FOCUS ON YOUR FAMILY: “Five Finger Discounts not Allowed!”

I. HOW DO WE STEAL? Exodus 20:15 “Do Not Steal!”

1. Deceiving Customers

Amos 8:5

asking, “When will the New Moon be over so we may sell grain, and the Sabbath, so we may market wheat? We can reduce the measure while increasing the price and make the shekel great and cheat with dishonest scales.

2. By defrauding Employers

Colossians 3:23

Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically, as something done for the Lord and not for men,

3. By defaulting on loans.

Psalm 37:21

The wicked borrows and does not repay, but the righteous is gracious and giving.

4. By defrauding or deceiving the government.

Romans 13:7

Pay your obligations to everyone: taxes to those you owe taxes, tolls to those you owe tolls, respect to those you owe respect, and honor to those you owe honor.

5. Don’t Defraud the Lord.

Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!” You ask: “How do we rob You?” “[By not making the payments] of 10 percent and the contributions

II. WHY I NEED TO BE HONEST!

1. I am being watched!

Job 34:21-22; Proverbs 20:7; Mark 5:16

For His eyes [watch] over a man’s ways, and He observes all his steps

2. I will reap whatever I sow.

Galatians 6:7

Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows he will also reap,

3. dishonesty damages my character.

Matthew 16:26; Proverbs 10;2; John 10:10; Proverbs 28:20

What will it benefit a man if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

Your Action: 1. Pay back when possible. 2. Give God my full tithe. 3. Make a living honestly.

MESSAGE FROM GOD’S WORD