You’re right that Jesus rejected their tradition (Matthew 15:6-9).He told the Pharisees: “So you have made the word of God invalid because of your tradition.” (Read vs.1-5)With respect, that cannot be true can it? Otherwise why did Jesus (reportedly) completely reject the religious tradition of the Jews?
But he said he came “to fulfill“ the Law. Not to abolish it. — Matthew 5:17
Certainly He is the One!Can you really be worshipping the same "God" if one version forbids you to use the name and the other encourages it?
Just a different way of worshipping. But read what David and other Bible writers said about His Name. (Here, we can clearly see a tradition veering away from what was part of the original way to worship Yahweh):
Isaiah 25:1 (Byington)…
“O Jehovah, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name;..”
Psalm 145:21 (Byington)…
“My mouth shall speak the praise of Jehovah; And let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.”
Joel 2:32(Byington)…
“And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of Jehovah shall be delivered; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those that escape, as Jehovah hath said, and among the remnant those whom Jehovah doth call.”
Proverbs 18:10 (ASV)….
“The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.”
I could go on & on. The Divine Name in the Hebrew Scriptures (the OT**) is found over 6800 times!
We claim, as do the Jews, that the Hebrew Scriptures are Yahweh’s words. (Using humans to write them down.) If He didn’t want His Name spoken, He wouldn’t have had it put in so much! Or as Joel 2:32 & Proverbs 18:10 indicate, how important it was to use it! — Malachi 3:16(Pe****a Holy Bible)…
“These things the worshipers of LORD JEHOVAH have spoken, each man with his neighbor, and LORD JEHOVAH listened and he heard and he wrote them in a scroll of memorial before him for his worshipers and for those who praise his name”
We’ll follow the example of David, Isaiah, & the others; and ignore the tradition.
But it is the same God.
Have a good day, my cousin.
**= JW’s prefer not to say “Old Testament”, because saying “Old” makes it sound obsolete. We do not support such a claim, nor want to give any credibility to the idea.