Keep taking the tablets..

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Keep taking the tablets..
Exodus 2015 You shall not steal.
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National newspaper headline
Britain a nation of cheats and thieves.
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Stealing by..

• dodging taxes

Mark 1217 Then Jesus said to them, Give to
Caesar what is Caesars and to God what is
Gods.
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Brendan Barber TUC General SecretaryFeb 2008
Unpaid tax costs every British worker 1,000 a
year. If only a fraction of the missing tax were
collected by Revenue Customs, it would plug the
gap in the government's spending plans and save
schools, hospitals and other public services from
cuts. (The Missing Billions report).
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Dr Daleep MukarjiDirector of Christian Aid
We predict that illegal trade-related tax
evasion alone will be responsible for the deaths
of 5.6 million children under the age of five
between 2000 and 2015. That's almost 1,000 a day.
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Stealing by..

• treating others unfairly

Lev 1913 Do not defraud your neighbour or rob
him. Do not hold back the wages of a hired man
overnight.
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Stealing by..

• unfairness in business

Lev 2514 If you sell land to one of your
countrymen or buy any from him, do not take
advantage of each other.
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Stealing by..

• squandering time

Col 322 Slaves, obey your earthly masters ,
not only when their eye is on you but with
sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord.
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Stealing by..

• not clearing personal debt

Romans 138 Let no debt remain outstanding,
except the continuing debt to love one another
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Stealing by..

• borrowing

Psalm 3721 The wicked borrow and do not repay,
but the righteous give generously
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Anatolie France
Never lend books because no-one ever returns
them. The only books I have in my library are
those other people have lent me.
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Stealing by..

• avoiding obligations

1 Timothy 54 by caring for their own family
and so repaying their parents and grandparents,
for this is pleasing to God.
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Stealing by..

• holding back what belongs to God

Malachi 38-9 Will a man rob God? Yet you rob
me. "But you ask, 'How do we rob you?' "In
tithes and offerings. You are under a curse -the
whole nation of you - because you are robbing me.
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Missing out by..

• holding back what belongs to God

Mathew 2525 So I was afraid and went out and
hid your talent in the ground. See, here is what
belongs to you.
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Missing out by..

• showing ourselves to be untrustworthy

Luke 16 10-11 Whoever can be trusted with very
little can also be trusted with much, and whoever
is dishonest with very little will also be
dishonest with much. So if you have not been
trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will
trust you with true riches?
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Everything belongs to God..

• (thats absolutely everything)

Psalm 5010-12 for every animal of the forest is
mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. I know
every bird in the mountains and the creatures of
the field are mine. .. for the world is mine, and
all that is in it.
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Everything belongs to God..
(thats absolutely everything)
1 Chron 2911-12 Yours, O LORD, is the
greatness and the power.. for everything in
heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O LORD, is the
kingdom.. Wealth and honour come from you you
are the ruler of all things. In your hands are
strength and power to exalt and give strength to
all.
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Everything belongs to God..
(thats absolutely everything)
1 Chron 2914 But who am I, and who are my
people, that we should be able to give as
generously as this? Everything comes from you,
and we have given you only what comes from your
hand
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The Zacchaeus way

• reflection

Luke 19 6 So he came down at once and welcomed
him gladly.
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The Zacchaeus way

• repentance

Luke 19 8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to
the Lord, "Look, Lord!..
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The Zacchaeus way

• restitution

Luke 19 8 Here and now I give half of my
possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated
anybody out of anything, I will pay back..
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The Zacchaeus way

• realignment

Luke 19 8 .. and if I have cheated anybody out
of anything, I will pay back four times the
amount
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The Zacchaeus way

• ..brings blessing

Malachi 310 Bring the whole tithe into the
storehouse, that there may be food in my house.
Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and
see if I will not throw open the floodgates of
heaven and pour out so much blessing that you
will not have room enough for it.
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Dance to a different tune..

• blessing, blessing, blessing

Luke 638 Give, and it will be given to you. A
good measure, pressed down, shaken together and
running over, will be poured into your lap. For
with the measure you use, it will be measured to
you
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Dance to a different tune..

• blessing, blessing, blessing

2 Corinthians 97 Each man should give what he
has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly
or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful
giver.
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Justyn Rees
The man who steals gives nothing in return,
the man who gives takes nothing in return
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Keep Taking the Tablets