Have we created Traditions to transgress against God?

Today is the Lord's Day (Sunday), if the Lord returned, He would say to many of us "Why do you transgress against the commandments of God for the sake of your traditions?" Just as before, many of us would stand before Him puzzled and perplexed and would have NO idea what He would be talking about. But yet, many of us have instituted traditions through the generations handed down.


Matthew 15:3, 6-8 "He replied to them, And why also do you transgress and violate the commandment of God for the sake of the rules handed down to you by your forefathers (the elders)?

6So 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]. 7You pretenders (hypocrites)! Admirably and truly did Isaiah prophesy of you when he said: 8These people draw near Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts hold off and are far away from Me."

If you wondering why the Word of God has no power in you or your churches, perhaps, it is time to ask God if there are traditions in your life that transgress against God's commandments as implied by verse 6.

Do not be deceived thinking Grace allows us to be free to break His laws and commandments. Grace is there for us to get things right with HIM. Grace did not make it easier to enter Heaven but it raised the ante. For if one looked in lust they committed adultery in their heart. If one hated, he/she was a murderer. Jesus said that it was finished at the cross but He did not exempt the fact that you must carry your own crosses persevering until the end.

Isaiah 58:13-14 (AMP) If you turn away your foot from [traveling unduly on] the Sabbath, from doing your own pleasure on My Holy day, and call the Sabbath a [spiritual] delight, the holy day of the Lord honorable, and honor Him and it, not going your own way or seeking or finding your own pleasure or speaking with your own [idle] words. 14Then will you delight yourself in the Lord, and I will make you to ride on the high places of the earth, and I will feed you with the heritage [promised for you] of Jacob your father; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it.

Ask the Lord if you have created traditions in your hearts or lives that transgress against the commandments of God. Sundays are your Sabbaths now, are you keeping it Holy as the 4th commandment says to REMEMBER.


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