INTRODUCTION

Tradition robs men of the blessings yielded by truth. The word spoil is a wartime term meaning that one side in a battle breaks forth into the territory of the other side and takes the valuable possessions. According to scripture, philosophies and deceit based upon the traditions of men rob the saint of God of the benefits offered by merely accepting the truths of the word of God. The price of spoiling is high. For the lost, they can be spoiled of their eternal life by accepting the traditions (false gospels) and philosophies (evolution) of men. For the saved, they can lose some eternal rewards by the acceptance of traditions that are contrary to the plain truths of scripture.

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For smaller children) Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven (John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
  See All...; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 [1] Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; [2] By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. [3] For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; [4] And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
  See All...). The Galatians were fooled by some who said Christ wasn't enough, that they had to keep the law too. Paul told them this was not true (Galatians 3:1O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
  See All..., 10-13; Galatians 2:16Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
  See All..., 20-21).
• What are some ways in which you could be spoiled by accepting the traditions of men? What can you do to insure that this does not happen?
• Name some people in scripture who were spoiled by the traditions of men. Did those men or women ever recover what had been taken from them?

PRAYER NEEDS

• Ask the Lord to protect you from the spoiling of man’s tradition.
• Ask God for wisdom in the area of traditions.

HYMN

Loyalty to Christ

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