Dear son/daughter, won't you feel sad if you had something you valued much and you lost it? Think for a moment. If you steal something from another won't they too feel the same as you felt? As children of God, from your young days, try to obey the seventh commandment. The seventh commandment is: “Do not steal.” Trying to steal what belongs to another. Also causing damage to things that belong to another. These are forbidden by the seventh commandment. So, avoid stealing what belongs to others even for fun, as a joke or for your pleasure.
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In our daily life we can have many a problem where we need money and we do not have it. On these occasions we should not steal what belongs to another. We must try to control ourselves and try to live honestly. Also practicing justice will help us to protect the rights of others and to give them what rightly belongs to them. Then it will be easy for us to live the seventh commandment.
When you borrow something from another, try to return it as soon as you can. If you pick up something that does not belong to you try to give it back to the owner as soon as you can. Or, hand it over to a person in charge, e. g. the principal, a teacher. Jesus praised Zacchaeus for promising to return what he had stolen. “If I have taken something from another unjustly, I promise to return it four times more.” (Luke 19:8). Zacchaeus willingly paid back what he had stolen. You too can be a child of God, if you have done something wrong, by trying to put it right.
So, we must receive property, valuables, goods, money by
working honestly
buying
exchanging
gifts
inheriting
If we own property, valuables, money by any other means it is a grave sin. We reject being children of God. What is forbidden by this commandment;
Stealing.
Taking by force
Unjust distribution
Destroying other's property
Thus, by the seventh commandment we are called to protect God's treasures. As children of God and accepting God's will, we must use with care the goods and property entrusted to us. We must not collect goods by cheating. We must not destroy or damage goods which belong to others.
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