God's Word vs. Traditions of Men

[Ovedya]

Acts,

I wouldn't worry too much about the subject of Easter in General. Worthy gets these sort of questions posted around every major holiday. We just cycle through the same material at these cerain times of the year. No biggie.

[Guest Acts1711]

If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.

-Jesus

Should we not take this comment more seriously.

If Jesus was with us right now would he support the Tradition of Easter and it's bunnies. I am not sure if he would, but I stress the sure...*shrugs*

I just want to make the right decisions, not the wrong ones. Many sins seem harmless at first. Many ideas seem harmless at first.

[Ovedya]

If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.

-Jesus

Should we not take this comment more seriously.

If Jesus was with us right now would he support the Tradition of Easter and it's bunnies. I am not sure if he would, but I stress the sure...*shrugs*

I just want to make the right decisions, not the wrong ones. Many sins seem harmless at first. Many ideas seem harmless at first.

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Acts,

Do what is according to the will of the Lord. Why not just pray and get His feeling about it, then act accordingly (no pun intended)?

[Guest Acts1711]

Acts,

I wouldn't worry too much about the subject of Easter in General.  Worthy gets these sort of questions posted around every major holiday.  We just cycle through the same material at these cerain times of the year.  No biggie.

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Your right, I should over exhaust myself on one subject. But it does seem that every holiday this stuff comes up, and many other things Christians support regardless of what God's word says (which he says is truth). So I just wonder are we being good little christians or lazy ones not living up to...

2 Timothy 2:15 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

[Ovedya]

Acts,

I wouldn't worry too much about the subject of Easter in General.

[Guest Acts1711]

Your right, in a moment by moment case I should simply pray and trust in God to guide me. I do remain in the urge to fulfill what God has already told me in his word...to bring myself approved, not saved (I've got eternal life, I've got the A paper) but live up to the A paper (so to speak). Because I am worth Christ life and he is worth mine.

Why sit on the sidelines and preach "can't we all just get along?" when the first commandment was to worship God, and God has told us on what terms to worship him. Even Christ said he was the only way to the father. He also said he came to bring not peace but a sword.

I think it is God's will that we get riled up about these topics and fight for reform.

[Guest Acts1711]

I think that you would agree that nobody can attain to God's standard of righteousness, right?  We just do our best with what God has given us.

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Yes I do agree with that. We recieve righteousness through Christ not through our works. But we also recieved rewards based on our efforts. Even beyond that, I just feel compelled to stand up for the truth because I read Jesus doing so among his religious leaders of the day.

Even if I stand alone (which I know I do not) it is still worth it, because Christ believed me to be worth it.

[Ovedya]

Even Christ said he was the only way to the father. He also said he came to bring not peace but a sword.

I think it is God's will that we get riled up about these topics and fight for reform.

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I don't agree with that kind of mentality. Because the more that you fight, the more that you will be expressed, not God Himself. The best way to "fight" against the decline of the church is to go out and bring people to love the Lord Jesus, and to consecrate themselves to Him absolutely. Consider Abraham. God was going to judge that city, and He moved Abraham to go in and bring out his relatives, who were God's people. Abraham did not go into that city and try to reform it. He simply went in and brought God's people out of it. Yet they loved the city too much. Even Lot's wife loved the city unto her own destruction. What does this tell us today? God's people need to be motivated by God's great love, and consecrate themselves to Him for his purpose, for His will on the earth. That is the only way that God's people will drop their love for the world and it's various distractions. A "sword" will only bring death. But Jesus brings life.

[Guest Acts1711]

God's people need to be motivated by God's great love, and consecrate themselves to Him for his purpose, for His will on the earth. That is the only way that God's people will drop their love for the world and it's various distractions. A "sword" will only bring death. But Jesus brings life.

You are correct it is the love of God that brings men unto repentence. My motivation if the love of God. I will not forcefully spread God's word but through love. But tough love is there. We are encouraged to rebuke the fool, to correct the casual christian. So many ways we are to respond to things. Even act as Christ, he went haywire on the markets in the Temple...

Matthew 10:34-38 34 "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn "'a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law-- 36 a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.' 37 "Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 38 and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

Ephesians 6:17 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

The key to this Ephesians verse is that we stand strong...and fight the spiritual battle with the truth of God's word. I fear that the false doctrine the church has taken in has offended many potential believers which is not fighting with love. Becasue we are to selfish, we stick with our traditions rather than recognize the heart of God is to hold only to what is truth. God know's best...he doesn't need us adding to his words to get people saved.

[Ovedya]

I follow you. What you are basically saying is true. We do need to defend the truth of God's Word. However, we need to be very careful in our zeal for the truth. Christ desires to have us express Him, not express our self. That is not express our self, which is fallen. You know, even something seemingly done for good can be apart from Christ.

I also disagree that we have the authority to whip someone as Christ did in the temple. I know that you probably donot mean this literally, but I just want to be clear on this point. Only Jesus had the proper authority to acts as He did, in righteous indignation, because only Jesus is the righteous One. Remember: "Let he who is without sin among you..."