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[Same dough 40 minutes later.]
Bread must “proof” to allow the leavening agent
to cause the dough to rise before baking.
The Scripture uses this same
“power” of leaven to teach
2 very valuable lessons.
“Leaven” can cause needed
growth in something important
Another parable He spoke to them:
“The kingdom of heaven is like leaven,
which a woman took and hid in three
measures of meal till it was all
leavened.”
Matt 13:33
The “leaven” of the kingdom…
 One’s growth is silent, “inward”
 The results of growth are visible
 All must be affected
“You shall love the LORD your God
with all your heart, and with all your
soul, and with all your mind.”
Matt 22:37
The “leaven” of the kingdom…
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One’s growth is silent, “inward”
The results of growth are visible
All must be affected
The leavening influence is
to be greatly desired
“Leaven” can cause needed
growth in something important
“Leaven” can also cause
great damage in
something
important
Your boasting is not good. Do you not
know that a little leaven leavens the
whole lump of dough?
Clean out the old leaven, that you may
be a new lump, just as you are in fact
unleavened.
1 Cor 5:6-7
Then Jesus said to them, “Take heed
and beware of the leaven of the
Pharisees and the Sadducees.”
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.
Matt 16:6, 12
The “leaven” of sin…
 Sin, religious error is contagious
 If left unchecked, all is poisoned
 The leavening influence is to
be avoided at all costs
Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and
pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts
which war against the soul.
1 Pet 2:11
Has all of your life been affected for
good by the power of the gospel?
Have you removed all leavening effects
of sin, worldliness from your heart?
Do you do your part to ensure no
leavening effects of sin enter into and
remain in this local church?
May we truly be influenced for
good by being here this
morning and worshiping God.
Our assembly will now begin.