January 30

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:
            Mark 7:7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.


THOUGHT ON GOD’S WORD:
            Cleanliness is next to Godliness… right! It only seems right. Well, you might say, that’s what the Bible says, right? No, it’s not right. Being clean is important, and I think the idea is great, but it is not in the Bible. Sometimes we look real hard to try to make the Bible say what we want it to. Pulling a verse from here and a verse from there and tying them all together we have a doctrine. But Jesus warned people about that in Mark. “Howbeit in VAIN do they worship me.” What? You mean all those great religious actions we do are in VAIN? Well if it is not in Gods word, and we call it a doctrine of the church and we do it because we have been told to or believe somehow we have to, then I guess the Bible speaks for itself. And the Bible speaks for God, because it is His word.


CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:
            As you read your scripture today, read the entire passage to gain the meaning of God’s word. The truth is in the passage of scripture, in the chapters and the books. There is enough truth to work on in our lives already if we obey what is clear in God’s word, without making up new stuff that isn’t even there.


SUGGESTED READING:
Exodus 5,6
Psalm 27
Proverbs 30
Mark 7