Lesson 5150

 (Lesson 5150)(03-09-26) 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 warned his disciples against the "leaven" of the Pharisees and Sadducees, using the metaphor of leavening bread to demonstrate how the influence of false doctrine can spread as yeast causes bread to rise. Modern “Christianity” is a glaring example of what Jesus warned against in this lesson. ~