A pastor once told his catechism students, "The 7th Commandment is about protecting 'stuff'." Yes, he said "stuff". The "stuff" the pastor was alluding to were the many spiritual and physical blessings God bestows on all of us.
God has blessed us with so many spiritual and physical blessings. Sometime we waste and abuse those blessings to keep our addiction going. In so doing, we steal from God, our families, and ourselves when we keep feeding our addiction at the expense of providing for our families and giving back to God the first-fruits of our labor.
Even though we waste and abuse the blessings God gives to us, God gave us His one and only Son, Jesus, who didn't waste the opportunity to save us from our sins. Jesus paid for our sins with his perfect life, with his blood shed for us on the cross, and with his rising again from the dead so that we can have new life with Him. Because of Jesus, we are motivated to use and enjoy the blessings God has given to us faithfully.
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