Currently president Trump is undergoing impeachment for Abuse of Power, and Obstruction of Congress. Any logical person would not see a crime here, but rather a type of behavioural action. So lawyers, from both sides of the aisle, are arguing if it amounts to a crime, as defined by the meaning of crime, where one person is a clear victim, and in this case, there are no victims. If there is no victim, there is no crime. I spoke on Sunday do not steal Ex 20: 15. Do not steal. People think of a possession or article belonging to one, stolen by another. Yet, when we come to John 10:10a- the thief, satan, comes to steal, kill and destroy. And the same thief, killed or murdered John 8: 44 from the beginning. So satan was a thief, murderer, killer and destroyer from the beginning. A brief read of Gen. chapter 3, where satan first appears, will show you that he stole nothing physical, he killed and murdered no one physically and destroyed nothing physically. Satan stole a relationship between man and God. Satan killed it, murdered and destroyed that relationship, to such an extent, he was driven from the presence of God. So what he did, FROM THE BEGINNING, till now, satan steal, kill and destroy and is still doing it? He stole relationships and is stealing relationships of people trying to get back to God. Remember the relationship was stolen, your relationship stolen, from conception Ps 51: 5 until conversion John 3:3-4. Stolen by satan, from God. The whole- do not steal- goes over people’s heads. They do not get it. They do not understand satan stole nothing physical, yet he was a thief. Eph 4: 28 is a warning for Christians in the church- stop stealing. Now, rise above the physical and get to the spiritual meaning, just like Col 3: 1-2. Can we think spiritually please? What is the function of a gossiper? When is a gossip an actual gossip, and when is it information? Kinda like when is an impeachment article a crime? Depends on who is talking and how one thinks. Well, people can make their own case. But it has no merit. What has merit is what God calls stealing, murder and destroying. Jesus tried to talk about destroying a temple, and people missed the point. What about gossiping Pro 20: 19; 1 Tim 5: 13? What about hating? - you murderer 1 John 3: 15? So, what does, do not steal ALSO, if not mostly mean? Just like it speaks of an ox Deut 25: 4 it is meant for ministers 1 Cor 9: 9. (Oxen are not oxen; adulterers are not adulterers, liars are not liars, thieves are not thieves) JUST physically. There are deeper profound meanings to all of these. So the question is, when did you last steal someone’s privacy? The question is, when did you last slander, or kill a person by and via malicious gossip? When did you last murder someone by your hatred. Let us rise above physical. Do not steal. What? Do not steal my name as a good person. Do not steal my hope so I kill myself. Do not steal my very self, to justify your gossip and slander. Do not steal my privacy.
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