Honest Weights

PLAIN AND SIMPLE "thou shall not steal" "thou shalt not lie"

MEANS NOT TAKING WHAT IS NOT YOUR'S,

NOT KEEPING WHAT IS NOT YOUR'S,

AND NOT MISREPRESENTING THE TRUTH IN ANY WAY THAT CAUSES YOU TO GAIN WHAT YOU DON’T NOT DESERVE.

IF IT AIN'T YOUR'S ------GIVE IT BACK

$S ... $10 ... EVEN $lOO .. .Is it worth it?

Would you risk God's love, protection, presence, JOY, peace, victory, power... for $100????

(((Telling the Robbers, # 6946 ..... Emmanuel Kant's father and robbers)))

Listen to the scripture ... "A false scale is an abomination to the Lord, but a true weight is His delight."

Those who are honest in all things, not taking what is not theirs, what they do not deserve, returning what is mistakenly received or deceitfully gotten... they are the true weight that please the Lord.

I hope and pray that is you.

BUT. ...

Those who through hook, crook, or chance gain what they do not deserve or what does not rightfully belong to them and knowingly take it or keep it

FOR WHATEVER REASON

THEY ARE AN ABOMINATION TO THEIR GOD ... a detestable, revolting thing.

Zacceus understood it. “Lord, I will pay it all back and never do it again.”

He wanted to be acceptable more than he wanted to profit

He was pleasing to God.

ARE YOU"", Do you have something to confess today???

Come today and receive the only things you are allowed to keep that you don't deserve or are not rightfully yours

GRACE FORGIVENESS SALVATION

Emmanuel Kant was one of the greatest thinkers of the 1700's,

if not all time.

His father was a very godly man.

At an old age his father went on a dangerous journey through the

forests of Poland to his native country of Silesia.

On the way he ran into a band of robbers who demanded all his

valuables.

Finally they asked him, "Have you given us everything?"

He answered, "Everything."

They had his money, his horse and even his prayer book.

So they let him go.

When he was safely out of their sight his hand touched something

hard in the hem of his robe.

It was his gold.

He had sewn it there for safety and had completely forgotten

about it because he was so afraid and confused.

At once he hurried back to find the robbers.

He said to them, "I have told you something that was not true.

I didn't mean to. I was too terrified to think."

"Here is the gold that was hidden in my clothes."

To his astonishment, no one offered to take his gold.

After a long silence, one went and brought back his money bag.

Another got his horse and helped him on it.

Then they gave him back his prayer book.

They then begged him to say a blessing on them before they would

let him go.

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