Nov 5

" Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men." Mark 7:7 

The Jews of Jesus' day had become more attentive and concerned with the traditions and ways of their society than with the commands and teaching of God. In any culture and society when we hold in higher esteem traditional ways above biblical ways, and conventional wisdom ahead of God's Word, we become guilty of the same failure as the people Jesus was speaking about. Our worship like theirs is conducted in vain, it becomes a mere religious expression, empty and barren of real relationship with God. This makes our profession of faith futile and our witness to those around us, weak and powerless. Even when it makes us unpopular or causes us to be shunned, we are to remain faithful to God and His Word, and place all else, including the traditions of our culture and preferences of our society, as secondary to God's directives.


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