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KNOWLEDE OF GOD in the land. By swearing and lying, killing and STEALING and
committing adultery; they break all RESTRAINT, with bloodshed after bloodshed.
Therefore the land will mourn; and everyone who dwells there will waste away with the
beasts of the field and the birds of the air, even the fish of the sea will be taken away.”
Be Content with What You Have
Anticipating possible trying times and not wanting to disobey God the following prayer is made
to Him to be spared from any circumstance whereby this could happen:
Proverbs 30:9 “. . . give me neither poverty nor riches—feed me with food You prescribe
for me; lest I be full and deny You, and say, “Who is the LORD?” or lest I be poor and
STEAL, and profane the Name of my God. . . .”
While reading the writings of the Apostle Paul it becomes easy to see the hardships he suffered
even in God’s service, and yet he wrote:
Philippians 4:11-12 “. . . I have learned in whatever state I am to be content . . . I have
learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.”
Further, he wrote of the need to rely on Jesus Christ to supply whatever might be the need:
Hebrews 13:5 “. . . be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, ‘I will
never leave (
fail
) you nor forsake you.’
This can easily be seen by reading of the needs being miraculously supplied to Israel as they
crossed the barren desert on their way to the promise land.
How to Inherit Eternal Life
A question was asked of Jesus Christ as to what he could do that he might inherit eternal life,
Jesus replied:
Mark 10:19 “You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder.’
‘DO NOT STEAL,’ ‘Do not bear false witness,’ DO NOT DEFRAUD,’ ‘Honor your father
and mother.’”
Love Does No Harm to a Neighbor
In addition to quoting what Jesus Christ had said the Apostle Paul added that one should love his
neighbor as one does himself:
Romans 13:9 “For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not
murder,” “YOU SHALL NOT STEAL,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not
covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely,