What does Scripture teach about tradition?
Scripture hates the word tradition; it is a destructive force that will doom more people than almost anything else, except perhaps pride. Paul admitted being exceedingly zealous of the traditions of his fathers before God broke him from them, showing tradition can blind and mislead.
In Galatians 1, Paul insists the gospel he preached was not after man; he neither received it from man nor was taught it, but by revelation of Jesus Christ. He recounts his past in the Jews' religion, how he persecuted the church and profited above many equals, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions. Les explains that Scripture hates the word tradition, saying it will doom more people than any other one thing, except maybe pride. Tradition was what God had to break in Paul, contrasting human tradition with direct revelation from the ascended Lord.
And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.