Thursday, June 10, 2010
Tradition or Bibical Ideals...
I have been thinking a lot on my world views and how I am suppose to develop them in accordance with Scripture. I have been looking at the things that I have been taught first by my parents and then what I have learned in Christian school and then what I have read in the Bible for myself. It makes me wonder how I am suppose to bring the Old Testament Laws and New Testament teaching into my daily life. For example, I was on facebook and I saw a picture of people sitting around and during what I believe was a Bible study/prayer meeting in someone’s house, the older man was sitting on the floor where all the young adults were sitting on the couches and chairs. It made me think of how that would work in my own house and how personally I would never willingly let an elder to me sit on the floor. Now is that something that is just a personal preference or just something that is founded in scripture? Is it a old ideal of my parent’s generation or something that should last through generations? The first scripture that comes to my mind is, “ Honor your father and mother, “"Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.” (Exodus 20:12) But then, “3Jesus replied, "And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?” (Matthew 15:3) So I wonder then also if I am going with a tradition or am I trying to honor God’s Word? If anyone had any opinions I would love to hear them!
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Why would giving up your seat for an elder break the law of God? To me, that verse specifically applies to traditions that break God's law and/or the spirit of the law (Jesus gave specific examples of this in the NT). Selflessly giving up your comfort to provide it to one who has "earned" it through living a long life seems to obey the law.
ReplyDeleteIs your question really "how do I know if tradition breaks God's laws?"
I know that the verse I used might not exactly apply to what I was saying in its own context but the words are regardless... What I am asking that if I am keeping to traditions because they are things that are based in Scripture or if i am holding to meaningless traditions. In a sense I do not want to live my life with traditions that are not worth keeping, though I think that I would always give up my seat to a woman or to an elder, that is just the example that came to my mind when I first thought of the whole question. I am trying to make my beliefs more concrete for myself.
ReplyDelete"how do i know if traditions breaks God's laws?" - I think I can answer that question by study of the word, but when I think about it... I believe that is the question that I want to answer for myself.