Dearly beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, we come this morning to discuss what is verboten according to the eighth commandment. "Thou shalt not steal," as we saw last time, requires us to get, keep, dispose of, and grow our property in a lawful and godly way. Property is not absolutely ours, but only relatively so. That is where the obligation to use it lawfully comes from. Today we are going to talk about why property is only relatively ours, and I'm going to address some of the most common abuses of property that I see among us. We'll conclude with a look at the Christological implications of property and our rule over it as a sign and icon of Christ's rule over the whole earth.