Following Tradition and Doctrine - or Following God and the Bible

Through my reading of the Bible this year, I have learned something. There are many traditions and doctrines that I have followed for decades... that are not in the Bible.

I pause and search for words, some hard truths, some honest conversation. That will come.

This past year, I have come to realize how I would much rather do exactly what God says, and tells us in the Bible (in His Word) than follow traditions or doctrine... of the things that I thought were in the Bible but are not.

Let me rephrase it, I would rather live how Jesus did and do what He and taught.

I want to do what the Bible says, which is what God says, and not do what people say or what the world says.

My eternity is dependent upon living the Bible, and doing what Jesus did, not what man says.

If I am going to do something, I want to do it with eternity in mind, not because it feels good in this worldly reality.

I don't want to do what the masses do.

I want to do what Jesus did, pure and simple. I want to live as Jesus did. And the only way I can do that is to be in the Bible and do what it says.