Solparvus
Puritan Board Senior
I've been noticing lately that by the Word of God and even in society, thievery is a very high sin. Reading through some recent narratives in "The Shorter Catechism Illustrated," I noticed that thievery was at times punished by execution. John MacArthur noted on Proverbs 6:30-31 that the recompense demanded for discoverd thievery are among the stricter laws in the Old Testament law. He pays back seven times what he stole.
It doesn't seem to be the same case in the Western world today. What's the underlying principle on why so much would be demanded back of a thief? I've just never seen this kind of strictness for thievery.
It doesn't seem to be the same case in the Western world today. What's the underlying principle on why so much would be demanded back of a thief? I've just never seen this kind of strictness for thievery.