“...The hugest sin is stealing ...”
WTFOVR, you are right that stealing is not labeled particularly worse than many other sins. It IS ONE of the TEN Commandments.
James 2:10-11
For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
“Just those four are listed in Sacred Scripture as being the ones that ‘call down the wrath of God.’”
That’s incorrect. God’s wrath is revealed from Heaven against all sin. All men are subject to divine wrath unless and until they believe on The Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 1:18
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness.
John 3:36
He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.
The wrath of God is being stored up for those who reject the sacrifice of Christ’s death on the cross for atonement of sins.
Romans 2:2-6
But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things. And do you think this, O man, you who judge those practicing such things, and doing the same, that you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who “will render to each one according to his deeds”
“In fact, the sin of Sodom (homosexual acts) is so evil and so debasing that even the demons are repulsed by the act!”
Wrong again. Sodomy is actually similar to the behavior of fallen angels in Noah’s day.
Jude 6-7
And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day; as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
I am pointing out how America got to the point where its government was willing to accept the abomination that we see.
And it got that way through accepting the abominations of pride and greed and coveting for a very prolonged period.
In that way, “mere stealing” is insidious. It creates a false sense of prosperity. It can be forgiven, and the grace of God is such that even material amends may not be needed. But it HAS GOT TO STOP. And that’s one thing that a lot of people can back. If anything the name of the TEA party is too weak... Taxed Enough Already. It should be something like the TWTDM party (Taxed Way Too Damned Much).
In the meantime, bleeding hearts and church charities should be matched up. That was where God wanted bleeding hearts to go in the first place. To be generous with their own funds, their own resources, offering them before the Lord to help the needy better exalt the Lord in their own lives.