Traditions?
poor Tavia, in the Fiddler on the Roof, as his daughters systematically went against the traditions of the faith. just watched Yental again, another case of going against Tradition!
I don't recall mentioning tradition in the last post I made, but it was brought up in a comment, so I did a quick check on Bible Gateway. Most of the mentions of tradition in the New Testament were negitive...don't let tradition get in the way of the Word. The only positive mention seems to be in 2Thes. 2:15 where the church is told to hold fast to the traditions. There are a few positive mentions of tradition in the Old Testament. But even there we are warned not to let traditions get in the way of what God really wants...the heart of the matter seems always to be the heart.
I mentioned "rule of faith". I'm not exactly sure that is the same as tradition. The Nicene creed is said as a declaration of faith in Catholic, and Protestant churches alike. Baptist and Methodist.
and I've always said that the answer to the question "Who do you say Jesus is?" "What do you say about Jesus" is the deciding factor in whether or not a person is actually a Christian. My personal "rule of faith". Yet in many cases that does not seem to be enough.
3 comments:
Great post ME. So many times we get wrapped up in the traditions (yep even us younger folks). They are supposed to point us to Christ not keep us from Him.
so true MO,
the priest at the Church we have been attending lately has been explaining the Literagy they follow. Every part of it points to the Divinity and Saving Grace of Jesus. And it is all solidly rooted in Scripture. In Farmington, one of the Easter Tradidions of hundreds, perhaps thousands of believers is to attend the Passion Play of the four corners at the local civic center. Free Performances 6 nights a week, put on by several different churches, denominations, Baptists, Nazereenes, AOGs, even Roman Catholics, working together to present the story of Jesus, his life, death, and ressurection.
But the prayer focus of the cast and crew, is that rather then do a play for believers, who have made this production part of their Easter Week tradition, we/they can reach out to the unsaved, the people lost in the dark...like you said, a tradition that is supposed to point us/ and them/ to Christ, not keep us from him. The deleted comment is just Mo's comment which was some why posted twice.
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