POISONING
BEETHOVEN

Topics: Authority; Beliefs; Consequences; False Beliefs; Heresy; New Age; Postmodernism; Seeking God; Sowing and Reaping; Spirituality; Thirst

References: Leviticus 19:31; Deuteronomy 18:10–14; Proverbs 14:12; Isaiah 2:6; Zechariah 10:2; Romans 6:12; Galatians 6:7–8; Colossians 2:8; 1 Timothy 4:1

Beethoven may have poisoned himself. That’s what William Walsh, a scientist from Illinois, suggested after studying strands of hair from the body of famous classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven. Walsh discovered that Beethoven’s body had one hundred times the normal amount of lead. He concluded that Beethoven’s untimely death at the age of fifty-seven was due to lead poisoning.

Beethoven’s lead poisoning may have been due to the mineral spa he went to for relaxation. The very thing he thought was bringing him relief was slowly poisoning him to death.

Spiritual poison is like that. As people engage in practices and embrace ideas that are spiritually poisonous, they think they’re becoming more spiritual. But in reality, they’re gradually being poisoned to eternal death.

—Tim Peck, “Deepening Your Life with God,” PreachingToday.com