Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Mark 7:1-8
by: Paula Davis.
There is nothing wrong with traditions…until we put them above the truth of God’s commands and the leading of the Holy Spirit. When we allow the things we do in our Christian lives to become more important than loving people, we not only fall short of honoring God but risk driving away the people who need Him. The Pharisees spent a lot of time pointing out the flaws in others—perhaps worshipping traditions more than the God they said they were serving. Let us be sure we welcome others with the love of Christ that lives inside of us and not just with a list of traditions for them to follow.