Subject: Jesus name of the Father, Son and H/Ghos |
Bible Note: Darcy - In my life I've seen enough examples to convince me that large numbers of believers hold the religious beliefs that they do and join themselves with the communion that they do for no other reason than family tradition. ..... A former pastor of mine often told the story of a young wife who, when preparing a roast for the oven, took a butcher knife and cut away a small portion of one end of the roast and discarded it. Upon being asked by her husband why she did such a thing, she responded, "Because that's what my mother always did." The young husband was curious and so he approached his bride's mother with the question, "Why do you chop off an end of a roast before cooking it?" The mother-in-law said, "Because that's what MY mother always did." Finally, the young man put the same question to the grand-mother and she said, "I chopped off the end because the roast would not otherwise fit into my baking pan." ..... Robert Frost in his poem "Mending Wall" has something to say about blindly following tradition. ..... The necessity is incumbent upon all believers to be Bereans always and to test what they are taught and asked to believe against the truth of Scripture, without regard to family or church tradition. --Hank |