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The word tradition can have two meanings, one secular and one religious. The secular understanding is that tradition is a long-established ritual, custom, or belief that is passed down from one generation to the next.

For example, my mother Gladys Winfree cooked seafood gumbo only on Sunday's and I couldn't wait for Church to be over thinking about that bowl of rice and seafood gumbo LOL, But as mom was getting older and I grew up and had my own family,

I wanted them to experience what I did growing up, so I tried many times trying to get it the same way mother fixed it, She had all the good stuff in the pot, so she told me how she cooked it with the dried shrimp in it, So off I went to the stories in search for all the ingredients, but had a difficult time finding those dry shrimp, so after many getting it wrong, on one Sunday and did it again after finding those dry shrimp,

But to my surprise Moma said, son, son, you Got it Right after taking her a bowl to eat, But I told her mom it is not easy finding those dry shrimp!!!... So mother said, son, I put those dry shrimp in there because I could not afford the real ones, so next time to fix your gumbo get you some real shrimps to put in it.

Many families have certain traditions in the way they celebrate holidays, birthdays, or vacations. Family traditions can be a healthy and positive way to maintain family cohesiveness. Social traditions can help create a sense of belonging within a community. A school may have a tradition that each year the incoming freshmen are escorted to the first football game by the seniors.

Following those traditions builds unity and helps maintain social norms. In the religious arena, however, tradition can blur the line between God’s truth and man’s invention, thereby confusing many. Christians should view religious tradition with caution.

A religious tradition was in full force during Jesus’ earthly ministry. He often scolded the religious leaders, saying, “You nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down” ( Mark 7:13 ). The scribes and the Pharisees had added so many of their own ideas to God’s Law that the common people were confused and felt helpless to obey it all.

In Mark 7:6–8, Jesus quoted from Isaiah to reprimand the religious leaders, saying, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’” Notice that the “commandments of men” were being taught as if they were divinely inspired “doctrines.” And that was the problem.

One of the many traditions kept by the Pharisees of Jesus’ day involved ritualistic hand-washing before meals, religious temple building, trying to keep and obey the commandments and laws, giving and paying out of dated tithing.
The observance of this tradition had nothing to do with pleasing God; the Pharisees’ concern was ceremonial purity. Once, when a Pharisee invited Jesus to eat with him, Jesus bypassed the tradition:

“His host was amazed to see that he sat down to eat without first performing the hand-washing ceremony required by Jewish custom” ( Luke 11:38, ). Jesus had broken no law, nothing in the Mosaic commandments required such hand-washing, but the Pharisee expected conformity to the custom nonetheless just as your religious leaders wanting your life service in serving them and their kingdoms while having you under the Old Testament curse trying to obey and keep the Moses commandments and laws and the Levities outdated tithing and giving.

Jesus’ outright disregard of that manmade tradition sets up a clear distinction between what is binding ( Jesus Christ commands) and what is not binding (Religious tradition).

Religious traditions that supersede or displace God’s grace have been around since the earliest days. They are still in full force within every religion as well as most Christian denominations.

The liturgical branches of Christianity have the most obvious traditions, but more relaxed worship venues can have them as well. Most of us have our favorite style of music, method of preaching, organizational structure, and serving routines that we accept without question. When faced with change, we might even feel a sense of moral outrage, as though changing the service format or adding the worship of pastors, bishops, founders were a direct violation of God’s commands. What we’re really doing, perhaps without even realizing it, is guarding our own pet traditions, just as the Pharisees did.

We can even become offended at Jesus, as the Pharisees did when He disrupts our traditional view of what we think Christianity should look like ( Look at John 9:16 ).

Scripture has layers of meaning. The more we delve into God’s Word, the more we learn about our Lord Jesus Christ, and it often upsets our own ideas. Just when we think we have things figured out and we are certain that we are theologically, morally, and socially right about it all, we uncover another layer that shatters those confidences.

When we cling to tradition, whether denominational, theological, or structural, as if it were God’s Word, we keep the door closed on the Lord Jesus Christ revelation of truth to us. He wants to keep surprising us with Who He is as we continue to pursue Him ( Jeremiah 29:13 ). But religious tradition is often in the way.

“That’s not how we’ve always done it as I was sharing with my bishop T.D.Jakes in his office many, many years ago along with another highly respected Church staff leader who was agreeing with me, about meeting the needs of the Church that Jesus Himself birth and built, and not the man's religious ones built with hands” is the battle cry of the traditionalists. Breaking tradition can be uncomfortable for many, just as it was for the Pharisees ( Matthew 5:33–34;)( Luke 6:26–27 ). But when we can clearly see the dividing line between our own traditions and Jesus's truth, we stay humble and pliable as God continues to transform us into the image of His Son ( Romans 8:29 ). Will you obey the gospel of the Lord God Jesus Christ, and be totally free from men and their religions, and start serving God, the Jesus way?. Amen.

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