The Evil that Men (and Women) Do
In a recent comment to one of my posts, a confused person brought up, among other things, Deanna Laney. Mrs. Laney killed two of her children and injured a third because "God told her to". (She was found not guilty by reason of insanity, last year.) The commenter misrepresented God's Word and claimed that Deuteronomy tells parents to stone their children.
Somehow I really doubt any of the woman's children were drunkards or gluttons (or refused to listen to either of their parents). Further she did not, along with her husband, take her children to the elders in the city gate (the community leaders). Neither was the sentence carried out by the men of the town. This is just another in the exceptionally long line of cases where men (and women) attempt to justify their heinous crimes by misrepresenting God's Word.
The Law of Moses, recorded in the first five books of the Bible is there to prove that we are unable to reach the standard of sinless perfection as required by God for salvation. It points to the Cross, where Jesus Christ, after living a perfect sinless life, died shamefully, taking on the punishment we deserve. Because of His sacrifice, we can accept Jesus as Lord of our lives and his sinless perfection counts for us. (Read Paul's letter to the Romans.)
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
(Deuteronomy 21:18-21)
Somehow I really doubt any of the woman's children were drunkards or gluttons (or refused to listen to either of their parents). Further she did not, along with her husband, take her children to the elders in the city gate (the community leaders). Neither was the sentence carried out by the men of the town. This is just another in the exceptionally long line of cases where men (and women) attempt to justify their heinous crimes by misrepresenting God's Word.
The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
(Psalms 19:7)
For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
(Hebrews 7:19)
The Law of Moses, recorded in the first five books of the Bible is there to prove that we are unable to reach the standard of sinless perfection as required by God for salvation. It points to the Cross, where Jesus Christ, after living a perfect sinless life, died shamefully, taking on the punishment we deserve. Because of His sacrifice, we can accept Jesus as Lord of our lives and his sinless perfection counts for us. (Read Paul's letter to the Romans.)
posted by Bryan at 6:03 AM
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