Ephesians 4:28. Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour,-
For laziness is generally the cause of theft. If a man would work for what he wanted, he would not be tempted to steal it. Paul carries his argument very far, "let him labour,"-
Ephesians 4:28. Working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
What a rise there is here,-from a thief up to a giver to him that needeth! This is what the grace of God does. Here is a man, who used to take his neighbor’s goods if he could; but, when grace transforms him, he actually gives a share of his own goods to his poor neighbor; that is a marvelous change.
Ephesians 4:28. Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour,-
For laziness is generally the cause of theft. If a man would work for what he wanted, he would not be tempted to steal it. Paul carries his argument very far, "let him labour,"-
Ephesians 4:28. Working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
What a rise there is here,-from a thief up to a giver to him that needeth! This is what the grace of God does. Here is a man, who used to take his neighbor’s goods if he could; but, when grace transforms him, he actually gives a share of his own goods to his poor neighbor; that is a marvelous change.