"Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
Matthew 16:12 (NKJV)
Leaven is something you can put into dough that will cause the dough to rise, the leaven will cause a reaction in the dough. If you put air into a balloon, the balloon will inflate, the air will cause a reaction in the balloon. You could put some food coloring into some dough, and that too will cause a reaction, but it will not be the same thing as putting leaven into the dough. And you could put water into a balloon, which will also fill the balloon, but this will cause the balloon to act in a completely different way than if you had filled it with air.
One thing we are warned about repeatedly in Scripture is false teachers and false teaching. There are a lot of ways for us to receive teaching today, but not all of it is good. For example, anyone can post something on social media to say whatever they want to say, but that does not make what they are saying correct or good in any way. Good teaching based on biblical principles will help us in our life, but bad teaching will harm us. We need to be sure the teaching we hear is good, Bible based teaching, and we have to be careful to avoid the wrong kind of teaching that will harm us.
In Matthew 16, Jesus warned His disciples about the "leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." At first, His disciples thought Jesus was talking about natural bread, but Jesus was actually warning them about the teaching of those religious leaders. Jesus compared their teaching to leaven, because just like leaven will create a reaction in dough and cause it to rise, the teaching we hear will cause a reaction in us and have an effect on our life. Good Bible based teaching will help us in our life, but bad teaching will harm us. We need to be sure the teaching we hear is good, Bible based teaching.
Matthew 16:12 (NKJV)
Leaven is something you can put into dough that will cause the dough to rise, the leaven will cause a reaction in the dough. If you put air into a balloon, the balloon will inflate, the air will cause a reaction in the balloon. You could put some food coloring into some dough, and that too will cause a reaction, but it will not be the same thing as putting leaven into the dough. And you could put water into a balloon, which will also fill the balloon, but this will cause the balloon to act in a completely different way than if you had filled it with air.
One thing we are warned about repeatedly in Scripture is false teachers and false teaching. There are a lot of ways for us to receive teaching today, but not all of it is good. For example, anyone can post something on social media to say whatever they want to say, but that does not make what they are saying correct or good in any way. Good teaching based on biblical principles will help us in our life, but bad teaching will harm us. We need to be sure the teaching we hear is good, Bible based teaching, and we have to be careful to avoid the wrong kind of teaching that will harm us.
In Matthew 16, Jesus warned His disciples about the "leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." At first, His disciples thought Jesus was talking about natural bread, but Jesus was actually warning them about the teaching of those religious leaders. Jesus compared their teaching to leaven, because just like leaven will create a reaction in dough and cause it to rise, the teaching we hear will cause a reaction in us and have an effect on our life. Good Bible based teaching will help us in our life, but bad teaching will harm us. We need to be sure the teaching we hear is good, Bible based teaching.
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