Template:Tradition
The Bible contains story after story about men who give themselves and their God given rights over to the cities of blood with appetite for the dainties of rulers which as "deceitful meats" are a snare. The false doctrines of men are the antitheses of the true doctrines of Jesus. Jesus the Christ told his followers to not covet the wages of unrighteousness offered by those rulers who call themselves benefactors but merely exercise authority one over the other.
Also the term paradidomi[2] is translated deliver as in deliver up and even betray.
Tradition
The Pharisees were accused by Jesus of transgressing the commandments of God and even making the word of God to no effect by their traditions.
- "But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?" Matthew 15:3
Would modern Christians be accused today by Christ of the same transgression by which he accused the Pharisees because of their present "traditions"?
The English word traditions. today means, "what is a customary practice."
We should not just apply the most common meaning of tradition today to the text written in the scriptures but seek to the meaning intended by the authors.
The term we see translated tradition in the Greek text of the Bible is paradosis which shows up a dozen times in the New Testament scriptures[3] meaning "the act of giving up" and "the surrender of cities".
In Greek it meant "delivery (of goods, parcels, etc" or from a military view "surrender".)[1] is also translated "ordinances".
In Mark 7[4] we see the Pharisees Making the word of God of none effect through their tradition.[4] By the same verse 13 we could see they had many things they were doing to add to that effect of neutralizing the word of God.
We need to know what those traditions were, what was wrong with them. How can we make sure we are not doing that with our traditions today?
In verse 8[4] Jesus accuses them of laying aside the commandment of God replacing them with their tradition of men. In verse 11 we see that was the Corban of the Pharisees which was a system of the welfare state of Judea run through the temple in Jerusalem. That allowed children to often do "no more ought for his father or his mother" as we see in verse 12.[4]
The tradition of social security through the State by FDR does the same as the Corban of the Pharisees. The responsibility of caring for our parents was turned over to the civil state by the New Deal.
There are also traditions that have to do with the doctrines of men that counter the Doctrines of Jesus. Men create new things we are told we must believe in that Jesus never mentions. They impose the concepts on people which is bad enough but they often at the same time cause the people to walk in ways contrary to the Christ and The Way of righteousness.[5]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 3862 ~παράδοσις~ paradosis \@par-ad’-os-is\@ from 3860 paradidomi the verb which is from the preposition to from 3844 para of and 1325 didomi to give; TDNT-2:172,166; {See TDNT 191} n f AV-tradition 12, ordinance 1; 13
- 1) giving up, giving over
- 1a) the act of giving up
- 1b) the surrender of cities
- 2) a giving over which is done by word of mouth or in writing, i.e. tradition by instruction, narrative, precept, etc.
- 2a) objectively, that which is delivered, the substance of a teaching
- 2b) of the body of precepts, esp. ritual, which in the opinion of the later Jews were orally delivered by Moses and orally transmitted in unbroken succession to subsequent generations, which precepts, both illustrating and expanding the written law, as they did were to be obeyed with equal reverence
- Thayer's Greek Lexicon "a giving over, giving up; i. e.
- 1) giving up, giving over
- ↑ 3860 ~παραδίδωμι~ paradidomi \@par-ad-id’-o-mee\@ from 3844 and 1325; TDNT-2:169,166; {See TDNT 191} v AV-deliver 53, betray 40, deliver up 10, give 4, give up 4, give over 2, commit 2, misc 6; 121
- 1) to give into the hands (of another)
- 2) to give over into (one’s) power or use
- 2a) to deliver to one something to keep, use, take care of, manage
- 2b) to deliver up one to custody, to be judged, condemned, punished, scourged, tormented, put to death
- 2c) to deliver up treacherously
- 2c1) by betrayal to cause one to be taken
- 2c2) to deliver one to be taught, moulded
- 3) to commit, to commend
- 4) to deliver verbally
- 4a) commands, rites
- 4b) to deliver by narrating, to report
- 5) to permit allow
- 5a) when the fruit will allow that is the time when its ripeness permits
- 5b) gives itself up, presents itself
- ↑ Matthew 15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
- Matthew 15:3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
- Matthew 15:6 And honour not his father or his mother, [he shall be free]. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
- Mark 7 5 times.
- Galatians 1:14 And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
- Colossians 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Mark 7:1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. 3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables. 5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? 6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. 7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. 8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. 9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. 10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: 11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. 12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; 13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
- ↑ : Colossians 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.