Lesson 3185

 (Lesson 3185)(09-21-20) 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 quote, Jesus advised His apostles that they should beware of the teachings of the Jews. It was obvious to Jesus that the Jews were out to destroy the purity of His divine doctrine. 

    Under the obvious guidance of Satan, the leadership of the major Jewish sects, Pharisees and Saducees, set out to pollute the doctrine of Jesus Christ with elements of the old Law so as to destroy it’s intent. With the help of what became Roman Catholicism, they suceeded, in that Jewish rituals such as water baptism, and others of today’s unscriptural church traditions, stem directly from the laws and traditions of the Jews. Such rituals should have NO place in the today’s Christian message and worship.~