Matthew 15:9

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Summary

Matthew 15:9

But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

In

Teaching

General references

Judges 17:13

1 Corinthians 15:14

Bible References

In

“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.

I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you a sudden terror, consumption and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the soul to pine away; also, you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it up.

Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have guarded all that this man has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him; and he has returned me evil for good.

“Surely every man walks about as a phantom;
Surely they make an uproar for nothing;
He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.

Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure
And washed my hands in innocence;

Do not be hasty in word or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven and you are on the earth; therefore let your words be few.

“Bring your worthless offerings no longer,

Incense is an abomination to Me.

New moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies—

I cannot endure iniquity and the solemn assembly.

“Cry loudly, do not hold back;
Raise your voice like a trumpet,
And declare to My people their transgression
And to the house of Jacob their sins.

You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked in mourning before the Lord of hosts?

‘But in vain do they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’

by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.

But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless?

Teaching

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Whatever I command you, you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to nor take away from it.

Every word of God is tested;
He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

Then the Lord said,
“Because this people draw near with their words
And honor Me with their lip service,
But they remove their hearts far from Me,
And their reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote,

Let no one keep

defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen,

inflated without cause by his fleshly mind,

nor to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which give rise to mere speculation rather than furthering the administration of God which is by faith.

But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons,

not paying attention to Jewish myths and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.

Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book;

General references

Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will prosper me, seeing I have a Levite as priest.”

and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain.