Jesus never told us to plant churches or run church services. He told us go and make obedient disciples. This training considers some of the ways that church tradition has replaced the commands of Jesus.
Mark 7:9 You Observe Your Own Traditions
Matthew 28:19-20 Go and make disciples
Matthew 7:21 Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’
Luke 13:6-9 Fig Tree in the Vineyard
Matthew 23:4 Cumbersome loads on people’s shoulders
Luke 6:46-49 Wise & Foolish Builders
John 5:39 You study the Scriptures diligently
Matthew 13:14-15 You will be ever hearing but never understanding
Matthew 11:28-30 Come to me
Matthew 5:15-16 Don’t hide your light
Luke 10:8-9 Heal the sick… and tell them…
John 2:23-24 Jesus Would not Entrust Himself to the Crowds
Acts 2:46-47 They broke bread in their homes
John 7:18 To Gain Personal Glory
John 12:28-29 The crowd said it had thundered
Matthew 23:5-7 Everything They Do Is For Show
James 2:2-7 Fine Clothes and Filthy Old Clothes
Matthew 6:3-4 Let Your Giving be in Secret
2 Corinthians 9:7 Give without Compulsion
Matthew 23:8-10 Do Not Call Anyone On Earth ‘Father’
There are a lot of areas mentioned above where we recognise we have followed the traditions of men instead of obeying Jesus.
I hope that you will listen to Jesus and try your best to obey Him by correcting these outward and inward practices.
The most important thing is to open our spiritual ears to hear Jesus and our hearts to obey Jesus. Without that our ‘house’ will fall in a terrible destruction (Luke 6:49).
