As you follow the journey of Sheik Abram from Ur to Haran through Canaan to Egypt and back to the land of the Lord’s promise we see Abraham’s enduring faith in the LORD. Moses records it, the writer of Hebrews references it and the Lord Jesus speaks of a father of our faith, Abraham.
“.. Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.”
You have heard it: “BY FAITH ABRAHAM..” and you know it from Scripture. Abram was blessed by God, called on to leave his ancestral home on a journey to a promised land. By faith Abraham believed God that his own son would inherit the promises of God’s covenant. But I’ll bet your western tradition of thought never looked so far back to the ancient middle east to recognize Abram as a Sheikh or Abram Son of Nahor the Sheik.
“For you set aside the mitzvah of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men — the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things.”
Words of the Messiah from the Gospel of Mark 7:8Hebrew Names Bible
History of Faithvs Traditions of History
In our previous Summer Rerun, I mentioned the Great Schism of the Christian Church & later divisions of the Protestant Reformation.
Before then, however, Christianity originates from the faith of Judaism.
In a prior Summer Scriptural Rerun we quote Jesus telling the Jews,
“You are mistaken, since you do not understand the Scriptures nor the power of God.
Now in this introduction to our next Summer Scriptural Rerun we will reintroduce the faith of Abraham.
ByfaithAbraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he left, not knowing where he was going
And what does this have to do with traditions of the Catholic Church?
In fact, Jesus makes the point to the Jews that FAITH through Scripture far outweighs the TRADITIONS of man.
Jewish traditions, Roman Catholic traditions, Orthodox traditions — even Anglican, Lutheran and other traditions of the Protestant Reformation must give way to Holy Scripture.
