Becker Bible Teacher Resources

Failing to accomplish the work one was hired to do while receiving a paycheck, acknowledgement, or attention for it. (Eighth Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:15)

The using for private purposes the common goods of business, enterprise, or work place. (Eighth Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:15)

The secretive influence of judgment of those who must make decisions according to law. (Eighth Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:15)

The unjustified taking or keeping the goods of another, against his will. There is no theft if the universal destination of goods is violated past reasonable judgment.  For instance, the theft of provisions to provide for the essential life needs of a person (food, shelter, clothing, etc), especially the gleaning of produce first given by God or the occupancy of an emptied space for survival purposes, is not a sin.  (Eighth Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:15)

The manipulation of goods artificially in order to gain advantage that is to the detriment of others. (Eighth Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:15)

It is the moral responsibility of adults to know their sexual orientation.  God made both the heterosexual and homosexual, and it is critical for those so made to not feel shame for who they are made to be by Him. Others become homosexual because of difficult life abuses who find safety in relationship with same sex partners.  Many homosexuals participate in the social fad for attention and perverse doings of sexual release against the goodness of man created in God's Image and enjoy the ever-increasing deviant and lustful sexual exploits; for these, their deviancies are sinful. Homosexual deviancy is the same type of sin that heterosexual deviants act upon. Once again, it is a matter of the presence of lust and deviant, nasty action that creates the deeper spiritual problems within the perverse that separate them from their Creator.   (Seventh Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:14)

When a man and a woman refuse to publicly sanctify their commitment through marriage and seek God's blessing, but instead continue a liaison involving sexual intimacy without marriage, they are committing the sin of fornication.(Seventh Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:14)

The use of sexual demands, pressures, or innuendoes to gain power or influence over another is a sin that forces the will of one upon the other. (Seventh Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:14)

Sexual abuse is the inappropriate sexual intercourse against a person unable to prevent it. Child sexual abuse, often connected to incest, is any sexual abuse perpetrated by adults on children or adolescents entrusted to their care. The offense is compounded by the scandalous harm done to the moral, physical, and spiritual being of the young, who will remain scarred by it all of their lives. Sexual abuse is directed by Satan against the children he suspects might one day be strong Christians that accomplish the Lord's work. This sinful, immoral, vulgar attack of sexual child abuse attempts to destroy youthful innocence through the damage of the deepest parts of their hearts, minds, and souls. (Seventh Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:14)

Incest is sexual relationship between relatives or in-laws within a degree that prohibits marriage between them. Connected to incest is any sexual abuse perpetrated by adults on children or adolescents entrusted to their care. (Seventh Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:14)