Exodus 20:15 (New International Version)
“You shall not steal."
Most of us were brought up to understand that it's wrong to steal. Usually, theft equated to things like money, cars, or material goods from the local department store. As children, we would envision thieves as "bad men" who wore black and donned masks while they committed their offenses. They were easy to identify, and even easier to separate from ourselves. We didn't want to be anything like them- and we aren't, right?
Have you ever taken a pen from the office? What about taking an extra long, unauthorized lunch break? How about borrowing something from a friend, but never actually returning it? These seemingly "little things" are no less dishonest than the crimes committed by the bandits of our childhood imagination. Stealing anything, no matter how small, is wrong.
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