TRADITION vs SCRIPTURES

The Holy Week Tradition

Is this tradition really holy? Firstly, how come one became holy or what is the procedure to become holy? Let us examine the Scriptures to shed light for this. What the scripture sayeth? 1 Timothy 4:5 said…”for it is sanctified ( made holy ) through the word of God and intercession.”

As regards to days; certain religious groups that regard these days as holy has all their rights to do so but, other groups also may not consider these days as such. By the way; speaking about religion..the Scripture has this to say in James 1:27 ….”religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation…unspotted to keep himself from the world.”. Apostle Paul had this to say in Romans 14:5-6…” One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth everyday…he that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord, and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard…”. For me; I regarded everyday as holy because, everyday is of the Lord. If I may add; there’s no such day as being cursed; like this Friday the 13th thing. The Lord made all days good. It is man’s doings that make days evil. And so, this is plainly an activity that is up to man to do but, not required of God. Thus, it has no bearing or weight whatsoever this activity may present unto our Living God; especially on man’s salvation.

If I may say something about the activities of some religious individuals on these days; I think what they are doing is a mockery upon the Lord. Why, because it reenacts the grievous and cruelest act of men to the Lord. Besides, the self-inflicted pain and wound on ones body that they believed as an act of repentance of their sins; is an act of vandalism upon the temple of God. This body is not ours; it is of God. We have no authority whatsoever on this body. Moreover, repentance is to be sorry of our sins. And the right action is to refrain from committing sins and, not to harm ones body like what these men are doing. This reenactment of Jesus’ experience in the hands of wicked and unbelieving men has nothing to gain spiritually. It’s a shame-it is useless.

Related to this is the abstinence of meat and fasting. This is also being connected to this repentance thing. Again, repentance is the act of accepting that we are sinners and should be sorry about it. Now, to be sorry and to eat not and to refrain from eating meat is far apart from repentance. The kind of fasting that the Lord chose was described by Isaiah 58:6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every
yoke? You can do those trivial things as a token of being sorry for but again there is no worth for it the eyes of God; especially for our salvation.

If anyone thinks that by doing these things could blot out sins and bring one to heaven; then forget it. For the Scripture sayeth:


1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
1:17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of
persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass
the time of your sojourning [here] in fear:
1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with
corruptible things, [as] silver and gold, from your
vain conversation [received] by tradition from your
fathers;
1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb
without blemish and without spot:
1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of
the world, but was manifest in these last times for
you, 1st Letter of Peter