Lesson 2342

(Lesson 2342)(05-10-18) Matthew 16:5-12
    “And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread. Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.”

   In today’s lesson, Jesus warned His apostles that the Pharisees and Sadducees (Jewish hierarchy) would do everyhing in their power to distort and destroy the new law of salvation by grace through faith.
    Today, in almost every set of religious tenets, the pure, original gospel of Jesus has been so distorted so as to be almost un-recognizable. Modern churches spend more time with totally unscriptural pomp and ritual than they do with the spreading the good news of the amazing grace of God. Therefore, this lesson is just as important to the children of God today as it was when Jesus taught it.~