How is that some of us continually fall into the same old traps of our family, over and over again? This past Holiday, I over heard so many people say to each other things like, “So what are you going to do,” which seemed to be the most important topic at this time. The response was usually the same in every case as people would say things like, “Well I’ll be going over my folks house.” Another would say “I’m doing what I did last year,” and another said, “I’m going to keep up our tradition.”
If you didn’t know, most people base their whole lives on following traditional concepts. If you at this time just think about what you did last time at this time last year, is it the same? Men and woman have a habitual mind of a sort. Some to an extreme like a person with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) that is usually associated with tics, which are habitual spasmodic contractions of the muscles most often in the face, a lot like Tourettes an anxiety disorder that can increase the risk of suicide. The tradition that we chose to abide by in a lot of ways can lead to a habitual form that is hard to get out of.
Not all tradition is bad, but a tradition that you can’t be free of without feeling the pain of headache becomes a form of OCD to that individual who can’t put the breaks on in their life, and reevaluate what’s happening in the moment. Then they stand the chance of falling victim in that moment to tradition, and in some instances, loose connection with common sense. In these days, people are becoming more controlling, looking out for their own selves.
When you take the time and look at the word tradition, we find that it means the following: the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation. You must understand, that when you have a tradition of men or your family or others families, there are certain conditions that are attached to a tradition, and they are as follows:
- Faithfulness
- Love
- Commit
- Sentiment
- Retribution
Now through these attachments, all decisions concerning adherence to tradition are weighted and swayed, whether or not to follow through. So lets see what the Word of God has to say about this. I
1 John 2:15-17 says, “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.”
The tradition of people and even some churches and ministries of this Earth, will lead people to separate themselves from Jesus Christ and His love, and right into the arms of Satan every time. We’ve all experienced someone, or relatives who’ve either tried to convince us to attend some function or other, to the point that they begin to insist that we do, and if we don’t, then out of their mouth comes the retribution statement. We all know what that’s like.
This is an example of what people would do to get you to follow after a tradition. Colossians 2:8-10 says, “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power.”
The traditions of men are there to please men or woman and they can lead you down the road of unbelief toward Christ. Mark 8:36-38 says, “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
I want everyone to know what you already know but the word of God puts it like this in Ephesians 4:14-15, “That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.”
Thank you for listing to this Word of Jesus.