One of the devil's greatest tactics is to use people to place unScriptural expectations on those he wishes to discourage or taunt. These people accuse us of things that are not true, or that even God never told us to be or do. When we do not comply to the unScriptural demands, we are treated as though we have sinned or are rebellious, when the truth is that we who seek the Word for our guidance, rather than the mandates of men are free of human tradition.
When we find ourselves under the control of ungodly human mandates not based on the Bible, we need to pray, gaining the strength and resolve to never allow ourselves to be placed under man's traditions.
Mark 7:1-6
1 The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come from Jerusalem,
2 and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with impure hands, that is, unwashed.
3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, thus observing the traditions of the elders;
4 and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and copper pots.)
5 The Pharisees and the scribes *asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with impure hands?”
6 And He said to them, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me.
7 ‘But in vain do they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’
8 Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men.”
9 He was also saying to them, “You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition."
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