The True Church Vs Traditions Of Men
True Church Vs Traditions of Men
The true believers must revisit the outline of the original Church. In doing so you will discover that there is a lot of things going on that is not scriptural based. In doing so the traditions of men have overtaken the true of the word in the hearts of men. Our love has grown cold. Our allegiance has been given to men over the truth of the word. Consider this:
Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world…
The word conformed means to fashion alike. It comes from two words meaning external condition and together. To be not conformed to this world (age) means not to fashion ourselves like this present age. In today’s age there are two kind of churches. Jesus Church, which is a church where love is the fruit (John 15:5,10,12), and The False Teacher’s Church whose fruit is greed (2nd Peter 2:14 NLT ). To conform to this world is not only to live a life style according to the pattern of this world’s system, but it is also to worship in the pattern of this world. (Col 2:20). This world system has a business mind frame that prevents true love from entering the lives of the believer’s mindset. Members struggle over the truth vs. proper church protocol because the leadership deceitfully twist scriptures.
Col 2:8 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.
The False Church has teachers who spoil (lead astray as goods or property seized by force or piracy) people by deception (Mathew 24:11-14) ,as prophesied by the Lord. The evidence is the love of many being waxed cold, which is by implication a reduction of temperature. The love of many gone cold, has effected our ministries to now be about profit, money, and purpose. Instead of fulfilling the needs of the saints (Rom 12:13), doctrines have formed through philosophy. This word means love and pursuit of wisdom by intellectual means and moral self discipline. As we see in the scripture it is after the traditions of men. Men have created traditions that seem wise but go contrary to the commandments of God (Mathew 15:3-6). This causes their worship to be in vain as they teach the commandments of men as doctrine (Mathew 15:9). The false teachers created this by adding their philosophy, and vain deceit. Vain deceit means empty delusion. Delusion means a false belief or opinion. This shows again the false teachers strategy . Many people have gone against scripture by creating an opinion and adding it to the meaning of the scripture. Which is why we have so many denominations against one another. People then choose where their opinion lays and follow the doctrine or false teacher that teaches it. In Corinth, we see the nature of children in Christ, which is to say I will follow the man (1 Cor 3:1-4 ). In this division there is no love because we are not united as one. The bible says that we are to be perfectly joint together in the same mind and the same judgment (1 Cor 1:10). However, in attempts to come together people come to the conclusion that the only thing important is if we both believe in Christ, but they fail to realize that this doesn’t solve the issue of division . True unity can only be achieved in mind and judgment.
Col 2:20 20.Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world , why , as though living in the world , are ye subject to ordinances, 21.) touch not: taste not: handle not: 22 .)which all are to perish with the using:) after commandments and doctrines of men?
It’s time for those who have conformed to step out of the worldly church. The definition of worldly is not liberal. The worldly church is the industry church that is established on greed, the traditions of men, and false rules that aren’t in the bible. It’s time for the true Church to unite as we prepare for the Lord’s return, preaching the gospel of the kingdom (Mathew 24:14). For after this the end shall come. This is the same message they desired to hear but we shall hear to day. They wanted to know when the lord’s kingdom would be established (Acts 1:6), it shall happen after this.
