If there be found among you, within any of thy gates
which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness
in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing His covenant, And hath gone
and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of
the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; And it be told thee, and thou
hast heard of it, and inquired diligently, and behold, it be true, and the
thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel: Then shalt thou bring
forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy
gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they
die. Deuteronomy, Chapter 17, verses
2-5.
This passage is important to me because it lets me
know clearly that God doesn’t like people being involved with horoscopes or
other celestial things. It doesn’t sound
like God thinks, “I’m not going to get too upset by this. They just like to read their horoscope for
fun, which really isn’t the same thing.”
This passage talks about stoning people to death for doing this
abomination. The sad thing is there are
people who don’t even realize that reading their horoscope or calling people to
predict their future is directly opposed to their Christian faith.
You wouldn’t believe the number of Christians who
read their horoscope each day. Most
people that I’ve talked to think that reading their horoscope is harmless,
something they do as a joke. It’s kind
of scary to think how insidious a thing like reading a horoscope can be.
Sometimes people start reading it just for fun. Then it starts creeping into their mind. They think things like, “I probably shouldn’t
do this thing today because my horoscope said it isn’t a good day to do things
like this.” Then they find themselves
not doing things because they didn’t read their horoscope that morning and they
don’t want to make any major decisions until they’ve read it. They probably don’t even realize that they
are being led astray by turning to something other than God for guidance. It’s worth assessing the little things that
we do that allow our focus to be pulled away from God.
Here are some related passages:
*And he [Manasseh] did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after
the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel
*And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the
kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of
Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense
unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the
hosts of heaven. 2 Kings, Chapter 23,
verse 5.
Because this is an example of how I’ve applied this Bible passage to my life, it doesn't necessarily reflect the whole meaning of the passage.
This is a connection I've made from this Bible passage. Please share your connections.
Please click on comments below to share your suggestions. Thanks! Debbie
