DAILY?READINGS: 1 Kings 13:33 to 14:31; Jer. 24-25; Col. 2:8 to 3:4
Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition. Mark 7:13
Some religious traditions are harmless. Some churches have Sunday School in the morning, some in the afternoon and some have no Sunday School at all. People get used to a certain pattern and resist change. But other traditions can be deadly. Any tradition that undermines the gospel of grace is very destructive. To make baptism, church membership, or any work of man a condition of salvation is to undermine the gospel (Eph. 2:8-9). The Word of God is to be the authority in the churches, not the traditions of men. God’s Word is adequate for all of the needs of the church (1 Tim. 3:16-17). —Donald L. Norbie
Open Thy word of truth, that I may see
Thy message written clear and plain for me. —Mary Lathbury