5/1/2009 10:03 PM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: Temptation from friends and relatives
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Deuteronomy 13:6-18
Message of the verses: “6 ¶
"If your brother, your mother’s son, or your son or daughter, or
the wife you cherish, or your friend who is as your own soul, entice you
secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods’ (whom neither you nor your
fathers have known, 7 of the gods of the
peoples who are around you, near you or far from you, from one end of the earth
to the other end), 8 you shall not yield
to him or listen to him; and your eye shall not pity him, nor shall you spare
or conceal him. 9 "But you shall surely
kill him; your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterwards
the hand of all the people. 10 "So
you shall stone him to death because he has sought to seduce you from the LORD
your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt Israel
This
section of Scripture is a hard one to understand and to do for in it a man has
the right to kill his wife or a wife her husband or children if they were
worshiping other gods. There was a
process that they had to follow, but this was the end of the process, the
killing of the one who began to worship and idol and wanted their family to do
the same. Unfortunately this did not
happen in the nation of Israel
Spiritual meaning for my life today: The principle of taking care of sin in the
life of the church is seen here and even though the church cannot take the life
of a person who is constantly sinning
Paul did say to the Corinthians that they should turn someone who was
sinning over to Satan and that is a very serious thing to do.
5/1/2009 10:19 PM
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