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Mercy Culture Church
Do Not Steal
Senior Lead Pastor Landon Schott
Locations & Times
Mercy Culture Fort Worth
1701 Oakhurst Scenic Dr, Fort Worth, TX 76111, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 11:30 AM
❤️ MC Connect
If you would like to learn more about our culture, how you connect with God, get plugged into community and begin your journey to encountering God daily, MC Connect is your next step!
Text CONNECT to 59090 or visit mercyculture.com/connect
Text CONNECT to 59090 or visit mercyculture.com/connect
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Welcome to Mercy Culture Church! We are so excited you're here.
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For everyone that texts NEW, we will donate $10 to The Justice Reform, an organization that is answering the cry for justice by bringing reformation from city to city.
Text NEW to 59090 so we can connect with you.
For everyone that texts NEW, we will donate $10 to The Justice Reform, an organization that is answering the cry for justice by bringing reformation from city to city.
🏀 MC Sports League
Our players are competitive athletes who play hard, love well, and live like Jesus. MC Sports League teaches youth athletes how to win in sports and life through presence-driven training and discipleship. Our goal is to holistically develop athletes into leaders, both on and off the field. We believe that sports are a powerful tool for personal growth and character development. MC Sports League Fort Worth offers flag football, cheerleading, basketball and soccer.
Text SPORTS to 59090 to learn more.
Text SPORTS to 59090 to learn more.
🍽️ Responsibility Dinner | November 20
The Justice Reform Responsibility Dinner is this Thursday, November 20, 2025. The Justice Residence will be a long-term restoration home and a place of deliverance, healing, and restoration for survivors of human trafficking. We invite you to join with us for this special night to bring solutions to this dark realm of human trafficking. The Justice Residence will be the first of its kind in the nation! We invite you to be a part of it!
Text PARTNER to 59090 to learn more.
Text PARTNER to 59090 to learn more.
🙏 Men's Prayer Week | November 17-23
Join us for Men's Prayer Week November 17-23 from 8:30-9AM at every MC Campus. Let's seek God together, confront fear, and be strengthened by His perfect love.
Text MEN to 59090 to learn more.
Text MEN to 59090 to learn more.
You radically love God by not stealing!
Stealing damages your relationship with God and people!
Stealing simplified = Taking anything God did not give you.
Hebrew: גָּנַב (Ganav) = To steal, carry off, take secretly, or abduct.
Hebrew: כָּחַד (Kachad) = To conceal or hide.
Hebrew: עָשַׁק (Ashaq) = To oppress, extort, or withhold; stealing by withholding.
Greek: κλέπτω (Kleptō) = To take something unlawfully by stealth.
Greek: λῃστής (Lestēs) = A robber or violent thief; one who steals with force.
Greek: ἁρπάζω (Harpazō) = To snatch away or seize suddenly.
The enemy steals; God’s people steward.
Bible Stories About Stealing:
- Achan stole the devoted things (Joshua 7:1-26)
- Jacob stole Esau's blessing (Genesis 27)
- Judas stole from Jesus' ministry (John 12:4-6)
- David stole another man's wife (2 Samuel 11)
- Ananias and Sapphira stole from God (Acts 5:1-11)
- Achan stole the devoted things (Joshua 7:1-26)
- Jacob stole Esau's blessing (Genesis 27)
- Judas stole from Jesus' ministry (John 12:4-6)
- David stole another man's wife (2 Samuel 11)
- Ananias and Sapphira stole from God (Acts 5:1-11)
The Bible's 3 Primary Categories of Stealing
1. Stealing Property
1. Stealing Property
The Bible's 3 Primary Categories of Stealing
1. Stealing Property
2. Stealing Reputation and Integrity — false accusation, slander, gossip
1. Stealing Property
2. Stealing Reputation and Integrity — false accusation, slander, gossip
The Bible's Primary Categories of Stealing
1. Stealing Property
2. Stealing Reputation and Integrity — false accusation, slander, gossip
3. Stealing from God
1. Stealing Property
2. Stealing Reputation and Integrity — false accusation, slander, gossip
3. Stealing from God
Question:
What happens when you steal from people?
What happens when you steal from people?
It breaks trust and damages relationships!
Question:
What happens when you steal from God?
What happens when you steal from God?
It breaks trust and damages relationship!
When you steal, you damage relationship with people and God!
Question:
Have you been stolen from? How did that make you feel?
Have you been stolen from? How did that make you feel?
Question:
How do you think God feels when His people steal from Him?
How do you think God feels when His people steal from Him?
Hebrew: קָבַע (Qāvaʿ) = To rob, plunder, or take forcibly.
Question:
How do you trust your church with your soul, but not your money?
How do you trust your church with your soul, but not your money?
2 Reasons the Tithe Didn't End With the Old Covenant
1. Tithing began before the Law (Genesis 14:18-21)
2. Jesus endorsed tithing in the New Testament (Matthew 23:23)
1. Tithing began before the Law (Genesis 14:18-21)
2. Jesus endorsed tithing in the New Testament (Matthew 23:23)
Greek: κύριος (Kyrios) = Lord; ownership.
Question:
Why does not giving to God appeal to you so much?
Why does not giving to God appeal to you so much?
Question:
If tithing pleased the Lord in the Old Testament, when did it stop pleasing Him?
If tithing pleased the Lord in the Old Testament, when did it stop pleasing Him?
Withholding your giving robs you from encountering God!
You can't say you radically love God when you don’t love to give to God!
Question:
Why do people struggle with stealing?
Why do people struggle with stealing?
They don’t trust God!
Greek: βλασφημέω (Blasphemeō) = To curse, insult, or speak irreverently against God.
The repentant thief stole Heaven!
You radically love God by not stealing!