Influence OF Customs

IS IT acceptable to declare, “It is ~MY~ custom”, and that makes everything alright?  What IF?
There was a large family,  mom (Actually a female) and a dad (Actually a male), and maybe 20 children… They lived in a large house, with 20 plus rooms, and a huge family room where all were to gather each day for family time….
Strict rules were set in the home, The Bible was its Guide,  God was obeyed,  obedient Prayer was given to The Father in Heaven, in The Name OF HIS Son Jesus Christ.. The Gospel of God’s Kingdom was declared,  but each child had the ~Freedom~ to do as they pleased in their own room…
Then one day when the family gathered in the family room as usual, and the dad started their time together with a prayer to God Almighty, the eldest child spoke up in protest  saying, “we are offended by this prayer and we  demand that you stop saying IT in our presence, we want IT out of this house”…
The second child stepped up and said, “yeah, we want our rights as another family recognized and we want to wear the dress of  another family  and carry on it’s customs here in this family room, because ~YOU~ owe IT to us.”
The third child iterated that the second child was right, but it is the customs of , ~MY Choice~ that we should  observe here in this family gathering, because you gave us the freedom to keep them in our rooms..
The forth child then shouted out, “we are greatly offended by that “BOOK” which you read to us all the time, IT IS Not to ~OUR~ liking, because IT claims a Deity that IS Almighty, and ~we are in control of our lives here~ and believe that there is no greater power than man.”
The forth child stepped up and stated, “we  want ~our~ rights to be recognized to abort our unwanted babies,  have relations with whom we please, where and when we please, and oh yeah, Jim wants to marry Bob and have it be legal, and we demand that you not only let us, but that you like it too. ” …
Git the picture?  See the problem?  What was this country supposedly based upon? 
(Matthew  12:25) .. AND Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, “~Every kingdom~ divided against itself IS brought to desolation;  and every city or house divided against itself ~Shall Not Stand~.
As long as people have the attitude that they are ~OWED~ something because at one time their ancestors were oppressed… AS long as folks stand on ~THEIR~ customs and traditions,  there will be no peace, only unrest… *IF* a team of ~oxen~ can’t, won’t, or don’t pull the cart in the ~SAME~ direction,  *IT* ain’t going nowhere but straight to confusion, and  who is the father of this?
(I Corinthians 14:33).. For God IS NOT the Author of ~confusion~.  But of ~Peace~, as in all the Churches of  ~the saints~.
(John 6:44).. “Ye are of ~your~ father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He  was a ~murderer~  from the beginning, and abode not in the ~TRUTH~,  because there IS NO Truth in him.  When he speaketh a ~lie~, he speaketh of   *his OWN*,  for he IS  a liar, and the ~father of it.~”
(Jeremiah 7:19).. Do they provoke ME to anger?  Saith THE LORD:  do they provoke ~themselves~ to the confusion of their own faces?
(Leviticus 18:30)… Therefore shall ye ~KEEP~  MINE ordinance,  that ye commit not any one the these abominable customs,  which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein:  I am  THE LORD your God.
(Isaiah 24:10)… They city of ~Confusion~  is broken down:  every house IS shut up, that no man come in.
(James 3:16)… For where *envying  and strife* ~IS~,  there IS confusion and every evil work.
.(Revelation 21:27).. And there shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie:  but they which are written in the Lamb’s Book of LIFE.
How should mom and dad handle these rebellious children, which have been set free to live life in their rooms ~AS THEY PLEASE~?   Do you think they should be told what The Father said?
Jesus gave His life that ~all~ sin debt be paid, so who on earth can ~OWE~ OR YET GIVE   you any thing?
(Jeremiah 6:16)  Thus saith THE LORD,  “Stand ye in the ways, and see,  and ask for the ~Old Paths~,  where IS the good way, and walk therein,  and ye shall find rest for your souls” ….   But they said, “we will not walk therein.”
This is the dilemma that this nation and all others is facing today… they are gathered in the family room of confusion, listening to the lie of Satan, and calling IT good….  When all that is needed IS a ~Sincerely Humble Prayer of Repentance, ~  A seeking of the right path,  and walking therein, to find peace and rest for all men… And So IT Will BE When Christ Returns.