Traditions…
Marriage ceremonies
Holidays
Meeting on days other than Sunday
Missions offerings
Maundy Thursday
Hymns/ worship/ choirs
VBS/ Camp
Invitation
Joining
Sunday school
Confession to priests/
Indulgences
Easter services
Nursery
Special groups
Communion/ meditations
Ritual cleansing/ foot-washing
Holy water/ healing oil
Tithing
Fasting
Flags and dramas
Ordaining ministers
Closing our eyes when praying
Church buildings
Modes of baptism
Clothing/ jewelry
Headcovering
Roles of women
Forbidding things not mentioned in scripture
Judging Suicide
Saying grace
Catechisms/ creeds
Monasteries
Mass
Candles
Worship of symols (mary, cross, etc.)
Papacy
Veneration/ sainthood
Additional sacraments (bible mentions only 2)
Joh 9:28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art HIS disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.
Cross References
Ro 7:6 But now we are free from the law, having been made dead to that which had power over us; so that we are servants in the new way of the spirit, not in the old way of the letter.
2Co 3:6 Who has made us able to be servants of a new agreement; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter gives death, but the Spirit gives life.
oV kai ikanwsen hmaV diakonouV(servants) kainhV diaqhkhV, ou grammatoV alla pneumatoV: to gar gramma apoktennei, to de pneuma zwopoiei.
The difference between a disciple and a servant
maqhtaV -Learners Vs. diakonouV- Servants
Compare to Jas 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Ro 14:17-18 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men
The reason why some verses are translated with spirit, some ghost….
The KJAV was translated from the greek and Hebrew by 47 scholars working in six “committees”. They worked on parts separately-hence the word differences..
The reasons why some churches are dead, some alive?…
Tradition paradosiV.. translated at least 12 times in the new testament. Spoken of negatively in every instance.
giving up, giving over
the act of giving up
the surrender of cities
a giving over which is done by word of mouth or in writing, i.e. tradition by instruction, narrative, precept, etc.
para (preposition) didwmi... to surrender, i.e yield up, intrust, transmit:--betray, bring forth, cast, commit, deliver (up), give (over, up), hazard, put in prison, recommend.
Religion ..translated at least 5 times in the NT, not once referring to Christianity… which is a relationship, not a religion. Religion was founded by Nimrod in Genesis 10 through the building of Babel (confusion)and exists to this day (Babylon?)
qrhskeiaV ...religious worship
esp. external, that which consists of ceremonies
religious discipline, religion
A Few scriptures against things that divide us…
John 17:11 [Jesus prayed] Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are
1 Corinthians 1:10 Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment
Matthew 15:9 And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.
Romans 16:17 Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them.
Acts 20:29-31 For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves. Therefore watch , and remember, that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.
2 Timothy 4:3,4 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.
**Ephesians 4:4-6 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.**