So if the tradition of my church contradicts the scripture, whom should I believe? What is the standard?

Question

Patrone07 - but isn't it true that at the time of the writing of this passage you quote, the New Testament was not completed? Isn't it also true that the witnesses of Jesus Christ the Apostles are no longer with us?

Answer 1

You should follow what is written in the Holy Scriptures for Jesus Christ is the standard to follow.

"Jesus answered, 'My teaching is not my own. It comes from him who sent me. If anyone chooses to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.'" John 7:17
"If anyone teaches false doctrines and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, he is conceited and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions" 1 Timothy 6:3,4
"All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness." 2 Timothy 3:16

Answer 2

If the tradition contradicts the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Scriptures in Apostolic Traditon in the OHC&A Church, then change the custom and "tradition s of men' to conform to the Full y Given and Rightly Interpreted and Truly Contexed True and Complete Word of God.

TheGold Standard is Scripture in Tradition in the Church

Answer 3

The Bible. It is the standard by which all christian 'tradition' and doctrines are weighed. If anything within the doctrine or tradition is in contradiction to the written word of God (the Bible) then it is false.
The doctrines of the church come from what Scripture indicates. The scriptures do not come from what the doctrine indicates. The Bible, and only the Bible is the standard.

If your church adds other 'books' to be seen as on the same level as the Bible, (and preached as if it is the Bible) OR certain traditions are contradictory to what is written, then your church is wrong. ♥

Answer 4

Church tradition is man's words and the Bible is God's word "All scripture is God breathed and inspired and is for instruction and correcting." For instance, purgatory is a false doctrine - there is a heaven and there is a hell. If the person has a relationship with Jesus, he gets to live with Him forever. Follow the Bible. Also, the Bible was a banned book, banned and forbidden for the common man to read by the Medieval Catholic church. Martin Luther almost got burned at the stake for preaching Sola Scripture at a time when the Catholic church was selling indulgences and doing other corrupt ungodly things. The Catholic church was against printing the Bible in the common languages. (it was written in Latin at the time.) They threatened to excommunicate any king who approved of the Bible being written in a common tongue.

Answer 5

The tradition of your church should NOT contradict Scripture.

A lot of people say the tradition of my church contradicts Scripture, but it doesn't. If you were to read our catechism, you would see that every point is upheld by Scripture. It might not be YOUR interpretation of Scripture, but it's held by somebody's interpretation of Scripture.

Which interpretation is right? Personally, I put more stock in the one that's been developed by prayerful Biblical scholars and tested over the last 2,000 years than something that one independent person with little or no training has come up with.

Answer 6

Deuteronomy 13:4

Answer 7

I am going to try to be REAL careful here in the way I answer this.... First- Contradiction to Scripture is saying it is NOT of the Word, which means it is NOT Gods' way ...If what you church house is teaching or doing goes against the Bible, I would pray and look deep into this..... compare carefully what traditions you are speaking of to the Word... the answers are ALWAYS in the Word...... Second- traditions equal legalism, and legalism is what Jesus himself confronted the Pharasies about...... Legalism is OT and is LAW, and was for the Jew/nation of Isreal !!!!!!!!!!..... Law is legalism, plan and simple....... Grace has no connection with or to traditions nor legalism..... 2 Thes.2:15 , Paul is NOT telling these people to go back to legalism or traditions of the Law...... He is telling them to hang on to what has been revealed to them about the *truth* of Jesus..... Read the whole book and see the real meaning behind it.....this was written to asure these people that they had NOT missed the rapture or *gathering*.... they were afraid and paniced...... it was written to calm their fears......... go in peace........ God bless

Answer 8

Scripture is the traditions of men, and the words of Satan.

"The Word of God" Jesus the Christ, is the truth,
for Jesus said Moses gave you not that bread (word) from heaven,...

All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers,...

O' fools and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken.

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and TRUTH came by Jesus Christ.

Jesus calls Moses and the prophets liars, thieves and robbers.

Jesus said, concerning Peter and Paul, "I come in My Father's name and you believe me not, another shall come in his own name and him you will believe.

As Moses lifted up the serpent in the willderness.

And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. Rev 13:15

And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. Num 21:9

The physical church, all of them are the domain of Satan.
And the god of Moses, the 10 commandments and the 613 laws are of Satan, "I am that I am" is Satan. The whole world has been deceived.

Answer 9

Trust the Scripture. The Holy Bible is the Word of God. The church pastor or priest make up the traditions that are often against the Word of God.

Answer 10

The Bible is complete, authoritative, and true. "All Scripture is 'God breathed' (given of inspiration of God) and is profitable for teaching, reproof, correction, instruction in righteousness..." (2 Timothy 3:16).
We know that the Bible is the Word of God. The Bible declares itself to be God-breathed, inerrant, and authoritative. We also know that God does not change His mind or contradict Himself. So, while the Bible itself may not explicitly argue for “sola scriptura,” it most definitely does not allow for traditions that contradict its message. Sola scriptura is not as much of an argument against tradition as it is an argument against unbiblical, extra-biblical and/or anti-biblical doctrines. The only way to know for sure what God expects of us is to stay true to what we know He has revealed – the Bible. We can know, beyond the shadow of any doubt, that Scripture is true, authoritative, and reliable. The same cannot be said of tradition.