Tag: Bible verses about being deceived by the traditions of men

1 Peter 1:18 (NKJV) 18 knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers…

We recently released a video that taught about the importance of understanding what “incorruptible redemption” means to us as believers. The foundation for that video was the scripture above.

In this same scripture is another phrase that needs our attention; “aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers”.

What exactly is “aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers”?

Let’s dig in!

Our walk with God and our faith in Him should not be “aimless”, without purpose or done out of habit without knowing why we’re doing it.

Over the years, I have asked believers many, many times, “why do you do what you do in your walk with God?”.

This has been done not to question their faith or their salvation, but to try to nudge people and get them to think about why they do what they do.

Is it because they saw someone else do the same or something similar?

Is it because they read about it in a book?

Is it because they were taught to do so by their parents, or maybe a leader in their church?

Or is it something that was passed down from tradition?

These are all questions we need to ponder on and consider seriously.

Everything we do in our relationship with God should have purpose. It should be done because it means something.

If we pray a certain way because we heard someone else pray like that, it doesn’t mean as much as if we prayed the way the Holy Spirit leads us to do.

How about our worship? Do we worship God in a way that we have been taught by someone else? Do we mimic some popular musician or “worship leader”?

Again, these are all things we need to examine in our walk with God.

God wants our whole hearts. He wants our love and devotion to Him to be genuine, wholehearted and sincere, direct from our spirit to Him, not just a mimicry of someone else.

This is not to throw stones at anyone. We are all guilty of this to one degree or another at some point in our walk with God.

But let’s take this as a gentle reminder to make sure that everything we do is genuine, sincere and pure, not just a duplicate of someone else’s walk with God.

John 4:24 (NKJV) 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Luke 6:6-7 (NKJV) 6 Now it happened on another Sabbath, also, that He entered the synagogue and taught. And a man was there whose right hand was withered. 7 So the scribes and Pharisees watched Him closely, whether He would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against Him.

As I read this verse today, I was struck by the irony of what the Pharisees were doing; watching to see if Jesus would perform a miracle to heal someone on the Sabbath so they could try to trap Him.

This is religiosity at its best; ignoring a miracle to find fault in the One who performed the miracle.

You see, religious people will look right past something that God is doing in order to persecute whoever God is using to do it.

Why?

Because people who are religious, and have more regard for traditions and laws than they do for the truth, will always do whatever it takes to try to destroy anything and anyone who might expose the error of their ways.

And in the process, they will miss the miracles that are right in front of them that would lead them out of their bondage if they would only open their eyes long enough to allow themselves to see it.

This is something that’s very destructive even within the body of Christ. It’s also something that we need to be very careful to guard our hearts against, so we don’t unknowingly fall into it ourselves.

We obviously need to use God’s word as a guide and a measuring stick for everything that we see people do, and be careful to let God help us discern what we’re seeing.

Think about it! They had the Messiah standing right in front of them, but they failed to recognize Him because they would not allow themselves to.

How do we compare? How do we react to something that God is sending to us that may be wrapped in a different package than we were expecting?

This is very good food for thought. And it’s something we should all ponder on regularly, letting the Holy Spirit keep us alert and vigilant so we don’t become like the Pharisees and other religious leaders who did everything in their power to kill the Messiah they so desperately needed.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780