Talmud - Sanhedrin 86a: Our teachers taught: 'You shall not steal.' Scripture is speaking here about stealing people.
IV. Whose people are we anyway?
Westminster Larger Catechism Q #142, "The sins forbidden in the 8th commandment...are, theft, robbery, man- stealing...
And God spoke all these words, saying, "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery..." (Ex. 20:1)
2 Samuel 15:1-6
Galatians 2:4
2 Peter 2:1-3
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. (Gal. 5:1)
Positively
Negatively
John 10:9-10
Conclusion
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you by His poverty might become rich. (2 Cor. 8:9)
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Rev. David Reese served as the pastor of the Springs Reformed Church from 2002-2014. He is a graduate (Master of Divinity) of the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, PA.