Do not rely on church traditions! Follow God's Word!
If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.John 8:31-32How does God's Word look at the believer's intercession with the saints?
Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.Leviticus 20:6This is made possible by the apocryphal book of Maccabees, which contradicts the Law of Moses.
Where does God's Word place prayers to anyone other than God?
No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too. Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?First Corinthians 10:20-22Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.First Corinthians 10:14Does God's Word prove Mary as sinless?
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.Romans 5:12Does the Word of God say that Mary remained a virgin all her life?
While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to Him.Matthew 12:46Was Mary ascended to heaven if God's Word does not state it?
Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.Proverbs 30:5-6We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.Second Corinthians 4:2Does the Word of God teach to pray to Mary?
Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.Luke 4:8Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.Matthew 22:37There is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.First Timothy 2:5No one comes to the Father except through Me.John 14:6Does God's Word allow even the very production of statues and paintings?
You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God.Exodus 20:4-5Is it possible to kneel before anything other than God?
And I am John, who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had shown me these things. But he said to me, "Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!"Revelation 22:8-9You shall have no other gods before Me.Exodus 20:3For there is one God.First Timothy 2:5Is it necessary to add something to God's Word?
One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: "Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent." So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching the word of God among the Corinthians.Acts 18:9,11And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.Revelation 6:9What does God's Word say about church traditions that deviate from it?
They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men. You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men. He went on to say, You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.Mark 7:7-9If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.John 8:31-32One day, each of us will answer to God for himself
If anyone says, "I know Him," but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.First John 2:4Do you have an extramarital relationship? Do you look lustfully at women? Do you take God's Name in vain? Do not live in false assurance of salvation! If you consciously persist in sin, your faith is dead, you are denying Jesus and He considers you a liar.
Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.Matthew 7:21I wish you to know the truth, to be freed from traditions, so that one day you could stand clean before God as His faithful servant.