Think
It Over:
For further reflection personally, with a friend or with your
Community Group. If you are leading a group through this guide, don’t feel
like you have to answer every question. Pick out those questions that will stir
up conversation and action among your group.
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ØHave you ever been stolen from? What happen? How did you feel?
ØRead Exodus 20:15. How would you define stealing? Try to answers
these questions in connection with your definition: Can you only steal
objects? Does the cost of something make stealing it okay or not okay?
How does stealing differ from borrowing? Does God add any qualifications
or exceptions to this commandment? Why is this important?
ØWhat are some of the ways people steal (review the How we steal
section)? How could waste and negligence be forms of stealing? What
business practices are forms of stealing? How can governments steal from
their citizens? What are the some of the consequences for stealing? Read
1 Corinthians 6:9-10. What is Paul getting at?
INTEGRITY…
Exodus 20:15 (NIV) page 52
Stealing is taking anything by force or in
secret that does not belong to you
ØRead Malachi 3:8. What are some of the ways we can steal from God?
Can you think of any additional ones beyond the list in your message
guide?
ØWhat are some of the reason we steal? Read Hebrew 10:31 (Msg) and
Genesis 16:13. How aware are you in your daily life that God sees
everything?
ØWhat does trust have to do with stealing? Read Proverbs 3:5-10. What are
some of the areas we don’t trust God, causing us taking what really doesn’t
belong to us? Read and apply Ephesians 4:28 & 30. What is Paul getting
at?
Making It Real: Stealing and Kneeling are not compatible-What does this
week’s Bottom Line mean to you? What steps could you take to increase your
“Kneeling” and minimize your “Stealing”? How does Ephesians 2:10 (LB)
connected with living out the Bottom Line?
Changing Your Mind:28 Anyone who has been stealing must steal no
longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they
may have something to share with those in need.
Ephesians 4:28 (NIV) page 816
Ü How We Steal
Ø From People
Ø From Businesses
Ø From Schools
Ø From Employers
Colossians 3:23 (NIV) page 823
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Ø From Employees
James 5:4-5 (NIV) page 849
Ø From Significant Others
Ü Why We Steal
Ø We Don’t Respect God
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1 Corinthians 7:5 (NIV) page 796
Ø From Government
Matthew 22:21 (NIV) page 692
Ø From God
Nobody’s getting by with anything, believe me.
Hebrews 10:31 (Msg)
Genesis 16:13 (NIV) page 10
Ø We Don’t Trust God
Matthew 6:31-34 (NIV) page 679
Proverbs 3:5-10 (NIV) page 439
u Gifts/Tithes
Malachi 3:8 (NIV) page 670
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It is God himself who has made us what we are and given us
new lives from Christ Jesus; and long ages ago he planned that we
should spend these lives in helping others.
Ephesians 2:10 (LB)
u Praise
Acts 12:23 (NIV) page 768
u Time
Ephesians 4:28, 30 (NIV) page 816
Exodus 20:8–11 (NIV) page 52
u You
Bottom Line:
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Be generous with the different things God gave you,
passing them around so all get in on it: 11 if words, let it be
God’s words; if help, let it be God’s hearty help. That way,
God’s bright presence will be evident in everything through
Jesus, and he’ll get all the credit…
1 Peter 4:10–11 (Msg)
Stealing And Kneeling
Are Not Compatible