Deuteronomy 18:9-16
“9 When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy
God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those
nations.
10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or
his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer
of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.
11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or
a necromancer.
12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and
because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before
thee.
13 Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God.
14 For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto
observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath
not suffered thee so to do.
15 The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of
thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
16 According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb in
the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my
God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.”
Today is that
day in every year that the world celebrates the worship of demons. If you
disagree with that statement I challenge you to take God's Word and show me
where it is not just that. It is a sad thing and an extremely poor witness for
God's people to follow after these things. As in our text verses, God expects
His children to follow Him and His ways and not the ways of the world and the
devil. Yet, for some it has become a time of “fun” and supposedly “all for the
kids”. But our Lord has warned us many times over in His Word to not follow
after the world in these very observances. Notice in verse 12 God says they
“are an abomination unto the Lord”. What else do we need to know? Then look in
verse 15. “The Lord thy God will raise up a Prophet”. Notice the word “Prophet”
is written as a proper name. God His speaking of the Messiah here. His Son,
Jesus Christ. He goes on to say in verse 15 “unto him ye shall hearken”. Is
this not the same thing we see Jesus say in the New Testament? Is this not the
same thing He commanded through the writers who wrote to His churches in the
New Testament? Then why is it today that so many of God's children and even
many of His churches celebrate the greatest show of evil when it comes around
to this time of year?
In many ways
God's children today have forgotten their godly heritage as di Israel in the
Old Testament. We wonder why evil seems to be prevailing in our culture and
society today? Look at the denial of the Lord from His own people. Go back and
study the history of the nation of Israel in the Old Testament. See how every
time they followed after the false gods of the nations they conquered and those
of their neighbors God brought chastisement upon them. Are we any better than
they in that we do not believe God would not chastise His own people today?
We are commanded
to follow the Lord in all things. We are to be light as He is light. Flee the
darkness and follow the Light of Jesus Christ!!!
Praise ye the
Lord!!!
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