blazingthru
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JaneBond007, What does the word say about traditions, we need to be careful, what we practice and believe.
Matthew 15:6
So for the sake of your tradition (the rules handed down by your forefathers), you have set aside the Word of God [depriving it of force and authority and making it of no effect].
Matthew 15:5-7 (in Context) Matthew 15 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
Mark 7:3
For the Pharisees and all of the Jews do not eat unless [merely for ceremonial reasons] they wash their hands [diligently up to the elbow] with clenched fist, adhering [carefully and faithfully] to the tradition of [practices and customs handed down to them by] their forefathers [to be observed].
Mark 7:2-4 (in Context) Mark 7 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
Mark 7:4
And [when they come] from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they purify themselves; and there are many other traditions [oral, man-made laws handed down to them, which they observe faithfully and diligently, such as], the washing of cups and wooden pitchers and widemouthed jugs and utensils of copper and beds—
Mark 7:3-5 (in Context) Mark 7 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
Mark 7:5
And the Pharisees and scribes kept asking [Jesus], Why do Your disciples not order their way of living according to the tradition handed down by the forefathers [to be observed], but eat with hands unwashed and ceremonially not purified?
Mark 7:4-6 (in Context) Mark 7 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
Mark 7:8
You disregard and give up and ask to depart from you the commandment of God and cling to the tradition of men [keeping it carefully and faithfully].
Mark 7:7-9 (in Context) Mark 7 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
Mark 7:9
And He said to them, You have a fine way of rejecting [thus thwarting and nullifying and doing away with] the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition (your own human regulations)!
Mark 7:8-10 (in Context) Mark 7 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
Mark 7:13
Thus you are nullifying and making void and of no effect [the authority of] the Word of God through your tradition, which you [in turn] hand on. And many things of this kind you are doing.
Mark 7:12-14 (in Context) Mark 7 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
Colossians 2:8
See to it that no one carries you off as spoil or makes you yourselves captive by his so-called philosophy and intellectualism and vain deceit (idle fancies and plain nonsense), following human tradition (men’s ideas of the material rather than the spiritual world), just crude notions following the rudimentary and elemental teachings of the universe and disregarding [the teachings of] Christ (the Messiah).
Now Jews use to pass the scriptures down by singing. That tradition is perfect, you learned the scriptures at home, which is a tradition we should all have, It doesn't change the word of God it encourages it and helps, but there are other traditions that leave you to accept things not according to the word of which we are judged upon.
Mark 7:7
7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
We have to be careful what we read and follow that is not directly from the bible. We are judge by the word.
You know many protestant faith teaches the same thing about having a second chance, which is not found anywhere in scripture, there is no 7 years of tribulation written in the word. But lets say we agree with that , what if there wasn't? then what.
