Remember the Law
Remember the Law - Exodus 20:15
Friday, June 09, 2006
Written by: LaRosa Johnson
Today's devotion is very dear to my heart because of my love for music, especially holy hip-hop. Over the past few days I had been checking my website stats to see how well this site was doing (very good by the way), and I noticed that this one site that I had never heard of was linking to me a lot in the past few days. I checked them out but didn't pay much attention because it required you to register to view the content. Well, yesterday I decided to register and what I found was completely disheartening.
What did I find? At this website (who will remain nameless because I don't want to tempt anyone to go there) they were pirating Christian music from all genres and posting them on free file sending services as free downloads. When I found out what was going on, I immediately started to contact as many of the labels that I could to let them know that their music was being illegally distributed via this website. Today, it is my goal to email the owner of this site and see what's going on and why he would promote such a thing.
That got me to thinking about Exodus 20:15 which tells us to not steal. How can we, as Christians, in our right minds, allow for something like this to go on and continue? I was immediately appalled at this site and am now doing everything within my limited power to rectify the situation. Jesus even tells us that the two greatest commands are to love God with all our being and to love our neighbor as ourselves. Well, since I love myself, would I wrongly steal from myself? No, I wouldn't. If that's the case, why do we think that we can steal money from the pockets of our brothers and sisters in the music business? It's flat out wrong and it's against the law. We're even told in Scripture that we are to obey the law of the land, as long as it doesn't require us to sin.
Let's stand up for righteousness. Let us remember the law, the Law of God and the law of the land. Stealing is wrong, even moreso when you're stealing it from the pockets of your own brother or sister. If you're downloading music illegally without paying for it, then stop. It's against the law, and it's a sin. Go in peace!
devotion courtesy of Trailblazin' Ministries
Friday, June 09, 2006
Written by: LaRosa Johnson
Today's devotion is very dear to my heart because of my love for music, especially holy hip-hop. Over the past few days I had been checking my website stats to see how well this site was doing (very good by the way), and I noticed that this one site that I had never heard of was linking to me a lot in the past few days. I checked them out but didn't pay much attention because it required you to register to view the content. Well, yesterday I decided to register and what I found was completely disheartening.
What did I find? At this website (who will remain nameless because I don't want to tempt anyone to go there) they were pirating Christian music from all genres and posting them on free file sending services as free downloads. When I found out what was going on, I immediately started to contact as many of the labels that I could to let them know that their music was being illegally distributed via this website. Today, it is my goal to email the owner of this site and see what's going on and why he would promote such a thing.
That got me to thinking about Exodus 20:15 which tells us to not steal. How can we, as Christians, in our right minds, allow for something like this to go on and continue? I was immediately appalled at this site and am now doing everything within my limited power to rectify the situation. Jesus even tells us that the two greatest commands are to love God with all our being and to love our neighbor as ourselves. Well, since I love myself, would I wrongly steal from myself? No, I wouldn't. If that's the case, why do we think that we can steal money from the pockets of our brothers and sisters in the music business? It's flat out wrong and it's against the law. We're even told in Scripture that we are to obey the law of the land, as long as it doesn't require us to sin.
Let's stand up for righteousness. Let us remember the law, the Law of God and the law of the land. Stealing is wrong, even moreso when you're stealing it from the pockets of your own brother or sister. If you're downloading music illegally without paying for it, then stop. It's against the law, and it's a sin. Go in peace!
devotion courtesy of Trailblazin' Ministries
posted by LaRosa Johnson @ 6/09/2006 08:29:00 AM
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