Do not Steal

Father, open our eyes to your word and open our hearts and all these things we ask in the name of Jesus, your son and our savior. Amen.

Please be seated.

So many of you probably know that I was in Angola for a total of 15 days.

I was gone for three weeks, basically, but I was in Angola for 15 days.

And I'm not very brave. I'm a basically I'm a chicken.

And I found one of the things I found very hard about Angola, the part of Angola that I was in, Lubangu, was that it was very, very African.

You know, you would see nobody who was my skin color on the street.

And I found that intimidating. I really it gives you a great appreciation for immigrants coming to this country.

And just some of the things that they the great courage that an immigrant has.

You know, I'm a child of immigrants, but my parents immigrated from Ireland.

And anyway, you know, just everything.

The you know, the city was very broken and very crowded.

And I didn't want to just be one of those people who was trapped in a safe house.

I wanted to get out and walk around the streets.

And that required some work on my part, some courage on my part.

But that's just because I'm a scaredy cat.

For many of you people, you would have just done it naturally.

But I for me, it was hard.

And but one of the things that I was a bit worried about was just I'd been to Nairobi twice before.

And some of you might know that the nickname for Nairobi is Nairobbery.

And and I so I was just you know, I just wasn't sure walking around the streets, you know, what my safety would be like,

what were safe parts of the city, what were dangerous parts of the city.

And so one of the things that all of the missionaries told me was that especially during the day,

La Bangu is very safe.

And that, in fact, Angolans are not other than the fact that they had a civil war,

which went on for almost 40 years where they did horrific things.

Some of you might have seen my blog where I talked about I saw the spot where the government would take rebels

when they caught them and take them to the edge of a big cliff,

shoot them in the knees to watch them stumble and then fall backwards to their death.

But apart from the thugs like that, that Angolans are very, very family friendly and it's very safe.

But one of the things they shared with me was that if you're not careful, if you leave something,

if you're somewhere and, you know, it could be a book or my phone or just anything,

if I leave it and then maybe just take my eyes off of it for a few seconds, it'll probably be stolen.

But I'll never have to worry about anybody trying to take anything off me, but it would be stolen.

And if I'm wrong about this, this is what the missionaries told me.

And the missionaries said that it's almost as if for Angolans that that's not stealing.

Because if I'd really cared about it, I would have kept it on my possession or watched it.

So that the fact that I left it unattended, it sort of meant that it was I didn't care about it,

so it's not really stealing.

Now, we roll our eyes at that.

We roll our eyes at that.

But what it shows us, though, is that what I'm going to suggest is today we're looking at the 10th commandment,

the 8th commandment, which is you shall not steal.

In fact, I'll read it for you from the Bible, but it's only those few verses.

It's not something that requires us to all, you can just sort of take my word for it.

But it's Deuteronomy 5, verse 19, and you shall not steal.

Deuteronomy 5:19

That's the commandment.

And my guess is that every single culture, including Canadian culture,

has ways where we write off certain types of stealing as not really being stealing.

That every culture has this problem.

And that we ourselves as human beings have this problem where there's certain things that aren't really stealing.

I mean, technically, stealing is taking something that belongs rightfully to another.

We're cheating them out of something which is rightfully theirs.

How many of us Canadians think it's stealing if we leave work five minutes early?

Well, George, don't be a nitpicker, but a moment, you left work early.

You know, you've been paid to work for a certain number of hours, and you leave early.

How many of us, when it comes time for a yard sale and somebody asks us how old the couch is,

how many of us shave two or three or five years off the age of the couch

so that we can get a few extra dollars for the couch?

And how many of us feel guilty afterwards that we've shaved two or three or four or five or eight years

off the age of the couch so that we can get a few more dollars out of it?

How many of us even asked about the couch, what asked as if we'd always owned it,

when maybe we bought it secondhand?

Why? Because we want to make a couple of extra dollars.

Do we see that as stealing?

We probably don't see that as stealing.

So here's the thing.

We're going to spend, I'm not going to keep giving you time, example after example after example

about different ways that we might get around this basic commandment,

but I want to just try to have it drilled into our house.

So, Andrew, if you could put up the first point.

Here's the first point, which is, it'll be there in a second.

At one of the churches I was at this summer on my holidays,

they had the scripture text up on the side on the screen,

and it was sort of interesting the way the minister did it.

He'd keep pointing to the screen.

You could tell it rather than reading from the Bible, he was reading from the screen, but it was neat.

So here's the first thing.

You shall not steal.

That's what the commandment says.

It's crystal clear, but I do not always recognize stealing.

I think that you can, I mean, you shall not steal is, it's so simple.

You couldn't word it clearer.

But the question is, are there things in my heart,

or are there culturally acceptable forms of stealing or theft

that blinds our eyes to when we're stealing?

And I think that there just is.

And we see it the best when we look at other cultures,

and we can listen to how they would reason,

and we'd say, oh, that's just so stupid.

Of course that's stealing.

Of course, if you just leave your iPhone or something just there for,

you know, 20 seconds, and you walk away,

and you take it, that's stealing.

But my guess is that that's true of every single culture,

that there's ways that we blind our eyes,

our eyes are blinded to what we do.

How many of us, when it comes time to do our income tax,

and if you use one of those computer programs that up on the corner,

it can tell you what your rebate's going to be or how much you owe,

after we see the number, say, that's not a very good number,

I wonder if I can go through all of this a little bit and pad it

or change in a little bit of a way to try to get that number to be a different number.

And I don't mean just going through to get something you missed.

I mean, you know what, maybe I gave a little bit more to this than I thought.

Or maybe if I just make this,

I remember talking to one accountant,

and he was a Christian,

and he told me all of this with no hint

that he was doing something wrong.

And he knew the dollar amounts for deductions,

that if you claim just under it,

they wouldn't in effect,

I mean, I don't know if it's still the case anymore,

this was a few years ago,

the government wouldn't look for receipts.

So that when he did his income tax form,

for every single one of those categories,

he took that amount of a deduction,

even if he hadn't made it,

just a little bit under,

so he could claim all of these deductions,

none of which he'd made,

most of which he hadn't made.

If he'd actually made it,

he'd take the right amount.

But he knew how the system worked,

and he did that with no sense whatsoever.

He grew up in the church,

he was a devout Christian,

went to Bible studies,

did all of that stuff.

He could tell you what the four spiritual laws were.

He probably had about 30 or 40 or 50 Bible verses memorized.

But he told me that with no hint of guilt

that what he was doing was stealing.

Like not even slight.

Now once again, in all of these cases,

we might think,

well, these people are really bad,

but we're different.

But I'm just going to suggest that this is true,

that I do not always recognize stealing.

One of the things,

when I went to Angola,

on the way to Angola,

I had to have two overnight flights.

And on the way back,

I had to have one overnight flight.

And I wasn't in business class,

so that meant I was in the working class seats.

And trying to sleep on a plane

when the seats aren't designed for sleeping

is very, very difficult.

I was really blessed on my way back.

The overnight flight,

I actually happened to be in the middle section

with three seats

and there was nobody in either one of the other seats.

So I was actually able to sort of lie down.

And that's a way better than trying to fall asleep sitting up.

But let me tell you,

there's these little ridges

and other types of things.

And it was a lot easier to fall asleep.

I'm not that big,

but I'm big enough that I had to be curled up

in a fetal type of position

with my feet sort of jammed into the armrest on one end.

And there's all still these pointy things banging into me.

And that's what angular means.

If you could put up the next point,

you shall not steal

is absolute and angular.

And I'm making this point

because it's part of all of these commandments

that they're absolute and angular.

Angular means they're pointy.

They jab you.

That if you meditate upon,

you shall not steal.

If that commandment,

if God's word does its work

and starts to be conscious in your mind

that you shall not steal,

it's going to be angular.

If you said to your coworkers,

well, you can't leave 15 minutes early.

That's stealing.

What would they do?

These religious fanatics.

You know,

but you shall not steal.

In many ways,

it's a good commandment.

Most of us,

none of us really disagree.

Nobody disagrees with this commandment.

Buddhists don't disagree with this commandment.

Hindus don't disagree with this commandment.

Jewish people,

secular people don't disagree with it.

But the statement's made in an absolute sense.

And it's made in an absolute sense.

When I say it's angular,

it means it's pointy

and it jabs us.

And that as the commandment

starts to have a bigger role in our lives,

we'll realize that there's different ways

that we break it.

And it's an absolute statement,

not only in the sense that it's just,

you shall not steal.

But if you think about it,

it's really sort of an interesting way.

Because the way we normally think as Canadians

is we would try to give you an argument

as to why you shall not steal as wise.

You shall not steal because you'll get caught.

You shall not steal because nobody likes a thief.

You shouldn't steal because you're hurting people.

You shouldn't steal because.

Or you try to derive it from something.

In other words,

you say we have this basic thing,

you should love your neighbors.

And if you want to really love your neighbors

and you try to figure it out,

it means you shouldn't steal.

But it's an absolute statement.

God doesn't argue for it.

He doesn't say,

these are the 15 reasons

why you shall not steal as wise.

He just says it.

You shall not steal.

It's an absolute statement.

And what that means

is it's a statement

that we don't think our way to,

but we think from.

We don't think our way to this

as smart.

It's part of the way that you think.

It's an absolute statement

and an angular statement.

Could you put up the next thing, Andrew, please?

One of the things,

one of the easy,

one of the simple ways

that probably in every culture

and including in Canadian culture

that we steal

without thinking that we're stealing

is we think there's exceptions.

It's all right to steal from the government

because they,

a bunch of yahoos,

they're,

they waste our money.

It's all right to steal

from an insurance company

because they're making huge profits.

It's all right to steal from,

and then you fill in the blank.

But this doesn't give any exceptions.

It shows no favoritism.

You can't steal from gays

because they're gay.

You can't steal from the rich

because they're rich.

You can't steal from the poor

because they're poor.

You can't steal,

you just,

there's no favoritism in it.

It cuts across all social classes,

all of the normal ways.

Because you see,

in most cultures,

they would have this view

that you can't steal,

but in most cultures,

they also have,

in a sense,

exceptions.

You can't steal from your family

or your tribe,

but it's all right to steal

from another tribe.

Or in our culture,

you can't,

it's sort of,

you know,

it's sort of all right

to steal from the rich.

Give you a good example.

How many of us

would be upset

if we found out

that somebody stole

from Donald Trump?

Trump?

In fact,

most of the editorialists

in the country

would go,

way to go,

that person deserves a medal.

Right?

Because we've created

an exception.

It's all right

to steal from Trump.

See, once again,

this is how the thing

is supposed to be

to get at us.

We carry these things

around in our culture,

just like our culture does.

We carry around

these exceptions.

And this text,

it's like a healthy virus

to try to change our DNA.

That's why every one

of these points,

except the last one or two,

I'm going to keep saying

you shall not steal,

you shall not steal,

you shall not steal.

And we need to guard our heart

because our heart

allows exceptions,

but the Bible

doesn't allow an exception.

Next point.

You shall not steal

is unchanging,

yet dynamic.

What that means is this.

You shall not steal.

It was true

when it was written.

Maybe it was written

1500 BC.

Maybe it was written

1200 BC.

There's some debate

about when Moses existed.

Christians can disagree

on trying to figure out

the archaeological evidence.

It's true

when Jesus was alive.

It's true today.

It was true in feudalism.

It's completely

and utterly unchanging.

Yet it's dynamic

because you know what?

It's not always simple

to figure out

how to apply it.

Cultural things change.

It's one of the really

interesting things

if you go back

in the bulletin

and I have the

growing in grace.

No, going deeper.

And if you go into

going deeper

and you look at

some of the Bible passages

which I send you to,

the way the book

of Deuteronomy

is written

is that there's a part

later on in Deuteronomy

where there's a variety

of commands

that help you

to understand

a little bit

about what the commandment

means.

And so one of the commandments,

one of the laws

that's developed

from this

is giving a man

who's just been married

one year

that he doesn't have

to serve,

do any government service

or military service

after his marriage.

You see,

that's very,

very interesting

because if you think about it,

it's very easy

for the state

to say,

we have these,

I have these

expectations of you

and if you don't

fulfill them,

it's like you're robbing me.

That's how we could

think about it.

But this text says,

one moment,

there's limits

about what the state

can demand.

Another really important,

interesting thing

if you go back

and look at that list

is it said

that if you,

somebody owes you money,

you can't take

their upper millstone

to get them

as part of the

repayment of the debt

and the way that

you needed two,

you need two stones

to grind grain

and it says

you're not allowed

to take the top one

and that's a very,

very interesting thing

because what it's

showing us

is that

property rights

and stuff matters

but people matter more

and even though

technically

they owe you

that money,

you can't take

the money away

from them

if it means

they're going

to die.

You see what I mean?

You have this

very simple commandment

and on one hand

it's unchanging

but as it starts

to come into our minds

and we start

to try to think

of what does it mean

in terms of downloading?

What does it mean

in terms of this?

What does it mean

in terms of our culture

with this?

You realize

it forces you

to think

and to talk

and to pray.

Not in terms of

there's some simple ones,

obviously you don't have

to be much thinking

about whether you should

go into a bank

and rob it

but there's so many

different commandments

that this sort of

has a bit of an impact on

that on one hand

it's unchanging

but it doesn't stop thought,

it propels thought

as you realize

how important it is.

Next point.

You shall not steal

means that private property

is good.

You know,

I'm going to be

a little bit politically

incorrect in Canada

but that's exactly

what it means.

It means that

private property

is good.

It in effect

says that communism

at least in its

theoretical form

of the state

owning everything

is probably sinful

because it would imply

that if the state

or the tribe

owns everything

and individuals

never own something

that's probably

stealing going on

but by the same

part in time

to our libertarian

friends

if everything

is just owned

by individuals

and there's no group

that owns anything

there's probably

stealing that's going on.

I steal

from somebody

by taking

what is properly

theirs

and taking it

for myself.

And I have

private property

in quotes

because as Christians

we always have to

remember something

important.

If you want to

turn your Bibles

to 2nd

1st Chronicles

I hope I wrote it down

1st Chronicles

29.14

1st Chronicles

29.14

This is very

simply put

and very

powerfully put

Solomon

has just

dedicated the temple

and it's part of

his

sorry

David

David is

praying

over all

of the offerings

that he's made

so that when

Solomon comes along

he'll be able

to build the temple.

Look at 1st

Chronicles

29.14

But who am I

and what is my

people

that we should

be able

thus

to offer

willingly

and listen to this

for all things

come from you

and of

your own

we have

given you.

for all things

come from you

and of

your own

have we

given you.

So what this

text is saying

is that God

is ultimately

the one

who owns

everything

I own

nothing

neither do you.

And when I was

part of the

Anglican Church

of Canada

often texts

like this

would somehow

slide into

an argument

for socialism

but that's not

what the text

is saying.

What this text

is reminding us

is that we're

sub-owners

we're stewards

but it really

is ours

to care for.

The government

can't take it

the bank

can't take it

an individual

can't take it

there's things

which we

properly

own

in the sense

of it

ultimately

belonging to

God

but he's

put it

under our

care

to use it

in a way

which is

for common

good

and for his

glory

but this text

you shall not

steal

means that

private property

with the quotes

is good.

Next point

Andrew please

you shall not

steal

is a great

protection

for the poor

and the weak.

Last night

my wife and I

and Emma

we watched

a movie on

Netflix

it came out

two years ago

I think it's

called Lady in

Gold

is that what

it's called

Louise?

Lady in

Gold

it's a really

really good

movie about

a woman

who

decided to

take the

Austrian

government

to court

to get

back the

artwork

that the

Nazis

had stolen

from her

and the

Nazis

after they

stole it

from her

gave it

to an

Austrian

museum

and she

decides to

go after

them in

court

to try

to get

her

property

back

and I

didn't

know

of course

I didn't

watch it

thinking I

was going

to talk

I mean

I knew

I was

going

to talk

about

this

but I

didn't

watch

the movie

for a

sermon

illustration

but the

Nazis

just

stole

the

property

this

text

this

commandment

you shall

not

steal

is a

powerful

protection

for the

poor

and the

weak

the

government

cannot

take

your

money

the

rich

cannot

take

your

money

or

your

possessions

or

your

house

or

your

farm

you

shall

not

steal

it

doesn't

become

not

stealing

because

the

Supreme

Court

of

Canada

says

it's

all

right

doesn't

become

not

stealing

because

the

government

passes

a

law

if

you

go

back

in

going

deeper

you'll

see

I

give

two

Old

Testament

examples

how

the

Old

Testament

very

clearly

sees

that

the

government

can

steal

this

isn't

an

anti

government

rant

it's

just

that

this

commandment

the more

that it

becomes

part of

our

consciousness

and our

cultural

consciousness

is a

powerful

protection

for the

poor

and the

weak

and we

as

Christians

should

always be

concerned

for

that

it's

also a

powerful

thing

we can't

steal

from

another

country

just because

it's another

country

and we have

a more

powerful

military

it is a

powerful

break

on

imperialism

just as a

bit of an

aside

one of the

things which is

more and more

important for us

as a congregation

is for

Christians

a congregation

of Christians

is to be

concerned for

the poor

I think

the left

in Canada

has largely

forgotten

the poor

the left

is

I'm not

putting down

civil

servant

unions

making no

comment about

it

but the

left is

primarily

made up

now of

public

service

unions

that are

concerned

with

upper

middle

class

and

middle

class

issues

and there's

a decreasing

concern about

the poor

in a country

like ours

and that's a

very powerful

moment for

Christians to

always remember

the poor

the working

poor

the people

who work

at McDonald's

the people

who work

at places

where there's

no benefits

we have to

have a heart

for them

and a great

concern for

them

next point

you shall

not steal

applies to

individuals

churches

governments

and every

other social

group

one of the

things which

the Bible

hates

and we

have to

you know

the state

church in

Germany

turned

fundamentally

a blind

eye to

Nazism

we all

know that

in the

southern

United

States

and South

Africa

the churches

turned

many churches

not all

but many

churches

turned a

blind eye

to the

type of

racism

and destruction

of property

actually this is a bit

of an aside

one of the things

which is really

interesting

remember I said

if you go back

to that other

part in

Deuteronomy

that gives

you some

that Moses

unpacks

you shall

not steal

there's only

one

property

only one

type of

stealing

which deserves

the death

penalty

one of the

things which is so

powerful about the

Old Testament

and you think of

how in some

cultures thieves

in fact

lamentably in our

own culture

they would hang

I mean hundreds

of years ago

they would hang

thieves

in some parts

of the world

they'll cut off

the hands

of thieves

but in the

Old Testament

people who

stole

they were

required

to give

the stuff

back

they couldn't

cut off

their hands

or kill

them

there's only

one exception

only one

type of

theft

had a

capital

punishment

kidnapping

somebody to

put them

into slavery

that was a

capital

offense

if that

text

had grasped

Christians

earlier

the entire

slave trade

would have

been seen

as being

completely

wrong

one of the

things

I learned

when I was

in Angola

is that

Angola

was one of

the hardest

countries

in Africa

hit

by the

slave trade

not only

were there

some tribes

working with

the Portuguese

to capture

and kidnap

other people

from other

tribes

but they'd

sell them

into slavery

so in

Brazil

a large

number of

Brazilians

are more

like they're

from Africa

they all

came from

Angola

for Angolans

it's a

very very

slavery

is something

which is

deeply still

part of

their

consciousness

because

so much

of their

history

was consumed

with the

slave trade

but if

people had

read the

book of

Deuteronomy

if they

had grasped

you shall

not steal

and saw

how Moses

helped to

unpack it

the worst

type of

thievery

was to

capture

somebody

for slavery

one other

tiny little

thing I'm

going to get

in trouble

maybe for

this by

some people

and I

don't I

know for

some people

our culture

has turned a

blind eye

to this

this is an

example I

think of how

our culture

allows a

certain type

of theft

without us

realizing it

is theft

but in

vitro

fertilization

means that

you get

fertilized

eggs and

you freeze

them and

you keep

them

how is

that different

than slavery

if you have

fertilized

eggs

Louise and

I decided

before we

got a bit

too old

that we

were going

to get a

whole pile

of embryos

fertilized

embryos

together and

freeze them

and we

keep that

for years

and years

and years

and years

how is that

not like

slavery

how can I

own another

human life

how can I

own a human

life and

just decide

whether or not

I will have

that life

put to

death

or sold

for profit

I know

this can be

very painful

for people

who are

trying to

get pregnant

but is

this in

fact a

way that

our culture

has turned

a blind eye

to slavery

to theft

Portuguese

are terrible

but we're

not

next point

we need

to sort

of wrap

this up

one of the

things that

came to me

immediately

when I was

thinking about

this you

shall not

steal

is of course

Jesus

there's I

think about

ten times

in the

New Testament

it says

Jesus will

come like

a thief

in the

night

and

it's

very true

Jesus

will come

like a

thief

in the

night

but he

is not

a thief

this

text

in closing

helps us

to think

of two

things

which helps

to also

bring this

whole text

of you

shall not

steal

closer to

home

to us

because

the fact

of the

matter

is

is that

for every

human

being

including

Christians

one of

the worries

that we

have

is that

Jesus

as he

gets

closer

to us

will

steal

from

us

how

will he

steal

from

us

he'll

steal

our

time

he'll

steal

our

money

he'll

make

a

demand

upon

me

in terms

of how

much

money

I

should

be

giving

he'll

make

a

demand

upon

me

in terms

of

my

time

he'll

make

a

demand

upon

me

in

terms

of

how

I

should

treat

my

wife

or

how

I

should

treat

my

kids

and

that's

completely

separate

from

conversion

a long

time

ago

there

was a

young

woman

I

was

part

of

a

Christian

fellowship

group

and she

became a

Christian

and she

came

she was

pretty

messed up

and

she

started

to get

sorted

out

but

then

one

of

the

things

was

and I've

seen

this

many

many

times

since

then

her

family

put

profound

pressure

on her

to stop

being

connected

with

us

even

though

she'd

stopped

sleeping

around

even

though

she'd

stopped

drinking

I mean

getting

drunk

even

though

she'd

stopped

doing

her

drugs

the

fact

that

she

was

getting

close

to

Jesus

profoundly

worried

them

and

they

put

unrelenting

social

pressure

and

familial

pressure

on

her

to

not

have

anything

to do

with

this

and

they

eventually

were

successful

at

it

and

not

that

just

that

people

who

come

to

Jesus

can

instantly

stop

doing

all

of

those

bad

things

we

struggle

with

all

of

them

but

she

eventually

went

back

to

all

of

those

things

but

they

were

worried

that

Jesus

was

stealing

her

from

them

so

Jesus

will

come

like

a

thief

in

the

night

but

he

is

not

a

thief

final

second

to

last

point

Andrew

if

you

could

put

it

up

if

you

turn

in

your

Bibles

to

John

John 10 · chapter mention

chapter

10

there's

a

very

very

wonderful

text

here

that

connects

thievery

to

who

Jesus

is

it's

the

text

of

Jesus

being

the

good

shepherd

and

it's

a

very

very

wonderful

text

and

it

goes

like

this

Jesus

is

speaking

truly

truly

I

say

to

you

he

who

does

not

enter

the

sheep

bull

by

the

door

but

climbs

in

by

another

way

that

man

is

a

thief

and

a

robber

but

he

who

enters

by

the

door

is

the

shepherd

of

the

sheep

to

him

the

gatekeeper

opens

the

sheep

hear

his

voice

and he

calls

his

own

sheep

by

name

and

leads

them

out

when

he

has

brought

out

all

his

own

he

goes

before

them

and

the

sheep

follow

him

for

they

know

his

voice

a

stranger

they

will

not

follow

but

they

will

flee

from

him

for

they

do

not

know

the

voice

of

strangers

now

John

comments

this

figure

of

speech

Jesus

used

with

them

but

they

did

not

understand

what

he

was

saying

to

them

so

truly

truly

I

say

to

you

I

am

the

door

of

the

sheep

all

who

came

before

me

are

thieves

and

robbers

but

the

sheep

did

not

listen

to

them

I

am

the

door

if

anyone

enters

by

me

he

will

be

saved

and

will

go

in

and

out

and

find

pasture

the

thief

comes

only

to

steal

and

kill

and

destroy

I

came

that

they

may

have

life

and

have

it

abundantly

I

am

the

good

shepherd

the

good

shepherd

lays

down

his

life

for

the

sheep

now

here

Jesus

is

talking

specifically

about

his

death

on

the

cross

you

know

if

it

was

taken

literally

as

an

advice

to

shepherds

the

second

the

shepherd

dies

the

sheep

are

all

toast

but

he's

getting

at a

very

very

important

point

that

when

Jesus

comes

into

a

person's

life

he

doesn't

come

as

an

invader

or

as

a

thief

he

comes

to

his

own

remember

earlier

I

said

all

things

come

of

you

and

of

your

own

have

we

given

you

so

when

Jesus

comes

into

any

person's

life

he's

coming

to

what

is

his

own

and

in

this

text

Jesus

very

powerfully