commandment?

A 110: The basis for the eighth commandment is that the earth is the Lord’s and everything in it, and men are called to be stewards unto the Lord over all that has been entrusted to them. (Ps. 24:1; Matt. 25:14-30)

God is sovereign in the distribution of His property. No one should presume to “correct” God or to impede his neighbor’s practice of stewardship by usurping his property in any unlawful way. To do so is to violate love for God and neighbor and to put oneself in the place of God as Lord of property.

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In the Gates is a devotional series on the Law of God by Rev. T.M. Moore, editor of the Worldview Church. He serves as dean of the Centurions Program of the Wilberforce Forum and principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. He is the author or editor of twenty books, and has contributed chapters to four others. His essays, reviews, articles, papers, and poetry have appeared in dozens of national and international journals, and on a wide range of websites. His most recent books are The Ailbe Psalter and The Ground for Christian Ethics (Waxed Tablet).

Scripture quotations in this article are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, (c) copyright 2001, 2007 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.