Resisting God with Religious Traditions: In Jesus' day, some of the most spiritual appearing people were the ones who became the great enemies of God's plan and purpose. They started with good intentions. They wanted to do God's will, but more than that, they wanted to protect God's will——and took on the role of defining God's will for the masses. This became their traditions, the very traditions that opposed the Kingdom of God. In the same way, our traditions can oppose God's plan and purpose in our lives, and we must be contantly aware that one of Satan't great tricks is to get people who desire to serve God to move beyond what God has said. Our goal with this message is to make certain that we do not oppose God in such ways in our lives.