All doctrines and Traditions of men, even Calvanism, are anti-christ in Nature. Mark 7 vs 1-13 (ERV) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, 2. they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. 3. (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly,[a] holding to the tradition of the elders, 4. and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.[c]) [b] 5. And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?” 6. And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, “‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; 7. in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
8. You leave the commandment of God and hold to the (doctrines and rules)** tradition of men.” 9. And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! 10. For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ 11. But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is, given to God)[d]— 12. then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, 13. thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”
** substituted from another Bible translation for better understanding of what is impacted Peter, the apostle, warned people about ALL MOGs (False Prophets and Teachers), from about 2000 years ago. 2 Peter 2 vs 1-7 (ERV) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. In the past there were false prophets among God’s people. It is the same now. You will have some false teachers in your group. They will teach things that are wrong—ideas that will cause people to be lost. And they will teach in a way that will be hard for you to see that they are wrong. They will even refuse to follow the Master who bought their freedom. And so they will quickly destroy themselves. 2. Many people will follow them in the morally wrong things they do. And because of them, others will say bad things about the way of truth we follow. 3. These false teachers only want your money. So they will use you by telling you things that are not true. But the judgment against these false teachers has been ready for a long time. And they will not escape God who will destroy them.
4. When angels sinned, God did not let them go free without punishment. He sent them to hell. He put those angels in caves of darkness, where they are being held until the time when God will judge them.
5. And God punished the evil people who lived long ago. He brought a flood to the world that was full of people who were against God. But he saved Noah and seven other people with him. Noah was a man who told people about living right.
6. God also punished the evil cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. He burned them until there was nothing left but ashes. He used those cities as an example of what will happen to people who are against God. 7. But he saved Lot, a good man who lived there. Lot was greatly troubled by the morally bad lives of those evil people. 8 This good man lived with those evil people every day, and his good heart was hurt by the evil things he saw and heard.
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