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Sep 10, 2017

#8 - How to Prosper with a Clear Conscience

Passage: Exodus 20:15

Preacher: Pastor Tim W. Young

Series: Ten Commandments - Ten Steps to the Good Life

Category: Exodus

Summary:

Main Text - Exodus 20:15; WLC 140, 141, 142; NT Reading - Luke 10:25-37; Heidelberg Catechism Questions 110-111

Detail:

Ten Steps to the Good Life – 9/10/2017

#8– How to Proper with a Clear conscience

Exodus 20:15  “You shall not steal.

 

  1. You Won’t Prosper With a Clear Conscience If You Say “What’s Yours Is Mine”

 

               - This is the attitude of the________________    Luke 10:30

                               

                - Why is this wrong?   

 

                                – Lev 6:1-6

                              – Acts 5:3-4

 

                - What is forbidden –  

              

  1. You Won’t Proper With a Clean Conscience If You Say “What’s Mine Is Mine”

 

               - This is the attitude of the______________________    Luke 10:31-32

                             

               - Why is this wrong?  

                              1 Thessalonians 4:11  

                              2 Thessalonians 3:6-12 

 

               This attitude can lead to…

                              Luke 16:19

 

  1. You Can Prosper With a Clear conscience if You Say “What Is Mine Is Yours”

 

     - This is the attitude of the____________________ – vss 33- 35  

 

     - This is the attitude God blesses…

              

               - What’s mine is GOD’s

 

                              Psalm 24:1  

                              1 Corinthians 4:7  

 

               - I will be….

                              Isaiah 45:6-7    

                              1 Timothy 6:6-10   

 

               - I will use what God has given me…

                             

                              I will give _____________________  – Mal 3:8

 

                              I will share ___________________            Ephesians 4:28  

 

Perhaps you are the worst kind of thief?    John 10:1-4

 

Westminster Larger Catechism

http://www.paullytle.com/WLC/index.html    with Scripture Proofs from the ESV

http://www.reformed.org/documents/wlc_w_proofs/

140 - 140. What is the eighth commandment?

  1. The eighth commandment is, Thou shalt not steal.

 

141 - 141. What are the duties required in the eighth commandment?

  1. The duties required in the eighth commandment are, truth, faithfulness, and justice in contracts and commerce between man and man;1 rendering to everyone his due; restitution of goods unlawfully detained from the right owners thereof;2 giving and lending freely, according to our abilities, and the necessities of others;3 moderation of our judgments, wills, and affections concerning worldly goods;4 a provident care and study to get,5 keep, use, and dispose these things which are necessary and convenient for the sustentation of our nature, and suitable to our condition;6 a lawful calling,7 and diligence in it;8 frugality;9 avoiding unnecessary lawsuits,10 and suretiship, or other like engagements;11 and an endeavor, by all just and lawful means, to procure, preserve, and further the wealth and outward estate of others, as well as our own.

 

142 - 142. What are the sins forbidden in the eighth commandment?

  1. The sins forbidden in the eighth commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required,1 are, theft,2 robbery,3 man-stealing,4 and receiving any thing that is stolen;5 fraudulent dealing,6 false weights and measures,7 removing landmarks,8 injustice and unfaithfulness in contracts between man and man,9 or in matters of trust;10 oppression,11 extortion,12 usury,13 bribery,14 vexatious lawsuits,15 unjust inclosures and depopulations;16 ingrossing commodities to enhance the price;17 unlawful callings,18 and all other unjust or sinful ways of taking or withholding from our neighbour what belongs to him, or of enriching ourselves;19 covetousness;20 inordinate prizing and affecting worldly goods;21 distrustful and distracting cares and studies in getting, keeping, and using them;22 envying at the prosperity of others;23 as likewise idleness,24 prodigality, wasteful gaming; and all other ways whereby we do unduly prejudice our own outward estate,25 and defrauding ourselves of the due use and comfort of that estate which God hath given us.

 

Heidelberg Catechism

http://www.reformed.org/documents/heidelberg.html

http://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/heidelberg-catechism-1563/

Question 110. What does God forbid in the eighth commandment?

Answer: God forbids not only those thefts, (a) and robberies, (b) which are punishable by the magistrate; but he comprehends under the name of theft all wicked tricks and devices, whereby we design to appropriate to ourselves the goods which belong to our neighbour: (c) whether it be by force, or under the appearance of right, as by unjust weights, ells, measures, fraudulent merchandise, (d) false coins, usury, (e) or by any other way forbidden by God; as also all covetousness, (f) all abuse and waste of his gifts. (g)

(a) 1 Cor.6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (b) 1 Cor.5:10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. Isa.33:1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. (c) Luke 3:14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages. 1 Thess.4:6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. (d) Prov.11:1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. Prov.16:11 A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work. Ezek.45:9 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD. Ezek.45:10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. Ezek.45:11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. Ezek.45:12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. Deut.25:13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. Deut.25:14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. Deut.25:15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Deut.25:16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God. (e) Ps.15:5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. Luke 6:35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. (f) 1 Cor.6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (g) Prov.23:20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: Prov.23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. Prov.21:20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

Question 111. But what does God require in this commandment?

Answer: That I promote the advantage of my neighbour in every instance I can or may; and deal with him as I desire to be dealt with by others: (a) further also that I faithfully labour, so that I may be able to relieve the needy. (b)

(a) Matt.7:12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. (b) Eph.4:28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.