The Eighth Commandment – A Kingdom Catechism

The Eighth Commandment

A Kingdom Catechism

God is Lord of all property, and we are His stewards.

Q 109: What is the eighth commandment?

A 109: The eighth commandment is, “You shall not steal.”(Exod. 20:15; Deut. 5:19)

The eighth commandment ensures that each person shall be allowed to possess personal property and to use that property as a trust from the Lord. No one has the right to violate the property rights of others. To do so is to sin against God, by, in effect, condemning His manner of distributing property, and against our neighbor, by obstructing his right of property and practice of stewardship.

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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.