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“Tradition”

“Tradition”. “Latin “trans” & “dare” a giving over, a delivery; thus, “instruction by word of mouth; an oral transmission of information, beliefs, or customs from ancestors to posterity without written records.”. Catholic Church - 1546.

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“Tradition”

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  1. “Tradition” • “Latin “trans” & “dare” a giving over, a delivery; thus, “instruction by word of mouth; an oral transmission of information, beliefs, or customs from ancestors to posterity without written records.”

  2. Catholic Church - 1546 • Declared that Tradition should be regarded as divine authority on equal basis with the Scripture. • Catholic Dictionary-”infallible”

  3. Scriptures vs. Human Traditions • Three Times Favorable Connotation: • 1 Corinthians 11:2 “keep the traditions” • 2 Thessalonians 2:15 “hold the traditions which you were taught.”

  4. Scriptures vs. Human Traditions • Three Times Favorable Connotation: • 2 Thessalonians 3:6 • Not talking about Human Traditions – Galatians 1:13,14

  5. Scriptures vs. Human Traditions • Paul stressed his own authority to deliver traditions- • Galatians 1:15-17 “not with flesh & blood” • Galatians 1:11,12 “revelation of Jesus Christ” • Galatians 1:8,9 Any other accursed • Colossians 2:8 Warning!

  6. Jesus vs. Human Traditions • Disregarded human traditions of His days on earth- • Plucking heads of grain on Sabbath- Matthew 12:1-8 • What David did – Vss. 3,4 • What Priest did – Vs. 5 • His own Lordship – Vs. 6,8What Hosea said- Vs. 7

  7. Jesus vs. Human Traditions • Totally disregarded traditions grown up about the Law of God • Healing on the Sabbath – Mark 3:1-5; Luke 13:10-17 • Once again, Jesus had no regard for the traditions which the Jews had added to the law given through Moses.

  8. Jesus vs. Human Traditions • Eating with unwashed hands – Mark 7:1-5 • Their tradition was false – Mark 7:14-23 • The Manner in which Jesus Exposed Human Traditions • Matthew 15:4,5; Mark 7:10,11 • Matthew 15:12-14

  9. Follow Steps of Jesus in Exposing Traditions of Men • God Says - Galatians 5:6; Acts 10:35; James 2:24 • Man – “One saved by faith only” • God Says – Mark 16:16; 1 Peter 3:21 • Man – “One is saved & then needs to be baptized”

  10. Follow Steps of Jesus in Exposing Traditions of Men • God Says – 1 John 3:4; James 1:13-15; Ezekiel 18:20 “son shall no bear guilt of the father, nor the father the guilt of the son” • Man – “Babies need to be baptized because they are born in sin”

  11. Follow Steps of Jesus in Exposing Traditions of Men • Are we not Christ-like when we point out these contradictions between God and man? • Ephesians 5:13 • Jude 3 “contend earnestly for the faith”

  12. Follow Steps of Jesus in Exposing Traditions of Men • Jesus Strongly Condemned Human Traditions- Matthew 15:6; Mark 7:13 • Human Tradition makes void or useless the Word of God • Romans 6:4; Mark 7:9; Matthew 15:7-9; Mark 7:6,7; Colossians 2:18-22

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