Proverbs 21.7 says the robbery of the wicked shall destroy them because they refuse to do judgment. When you turn on old westerns like Bonanza, The Big Valley, The Virginian, or sitcoms like The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry RFD, The Dick Van Dyke Show, and others, you actually get the same level of biblical truth as you do in so-called faith and family movies these days. In some cases, the message is even better. And the one consistent theme in all these old shows, whether dramas or comedies, is that crime never pays. The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them. I wasn't saved until I was 19 years old. Up to that time, I was a pretty wicked, unrepentant sinner as a teenager. I won't go into great detail, but I broke several of the Ten Commandments and even did some illegal things like destruction of property, underage drinking, illegal drug use, sexual sin, blasphemy, false witness and lies, not to mention lust, covetousness, and a number of other things. But there was only one time that I committed theft. Every time the opportunity presented itself to be involved in some sort of theft, I just chose not to do it. Sometimes I couldn't even have told you why. To be sure, my parents and the Fundamental Baptist Church, the Sunday School teachers, preachers, Awana instructors, they all instilled the simple command of Exodus 2015, thou shalt not steal. But I found most of the other Ten Commandments easy to ignore. For some reason, that one stuck. I remember one time I walked into a department store with some friends and I stole one of those cassette tape radio Walkmans. And after it was over with, I remember telling myself I'd never do that again. Maybe it was because my family, starting with my parents, were solid, honest people who never stole anything. The Miller family and even extended family didn't have a thief among them as far as I knew. And theft was just something that our family would just be ashamed of you for doing. And I just couldn't make myself do it. But I also remember watching all of those Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, John Wayne, James Arnaz, Michael Landon, Dennis Weaver, Ken Curtis, Audie Murphy, you name it. Movies and TV shows. And it showed me a thousand times over that truth about theft. The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them. And you know, at the time that I got saved, I realized that man's efforts to be saved from hell without going by the way of the shed blood of Jesus in death on the cross and his victory over sin and death by resurrection from the dead, that really is also attempted robbery. As an unsaved kid, I remember that painting of Jesus. I see that. where he's standing at the door knocking and the caption of John 10 9 I am the door by me if Any man enter in he shall be saved and shall shall go in and out and find pasture my grandma had one of those big family Bibles in that picture always stood out to me, but I saw that picture several times other places and But you know, John chapter 10 begins by saying this in verse one. Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. Isn't it interesting to consider the first half of our proverb saying, the robbery of the wicked shall destroy them. And to realize that at the great white throne judgment, Every Christ rejecting sinner who thought that they would or could End up saved and in heaven by any other way than through the gospel of Jesus Christ They're actually going to stand there judged by God as being guilty of attempted robbery When it comes to their own soul I just think that's an amazing thing to think about. Sad for those who choose to try to enter heaven by robbery, rejecting Jesus Christ. But it is something to think about, especially if you're listening to this right now and you're still unsaved and trying to get to heaven some other way.