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When Tradition becomes Toxic
In this passage the religious crowd comes to examine the Lord and they find fault with him
During their fault finding session He turns it on them and he exposes them for what they really are.
And he tells them what he thinks about all their religious activities.
And their traditions that made them who they were and set them apart from everybody else.
Now here is the fact in our culture of Independent baptist this is very prevalent.
At least many of the influencers I have been exposed to.
Some not all, some not all of us have Prided ourselves on being different and by different we think we are better than others based on extra biblical traditions.
The Lord has been continually bringing this to my attention it is very heavy in the book of Galatians on wed night So when I came to this passage in my studies I did not want to preach it
However the Lord kept impressing it on my heart.
And Honestly the reason I did not want to preach it is a lack of courage.
And were I have fear there i need more faith.
An opossum when he gets scared he freezes and he stops progressing forward.
He plays dead and acts like he does not know he does not hear he is not there.
And the fear I have for not wanting to preach this is not a fear of God.
Because I believe he wants me to preach this.
But is it a fear of man.
What will some of you sitting here think?
that I love and respect and do not want to offend.
What will some of my friends think?
I fear coming across as rebellious and disrespectful.
And as I prayed about this the Lord gave me this Idea just be honest.
Be transparent.
So I will tell you, I have had a toxic culture, I have been a pharisee, I have done everything that these people were doing.
And I have harmed myself, I have Hurt others , and I have hindered the Ministry.
So I bring you this message out of love, a fear of God and a desire to help you with the same help God has given me.
Before we proceed forward we need to define some words
Look with me at verse 1 Pharisee seperatist
One of a group among the Jews, whose were very strict and detailed and particular about how they kept the law.
How they performed these ceremonies and of the traditions of the elders, IF the law said to wash they said this is how you wash
their pretended holiness led them to separate themselves as a group called themselves the pharisees to distinguish themselves from other jews.
Are you jewish yes but I am a pharisee
considering themselves as more righteous than other Jews.
So what is a pharisee in our culture?
How was I a pharisee?
Are you a christian ?
yes but I am a bible believer I am an independent fundamental king james only premillennial dispensational separated , noncalvinist, baptist.
Oh yeah like so and so no not him I hate him I am like him who is that ? that is the best.
Pride not bad to be different but to think that your tradition gives you more favor with God
Really does that make you better ?
Does that put you in a better position at the judgment seat of Christ ?
I really thought the Lord looked more favorably at me because of what bible I had on my coffee table.
What hymn book I had in my hand what songs I sang and did not sing.
I shook my head as I thought of the poor fools from days gone by that did not know what I knew at 19 years old.
At 19 I thought I was in a better position than 90 percent of pastors in america because of what I knew.
At I could not wait to let them know.
Scribe
A writer and a doctor of the law; a man of learning; one skilled in the law; one who read and explained the law to the people.
They were who the people went to to know how to apply the law and they used eachother and president and peer review for their authority.
How does that apply today many times I have elevated the word of other preachers and referred to what they said over what the bible says.
When I went I to debate or argue I took the scribes with me to explain away the scripture.
Tradition in the Bible 13 times and it is used positively 2 times and negatively 11 times.
Tradition is addition.
The bible says we sing so traditions say how we sing and when we sing and were to sing.
How to stand when you sing.
What is proper and what is improper.
Now tradition is not wrong we need to know how to apply this we need to know how to sing ad what to sing and were to sing and when to sing.
But the tradition should never be more important than the singing.
Everyone has traditions paul had traditions
Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
But tradition can become toxic.
We have traditions here that make us Unique and I like them.
So lets not let it become toxic.
How does it become toxic ?
When it Taints your Soul
Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not.
And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
This is what their tradition did to them this is what it turned them into.
Nasty Critical Self righteous Judgmental Uncompassionate
Our Tradition can definitely have that impact on all of us if we are not careful.
Timing when they showed up
Then came the pharisees when at the peak of the Lord's ministry at the peak of his popularity after he has feed a huge crowd in the wilderness after every one was coming to him for help and healing and to hear his sermons.
Pharisee show up after a work starts to get momentum
They come to a good work to criticize it not to learn
They come and sit in moses seat the seat of judgment to give their opinion about what is going on.
They come to find fault they do not come to learn
They come with their mind made up
Salt Life Their like the one preacher that said I did not know what it was but I knew I was against it.
So I went to find out why.
They show up to shut the work down to stop the progress.
They do not come for the same reason the others came to Jesus.
He was threatening their tradition their status quo the way things had always been done.
So they came to see with their own eyes why they were against it.
For ammunition to take it down.
They were mad about other people coming.
The pharisees come to spoil the party.
That is why some people go to a meeting why they show up to church.
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And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
To find something you have to be looking for it.
How long do you think they watched them ?
Get the bread prepare the bread ?
They did not come for the reason the other people came to see the Lord.
To get help how tragic it is when you go to were jesus is and all you can see is someone that did not wash their hands?
When tradition becomes toxic you become blinded to what God is doing.
You find little mistakes and you cannot see the people getting help healed getting the gospel the demons cast out disciples learning you have one fault and you want to talk about that.
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