Dost Thou Steal? by C. B. STARR

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 8, 1909

Dost Thou Steal?

By C. B. STARR

C. B. STARR

“Does who steal?” did you inquire? “Thou that preachest a man should not steal”—the man who believes and teaches the ten commandments. “Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonorest thou God?”

But you say, “Whom do you mean?” We mean the man who is stealing, and yet at the same time is teaching that men should not steal; the man who abhors idols, and would be shocked at the intimation that he was an idolater. “Thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?” Sacrilege is stealing holy things belonging to the sacred service of God. So it is holy stealing, or rather, unholy stealing of holy things, that persons are in danger of doing who profess to keep the law of God. You will find all this discussed in Romans 2.

Do you know of anything that God has especially set apart for his service, for the support of his servants and service, that the people are in danger of stealing? If you do not, you might find it in Lev. 27: 28-34; Malachi 3; and Hebrews 7. It would seem that Seventh-day Adventists who love the law are in danger on this point.

Wahroonga, N. S. W., Australia.