- Divine traditions
- I Corinthians 11:2
- I Corinthians 11:23-26
- I Corinthians 15:1-5 – Paul was a conduit for the word of God.
- Galatians 1:11-12 – Paul was delivering a revelation from Jesus.
- Galatians 5:8 – The Galatians had started following something that was not from Jesus.
- Romans 6:17
- I Thessalonians 4:1
- II Thessalonians 2:13
- II Thessalonians 3:16
- It is good to follow traditions of divine origin. We must be careful to not let our manmade traditions supersede divine traditions.
- I Corinthians 14:33-37 – This is true in all the churches. This is God’s will. It is a divine tradition that the Corinthians were not exempt from.
- I Corinthians 4:17
- Four approaches:
- Ignore the traditions
- “The Bible is a book of wisdom or fables, but not something to live by.”
- Churched made up of people like this don’t resemble the churches of the Bible.
- Update the traditions
- “The traditions need to be updated for modern times. Teaching about homosexuality, divorce, women’s roles, etc. have to be updated to fit the times.”
- A church of people with these beliefs is interested in marketing itself to be pleasing to the most people.
- Respect the traditions
- “Traditions need to be respected, but not necessarily followed.”
- Hold to the traditions
- “If I don’t agree with the traditions, I am wrong. If society does not agree with the traditions, society is wrong.”
- It is the job of the church to spread and preserve the divine traditions.
- Ignore the traditions
JH
April 28, 2015
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