Question - Is there anything in Deuteronomy that says you should stone your child if he strays from the faith? Someone said it’s in there, but I think I would remember something like that! I can’t find it. Thanks in advance
Yes, the scriptures is as follows…
Deu 21:18 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: 19 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; 20 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. 21 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.
Capitol punishment was by stoning to death in Biblical times. We have no recorded incidents of this ever happening. But it was the Law of the Lord and its effect was to bring the fear of the Lord into the heart of young men with a rebellious heart, stubborn, a glutton and a drunkard – it has nothing to do with ‘straying from the faith’.
It’s interesting to me that those who believe that the Law of Moses is still in force today forget passages like this. The Law of Moses was done away by the death of Christ.
Steve
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