Mark 7.1-13 Traditional Hypocrisy, Heartless Devotion

Having traditions is not a problem, until it rises to the level it should not. When it is exalted to the same level of importance as the word of God and his law or when we make our traditions a matter of salvation, which causes a barrier in our fellowship with one another, we would be resembling the Pharisees. Jesus says of these, "This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me ..." Where is your heart? Near or far from God?