STEALING
BY LIES: NOT ALLOWED
Memorise:
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and
whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their
part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second
death. Revelation 21:8
Read: Revelations 21:7-8
, 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
, 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
8 But the fearful, and
unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and
sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake
which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Bible
in one year: Deuteronomy 21:15-23:14, Philippians 3:1-4:1
In a particular church, some children and
teenagers were asked to contribute some money for a specific purpose to their
coordinator. After a while, the money contributed disappeared into thin air,
and what was promised was never delivered. That is stealing! Such fraudulent
actions can take Heaven away from its perpetrators. If you are guilty of such
an act, go back and restitute, even if you have moved from that place to
another. Do you know that some people need to restitute some items (for
example, church-owned hymn books) and money to the churches they once attended
in the past? Wherever you have a restitution to make, go and do so for the sake
of making Heaven.
Moreover, stealing comes in different shades.
Have you lied while filling your tax forms by declaring less than what you
earn? You have defrauded the government. Do you have something that belongs to
the government in your custody? Return it! Did you join others to share the
proceeds of bribery, illegitimate deals and extortion in your office? Return
it! Have you stolen a position from the rightful candidate through lying or
mudslinging? Go and restitute your ways. Anything you fraudulently acquire must
be returned to the rightful owner.
“The
getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them
that seek death.” Proverbs 21:6
As a dealer in used cars, do you tamper with
the mileage figures of cars you sell just to deceive potential buyers? Repent.
When asked to supply some goods in a contract, do you look for fairly use ones,
refurbish them and present them as brand new? Restitute! When you go for a
course outside your place of residence, do you lie that you lodged in an
expensive hotel, whereas you stayed in a cheaper hotel or even lodged with a
friend or relative? Do you falsify figures? Some pastors manipulate attendance
to enhance their periodic performance assessment. If you can deceive man, can
you deceive God? Even if you succeed with that deception and get what you
wanted, does God’s silence equal divine approval? Restitution is putting to
rest something that is experiencing unrest. Until you restitute a pending
matter, there can never be rest, no matter what else is done. God wants you
holy. It must be His way and not yours.
Key
point
Every
lie told is not gone into oblivion; rather, it is only waiting somewhere to
implicate the liar.
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