Seeking Christ Rather than Men

There are so few people in the churches who care about following the Bible. 

They all follow their traditions dictated to them by men while ignoring most of the scriptures.

Mark 7:13 "13 Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”

 
Colossians 2:8 "See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ."

Before Paul was born again, he was zealous for the traditions of men, even though they were against God.

Galatians 1:14 "I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers."

Galatians 5:4 "You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace."

1 Timothy 4:1-3 "Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron. They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth."

Many people who attend modern gatherings depend on their traditions of men rather than the Holy Spirit and the Word of God.

 
Romans 10:3 "Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness."

The words of many "Christians" are grandiose and boastful about their religion but have little interest in seeking the heart of God through Christ.

 
Isaiah 29:13 "Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men."

May all of us who love God seek His face and not the traditions of men.