Monday, December 12, 2011

Traditions' Heavy Costs

Friends,

Why are you doing what you're doing?

Why are you ...
borrowing money to buy things for people who have more than enough?
exhausting yourself to fulfill the inflated expectations of men?

He answered and said to them,
Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?
Matthew 15:3 [NKJV]

The LORD commands us to worship only the One True God in Spirit and in Truth. Where in that does one find license to engage in pagan traditions? Is it to keep peace at home? Is it to make sure the in-laws don't get angry?

These traditions are becoming ever-more burdensome, and they are only there to satisfy the demands of mortal men and women. We owe it to our God to forsake those traditions. We owe it to Him because He deserves are full and complete devotion.

Be encouraged, Jose

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