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What does the BIBLE say about Stealing

The thief Jesus is referring to in this scripture is Satan, himself. The Lord contrasts the work of the devil as stealing, killing and destroying, while the work of the Lord is to bring abundant life to His people. Notice that a thief doesn't stop at the one sin of stealing, but rather progresses on to kill and destroy. Many people do not realize that what they think as just taking seemingly little things, can lead to taking bigger things and ultimately one becomes a thief. The "little fox" of stealing the towels from the motel, shoplifting small items, and keeping things that do not belong them, could lead to a dangerous pattern which could eventually lead to one being imprisoned for theft.

Shoplifting alone costs our businesses enormous amounts of money which causes all consumers to have to pay higher prices for goods. When a nation stoops to thievery in any form, it hurts all the people. In recent news articles, we have seen how thievery on a national level has jeopardized the safety of our whole country because of people stealing our national secrets and selling them to our potential enemies. We must pray for this element of sin in our society to be removed. We, as Christians, know this can only happen through the Lord changing men's hearts and giving them power over the sin in their lives. We must pray for revival in our nation so that honor and honest will prevail in our national life.

We must also check our own lives to see if we are failing God by yielding to stealing or cheating. We may not realize that some of the things we do constitute just that -- stealing. However, we don't recognize it as such. Here is a small checklist of some of things that would classify us as a thief:

This is just a short list but it will serve as a checklist for some people who only think of thievery as someone who robs a bank and is guilty of extortion. Our world is full of thieves at every level as there are scam artists who talk people out of their money everyday. They particularly prey on the elderly and have been able to rob many of them of their entire life savings. We must ask the Lord for an honest heart in the little areas of our lives as the small dishonest things we do can lead to larger sins that we would regret later. Don't let the "little fox" of stealing be one of the things that would bring dishonor to the Lord.