Breaking Out of Our Religious Mold
I think there are basically three steps in making a religious mold. First, you create a habit, which in time becomes a tradition, invariably ending in superstition. Granted, the former two are accepted and even useful, in a scriptural context; the third one, never. The two goods can add up to bad if the third is added to the equation.
Forming a good and godly habit that becomes more or less traditional can be an excellent thing. But when, for example, your posture, as well as your petitions, in prayer end in superstition, that mold needs be broken. The same can be true of our Bible reading, as well as scores of other rituals we adhere to.
Whenever a child of God cannot break out of a formal, ritualistic pattern, no matter how acceptable, without feeling some kind of taboo is upon them, they have become a superstitious saint. And I say to all such, as Paul, "I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious."
If this fits you, it is time to break the mold. Don't you agree?
an Aged Saint
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