Monday, May 6, 2013
Traditions Of Men
Bible Questions Answered:
“...how can I believe in a god who's
standards are one thing one year and another thing another year. Now
this group of people are accepted that used to be banned years
ago!...”
Rodney/ Sydney, Australia New South
Wales
Bible Answer:
You mistake “the traditions
(commandments) of men,” with “Thus Saith The Lord.”
What a difference!
Matthew 15:8,9 KJV
8 This people
draweth nigh unto Me with their mouth, and honoreth Me with their
lips; but their heart is far from Me.
9 But in vain they do worship Me,
teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Matthew 15:8,9 NLT
8 ‘These
people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
9 Their worship
is a farce, for they teach man-made ideas as commands from God.
Mark 7:6,7 KJV
6 He answered
and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as
it is written, This people honoreth Me with their lips, but their
heart is far from Me.
7 Howbeit in vain do they worship
Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Mark 7:6,7 NLT
6 Jesus
replied, “You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about
you, for he wrote, ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but
their hearts are far from Me.
7 Their worship
is a farce, for they teach man-made ideas as commands from God.
Men and their theologies, and doctrines
change, but one thing never changes, and that is the inerrant Word of
God!
This is why you must “never,”
abrogate your right to read and know for yourself, the blessed Word
of God, and not leave it to another!
Acts 17:10,11 NLT
10 That very night the believers
sent Paul and Silas to Berea. When they arrived there, they went to
the Jewish synagogue.
11 And the people of Berea were more
open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to
Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to
see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth.
The
Unchanging Word Of God:
Deuteronomy 8:3 KJV
And He humbled thee, and suffered
thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not,
neither did thy fathers know; that He might make thee know that man
doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of
the mouth of The Lord doth man live.
I Samuel 15:29
NLT
And He who is The Glory Of Israel
will not lie, nor will He change His mind, for He is not human that
He should change His mind!”
I Kings 8:56 KJV
Blessed be The Lord, that hath given
rest unto His people Israel, according to all that He promised: there
hath not failed one word of all His good promise, which He promised
by the hand of Moses His servant.
Psalm 102:27 NLT
25 Long ago you laid the foundation
of the earth and made the heavens with your hands.
26 They will perish, but you remain
forever; they will wear out like old clothing. You will change them
like a garment and discard them.
27 But you are always the same; you
will live forever.
Psalm 111:7,8
NLT
7 All He does is just and good, and
all His commandments are trustworthy.
8 They are forever true, to be
obeyed faithfully and with integrity.
Psalm 119:80 KJV
For ever, O Lord, thy Word is
settled in heaven.
Isaiah 40:8 KJV
The grass withereth, the flower
fadeth: but The Word Of Our God shall stand for ever.
Malachi 3:6 KJV
For I am The Lord, I change not..."
Matthew 5:18 KJV
For verily I say unto you, Till
heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass
from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Matthew 24:35 KJV
Heaven and earth shall pass away,
but My Words shall not pass away.
Luke 21:33 KJV
Heaven and earth shall pass away:
but my words shall not pass away.
John 17:17 KJV
Sanctify them through thy Truth: thy
Word is Truth.
Romans 1:16 KJV
For I am not ashamed of The Gospel
Of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one
that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Galatians 1:11,12 KJV
11 But I certify you, brethren, that
The Gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
12 For I neither received it of man,
neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
II Timothy 3:16 KJV
All scripture is given by
inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Hebrews 1:12 NLT
"...you are always the same;
you will live forever."
Hebrews 13:8 KJV
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and
to day, and for ever.
James 1:17 KJV
Every good gift and every perfect
gift is from above, and cometh down from The Father Of Lights, with
whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
I Peter 1:25 KJV
But The Word Of The Lord endureth
for ever. And this is The Word which by The Gospel is preached unto
you.
II Peter 1:19-21 KJV
19 We have also a more sure word of
prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a Light
that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and The Day Star
arise in your hearts:
20 Knowing this first, that no
prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
21 For the prophecy came not in old
time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved
by The Holy Ghost.
Revelation 22:18,19 KJV
18 For I testify unto every man that
heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add
unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are
written in this book:
19 And if any man shall take away
from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his
part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the
things which are written in this book.
GOD'S
WORD WILL ALWAYS STAND!:
Exodus 20:1-17
KJV
1 And God spake all these words,
saying,
2 I am The Lord thy God, which have
brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
FIRST
COMMANDMENT:
3 Thou shalt have no other gods
before Me.
SECOND
COMMANDMENT:
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any
graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above,
or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the
earth.
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to
them, nor serve them: for I The Lord thy God am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third
and fourth generation of them that hate Me;
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands
of them that love Me, and keep My commandments.
THIRD
COMMANDMENT:
7 Thou shalt not take the name of
The Lord thy God in vain; for The Lord will not hold him guiltless
that taketh His name in vain.
FOURTH
COMMANDMENT:
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep
it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labor, and do
all thy work:
10 But the seventh day is the
sabbath of The Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou,
nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant,
nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11 For in six days The Lord made
heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the
seventh day: wherefore The Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed
it.
FIFTH
COMMANDMENT:
12 Honor thy father and thy mother:
that thy days may be long upon the land which The Lord thy God giveth
thee.
SIXTH
COMMANDMENT:
13 Thou shalt not kill.
SEVENTH
COMMANDMENT:
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
EIGHTH
COMMANDMENT:
15 Thou shalt not steal.
NINTH
COMMANDMENT:
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neighbor.
TENTH
COMMANDMENT:
17 Thou shalt not covet thy
neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his
manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any
thing that is thy neighbor's.
Matthew 22:36-40
KJV
36 Master, which is the great
commandment in the law?
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt
love The Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and
with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great
commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it,
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
40 On these two commandments hang
all the law and the prophets.
Mark 10:19 KJV
Thou knowest the commandments, Do
not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false
witness, Defraud not, Honor thy father and mother.
Philippians
2:11,12 KJV
11 And that every tongue should
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God The Father.
12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have
always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my
absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.