Date: 02/08/2026 | Text: Exodus 21:28-22:15 | Preacher: Pastor Isaac Baugh

Whereas the previous section of laws taught us how to apply the 6th commandment, this section expands upon the 8th commandment, you shall not steal. The book of Micah calls theft a kind of social cannibalism. When you steal its like biting and eating your neighbor. Lots of Christians try to kill the desire to steal by saying that the desire for stuff is bad, as though poverty were somehow holier than having money. But all that does is make you want to steal even more. The law has no power to kill sin, in fact it enflames sin.

The only way to kill your desire to steal is to look at God. What kind of God do you worship? Do you worship a limited God who doesn't like to give? Then you'd better fatten up your nest egg and fill your doomsday bunker with canned beans ...