(Mark 7:13 NKJV) “making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do.”
A few months ago we sent out a teaching and we asked everyone why you do the things you do when it comes to your walk with God. We did this in an effort to get everyone to examine their walk with God.
It’s really important for us to know and understand why we do what we do when it comes to our relationship with God because so much of what we do can be “learned behavior”.
Our gut feeling, after getting feedback from some readers, was that the point we were trying to make wasn’t as clear as we wanted it to be. So, in light of that, we’d like to touch on this topic again, hopefully bringing more clarity this time around!
Jesus spent a considerable amount of time in the 7th chapter of Mark rebuking the Scribes and Pharisees for allowing their traditions to interfere with their walk with God. So this was obviously something very important to Him.
Using the verse above as the foundation for our question, we’d like to ask you once again, “why do you do what you do when it comes to your relationship with God?”
When you pray, do you pray a certain way because you have seen and heard others do it that way? When you worship, do you worship a certain way because it’s what everyone else does? Do you believe a specific way about certain Biblical topics because someone told you that it was so?
This is not a rebuke, by any means. Think of it more as a gentle tap on the shoulder to get your attention, nudging you and causing you to examine why you do what you do. The implications of this can be life-changing once we really get it.
So let’s sincerely think about this and let God show us the answer to this very important question.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-377-5400
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