Lesson 3291

 (Lesson 3291)(01-06-21) Mark 8:14-21

    “ Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?”

   Today’s quote relates that when Jesus told His apostles to “beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod”, they had no clue what He meant. 

    The reaction of the apostles precisely demonstrates how today’s “Christians” can so easily get thrown off course and attempt to encorprate all manner of heretical nonsense into the gospel of Jesus.

    Understanding the teachings of Jesus takes focus and constant study. That’s what we hope to accomplish with these lessons so that we all understand what Jesus intended.

    In this lesson, Jesus was warning his followers that Herod and the Pharisees would be trying to destroy everything that they might accomplish. Thank God they weren’t sucessful. ~