Comments on: Truth Versus Tradition http://brownbible.com/rev-ken-brown-articles/biblical-considerations/truth-vesus-tradition/ Researching the Word of God for the Will of God Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:31:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: terryciesielski http://brownbible.com/rev-ken-brown-articles/biblical-considerations/truth-vesus-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-113 terryciesielski Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:59:10 +0000 http://brownbible.com/?p=1121#comment-113 To Ashwin: I believe I can understand a bit of what you are trying to say, but could you at least use the spell-check so that we know which word you actually mean? "That's what has said by all the god's in every religion?" Ashwin, what are you trying to say? "Wanted his followers to follow to lead there way?" Please clarify. And I disagree about the truth always winning over tradition. As long as Satan is around on this planet, he will use human traditions to deceive people in order to keep them from salvation. Many people actually believe that if they can't get God to answer their prayers, they can ask His mom, Mary, and she will make Him answer favorably -- hence the many repetitions of the Rosary. And some people mistakenly call Sunday the Sabbath. And some do believe that Jesus was born in the middle of winter. Some of this matters greatly, some not so much; but our goal should be to seek out the WHOLE TRUTH. Jesus promised that his Holy Spirit woule lead us into all truth; let us ask him to do that. To Ashwin: I believe I can understand a bit of what you are trying to say, but could you at least use the spell-check so that we know which word you actually mean? “That’s what has said by all the god’s in every religion?” Ashwin, what are you trying to say? “Wanted his followers to follow to lead there way?”
Please clarify. And I disagree about the truth always winning over tradition. As long as Satan is around on this planet, he will use human traditions to deceive people in order to keep them from salvation. Many people actually believe that if they can’t get God to answer their prayers, they can ask His mom, Mary, and she will make Him answer favorably — hence the many repetitions of the Rosary. And some people mistakenly call Sunday the Sabbath. And some do believe that Jesus was born in the middle of winter. Some of this matters greatly, some not so much; but our goal should be to seek out the WHOLE TRUTH. Jesus promised that his Holy Spirit woule lead us into all truth; let us ask him to do that.

]]> By: Ashwin http://brownbible.com/rev-ken-brown-articles/biblical-considerations/truth-vesus-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Ashwin Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:54:04 +0000 http://brownbible.com/?p=1121#comment-81 The Lord always wanted his followers to follow to lead there way in a truthful and good manners. The traditions were laid only by human beings within themselves to follow a particular lord. But behind everything it’s the truth that matters. And that’s what has said by all the god’s in every religion. This truth always wins over tradition. The Lord always wanted his followers to follow to lead there way in a truthful and good manners. The traditions were laid only by human beings within themselves to follow a particular lord. But behind everything it’s the truth that matters. And that’s what has said by all the god’s in every religion. This truth always wins over tradition.

]]> By: Herman Crew http://brownbible.com/rev-ken-brown-articles/biblical-considerations/truth-vesus-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Herman Crew Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:49:42 +0000 http://brownbible.com/?p=1121#comment-77 A very good article. The end product shows that the author wants to worship the Lord in spirit and truth. Unfortunately, when we christians engage the cultures of the "world and the church". (Body of Christ) We usually approach people within two extremes. 1. We pull away from society and move out to a desolete area to do so called true whorship, as "we" believe worship is, as we "think" God intended it to be. Unfortunately, If we live this way. We cannot fulfill the mission given to all believes (Matthew 28:16-20) (John 17:15-19) 2. We have the bible in one hand and a beer in the other hand trying to blend in instead of being who God called us to be. Which is the person He created for his glory. (Ephesian 2:10) However, what traditions the people of God have in and out of the church means nothing. One must remember that if you want to live by the law then you better be "perfect." (Matthew 5:20) The righteous people who saw Jesus' and heard his words thought they had it together. The truth is no one has it together! (Romans 3:22-24) This is not an excuse to be weak and let your brethen do anything they want to do either! (Galatians 6:1-6) What do we do? We go back to the word of God and find the truth. Romans 14:4-6, Acts 10:13-15. Will we let Jesus be the Pastor of the Church? He has total authority and can effectively change any of his children. John 17:1-4. If you pray. If you communicate. If you lean not to your own understanding. Christ will change the hearts and minds of those given to Him. A very good article. The end product shows that the author wants to worship the Lord in spirit and truth. Unfortunately, when we christians engage the cultures of the “world and the church”. (Body of Christ)

We usually approach people within two extremes. 1. We pull away from society and move out to a desolete area to do so called true whorship, as “we” believe worship is, as we “think” God intended it to be. Unfortunately, If we live this way. We cannot fulfill the mission given to all believes (Matthew 28:16-20) (John 17:15-19)

2. We have the bible in one hand and a beer in the other hand trying to blend in instead of being who God called us to be. Which is the person He created for his glory. (Ephesian 2:10)
However, what traditions the people of God have in and out of the church means nothing. One must remember that if you want to live by the law then you better be “perfect.” (Matthew 5:20) The righteous people who saw Jesus’ and heard his words thought they had it together.

The truth is no one has it together! (Romans 3:22-24) This is not an excuse to be weak and let your brethen do anything they want to do either! (Galatians 6:1-6) What do we do? We go back to the word of God and find the truth. Romans 14:4-6, Acts 10:13-15. Will we let Jesus be the Pastor of the Church? He has total authority and can effectively change any of his children.
John 17:1-4. If you pray. If you communicate. If you lean not to your own understanding. Christ will change the hearts and minds of those given to Him.

]]> By: peg http://brownbible.com/rev-ken-brown-articles/biblical-considerations/truth-vesus-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-72 peg Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:14:11 +0000 http://brownbible.com/?p=1121#comment-72 I agree with most of this. I was raised Catholic but have since come to question so much of Catholicism. This article about putting ritual before the word of God really spoke to me and the questions I have raised. How funny is it that the rituals that I've been following in the Catholic church were all but directly criticized by Jesus himself. I agree with most of this. I was raised Catholic but have since come to question so much of Catholicism. This article about putting ritual before the word of God really spoke to me and the questions I have raised. How funny is it that the rituals that I’ve been following in the Catholic church were all but directly criticized by Jesus himself.

]]> By: Octavia Timothy http://brownbible.com/rev-ken-brown-articles/biblical-considerations/truth-vesus-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Octavia Timothy Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:37:07 +0000 http://brownbible.com/?p=1121#comment-68 The author did well in his exploration of truth versus tradtion. There are many traditions that we hold on to today and have accepted as truths. Many of them have no foundation in the word of God but we have never questioned them since we grew up believing them. To separate the truth from tradition we need to know God's word and the principles that are in it. As Christians we sometimes put more emphasis and importance on tradition than the truths that are found in the Bible. God's word does not change . Just as Jesus condemned the Pharisees for putting tradition above the principles of his word so too we are considered hypocrites for doing the same thing. We judge the scribes and pharisees and consider ourselves better followers of God than they were but we are no differerent from them when we elevate tradition. Many of these traditions have nothing to do with God but we ascribe them to God to make ourselves holy. In our quest to follow God let us hold fast to his truths and put them above all else. The author did well in his exploration of truth versus tradtion. There are many traditions that we hold on to today and have accepted as truths. Many of them have no foundation in the word of God but we have never questioned them since we grew up believing them. To separate the truth from tradition we need to know God’s word and the principles that are in it.

As Christians we sometimes put more emphasis and importance on tradition than the truths that are found in the Bible. God’s word does not change . Just as Jesus condemned the Pharisees for putting tradition above the principles of his word so too we are considered hypocrites for doing the same thing.

We judge the scribes and pharisees and consider ourselves better followers of God than they were but we are no differerent from them when we elevate tradition. Many of these traditions have nothing to do with God but we ascribe them to God to make ourselves holy. In our quest to follow God let us hold fast to his truths and put them above all else.

]]> By: dpauleyii http://brownbible.com/rev-ken-brown-articles/biblical-considerations/truth-vesus-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-64 dpauleyii Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:56:32 +0000 http://brownbible.com/?p=1121#comment-64 I have several feelings about the article that was written concerning "Truth Vs. Tradition". I tend to agree with the author, technically on his points of truth. The bible does state many truths concerning OUR traditions. The biblical truths tend to disprove several traditions we have in our society. I think we split hairs if we are concerned about what day Jesus was born, or whether Jesus rose on Saturday or Sunday. The main truth here is that he WAS born, died for our sins and rose from the dead, cheating death and taking on the sin of man so we could have a savior. I think that the people who want to argue the small points want to actually get us off the point of the main Christian beliefs. My other views or feelings are that I want to know the truth and live by the truth. If we have traditions and claim them in the name of Christ and they are not lined up with the word, then we are liars as well. How can we push traditions of lies and preach the gospel of the truth? It is difficult to discontinue all the traditions we were raised with. It is a difficult predicament to give into our family traditions or the truth of God's word. I guess when it comes right down to it we need to do what God's word convicts us to do. I have several feelings about the article that was written concerning “Truth Vs. Tradition”. I tend to agree with the author, technically on his points of truth. The bible does state many truths concerning OUR traditions. The biblical truths tend to disprove several traditions we have in our society. I think we split hairs if we are concerned about what day Jesus was born, or whether Jesus rose on Saturday or Sunday. The main truth here is that he WAS born, died for our sins and rose from the dead, cheating death and taking on the sin of man so we could have a savior. I think that the people who want to argue the small points want to actually get us off the point of the main Christian beliefs.

My other views or feelings are that I want to know the truth and live by the truth. If we have traditions and claim them in the name of Christ and they are not lined up with the word, then we are liars as well. How can we push traditions of lies and preach the gospel of the truth? It is difficult to discontinue all the traditions we were raised with. It is a difficult predicament to give into our family traditions or the truth of God’s word. I guess when it comes right down to it we need to do what God’s word convicts us to do.

]]> By: Heathercp1 http://brownbible.com/rev-ken-brown-articles/biblical-considerations/truth-vesus-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Heathercp1 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:05:24 +0000 http://brownbible.com/?p=1121#comment-63 I actually just finished reading the part in the bible about the tradition of washing the hands and how Jesus was aggravated with them because it's unimportance. If we look around at our lives as Christians we can see so many things that are just out of tradition. This post has really gave me a boost of confidence! It may be a hard to go against the grain of these traditions but I need to know the truth. I also agree with you that there isn't anything wrong with traditional things but that's all it is a tradition. Nothing more. The honest truth, the love of good things without vanity and the love of Jesus is what is important. Thanks for your article! I actually just finished reading the part in the bible about the tradition of washing the hands and how Jesus was aggravated with them because it’s unimportance. If we look around at our lives as Christians we can see so many things that are just out of tradition. This post has really gave me a boost of confidence! It may be a hard to go against the grain of these traditions but I need to know the truth. I also agree with you that there isn’t anything wrong with traditional things but that’s all it is a tradition. Nothing more. The honest truth, the love of good things without vanity and the love of Jesus is what is important. Thanks for your article!

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