Biblical Understanding based on the Record of Scripture
Mar 7:7-8 says "This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things you do. And he said unto them, Full well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition." Verse 7 of this passage come from Isa 29:13. We can understand this to be speaking of the Jewish traditional laws prophesied by Isaiah that we would understand today as being from the Mishna and Talmud. But how about how Christianity has developed over the years splitting into many denominations and sects. Many have their doctrines codified in papers and booklets that explain how they arrived to these understanding. How much of these writings and understandings can be classified as traditions of men, teaching them as doctrine? Just what is the difference between a tradition and a doctrine? It seems as though every "church" believes their doctrines to be truth and all the other churches have false doctrines and traditions. In this study we are going to attempt to shed some light on this subject.
