Humanistic Psychology Destroys Faith

Mark 7:7-9 "In vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.” And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!"

It might be a good idea for all believers to ask God which of our practices are traditions of men and which are principles of God. In our culture today there are many things we do, that are not God's standard or command, but we think they are because they sounded so right and we were raised on them from birth.

We have been raised on many things that are actually the opposite of God's principles thinking they must be in the Bible, but in fact they are not.

The only way to know the truth is to ask the Holy Spirit, while being willing to discard anything He reveals to us is merely human tradition. Most of the time it is human tradition that destroys our walk with Christ, ruins our faith and heaps burdens God never placed on us.

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."

So many of the things we hold so tightly to are ideas spawned from humanistic psychology, mythology and paganism. Our culture lays burdens on unsuspecting victims who don't know their Bibles, burdens God never intended. And, to top it all off they don't follow their own humanistic principles.

Matthew 23:3-5 "…3 So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
4 They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
5 All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.…"

How often have we heard people use the mantra, "don't judge" then proceed to judge that we are mean for judging?

The "don't judge" mantra cannot be consistent because in order to accuse another person of "judging" we have to judge that they are judging." This circular thinking is convoluted and irrational at best. The judging dilemma is only one of many inconsistencies that have crept into the Christian church and sadly has been swallowed hook, line and sinker.

May believers train themselves to be discerning by knowing God's word while asking Him to show them truth.