... but do not even know Him! God’s Word is Nullified Through Our Traditions. Their worship is vain, not knowing whom they worship and learning the doctrines of man, not God. Traditions usually have small beginnings. Jesus always brought their traditions to the ultimate authority the word of God. Tradition definition, the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice: a story that has come down to us by popular tradition. See more. The argument is really against traditions of men that are not supported by the written word of God. Jesus responded its not cleansing from the outside, but mans heart from the inside is what needs the cleansing. The Catholic faction gets Protestants arguing against all traditions rather than just the inventions of men; and more specifically, the inventions of the Catholic Church. Some traditions may be quite in harmony with the Word of God, but most traditions are not, and these should give us no concern in our “rightly dividing the word of truth.” SMALL BEGINNINGS. Actually, that statement right there sets religious legalists back on their heels. Their religious practices or traditions were nullifying the power of God’s Word. Some traditions He had no problem with keeping 1) Such as going to a wedding feast - Jn 2:1-2 2) Or attending the Feast Of Dedication - Jn 10:22-23 b. ... Bible or Tradition. Wrong teaching based on religious doctrines, makes God’s Word of no effect. But He just as easily had no problem with violating other traditions 1) Plucking grain on the Sabbath - Mk 2:23-28 2) Eating with unwashed hands - Mk 7:1-5 4. He also said their traditions destroyed the effect of God's Word ... Are the “oldest opinions of the Hebrews and Christians” based on the Word of God or dependent upon the traditions of men? It’s religious traditions being taught from the pulpit by “ministers” who have not received a revelation of the truth. Jesus told the Pharisees and the scribes that they were “Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye” (Mark 7:13, KJV, emphasis mine). There is not a church to be found which preaches the traditions of man, and also teaches that the true Son of God died on the Cross. There are many doctrines taught by traditionalists which cannot be found in the scriptures, ... 10 10 The Bible-or Tradition: Word of God or Traditions of Man-Stephen Bohr . The Pharisee’s set up a barrier between God and man making the commandments of no effect because they stopped people from seeing the word of God.