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Pastor’s Comments
January 25 through February 1, 2013
Dear Brethren,
This writing of the 8
th
Commandment is taken from the Booklet,
The 10 Commandments
that is
not yet fully completed by me.
Your friend and brother in Christ,
Don Billingsley
Chapter _____________________________________________________________________8
The Eighth Commandment
Exodus 20:15 “You shall not steal.”
The eighth commandment covers many areas as the following writings makes known:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Theft
In common usage,
theft
is the taking of another person's property without that person's
permission or consent with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it.
The word is also used as an informal shorthand term for some
against property, such as
and
In some
jurisdictions, theft is considered to be
with
Identity Theft
There is also the theft of stealing the identity of another person through impersonation or in some
other way. Identity theft has come to be one of the fastest growing crimes in America. It is
estimated that over nine million people have been affected.
Though the elderly are primarily targeted by the thieves and robbers, they target anyone through
many different ways as the following article makes known: