My Bible Reading

Lately I've been reading through Deuteronomy. Yup, enjoying all the various laws. Until I found this particular law.

This is Deuteronomy 21:18-21.

     "If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or his mother, and when they chastise him, he will not even listen to them,
     then his father and mother shall seize him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown. 
     They shall say to the elders of his city, 'This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey us, he is a glutton and drunkard.'
     Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death; so you shall remove the evil from your midst, and all Israel will hear of it and fear."

This really makes me think. I have to say, the first verse can often remind me of myself. Although I know that it is sin, I tend to play it down. Would I really deserve death for just being rebellious and not listening? Yes, the Bible says it clearly.  The problem is, I think, that we see so much rebellion, that it becomes wrong but not death-deserving wrong. This is another of the good reasons I'm finding for constantly reading the Scriptures. Reminding myself of real truth is essential for me. I too often find myself beginning to think like the world in certain areas. The Scriptures are my reason for sanity from the insanity of this world.



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