Title Beware of Leaven (Mark 08:11-26)
Contents The disciples forgot the bread and did not bring it. As a result, worries entered their hearts. After experiencing the amazing miracle, the disciples immediately forgot their power and grace, and they are worried and worried because there is no bread.
The Lord knew this situation and spoke the words of the text.
1. Beware of leaven What is leaven A small amount of leaven enters the dough and affects a large amount of dough. The yeast in the flour plays the role of greatly inflating it.
The little things make the big things.
The leaven of the Pharisees The leaven of Herod
The leaven here refers to the growing unbelief.
① Those who seek signs.-Unbelief They do not have true faith, but seek out external phenomena.
Jesus will not give a sign to this generation against them, for they accuse him and tempt him and ask for a sign.
They were not asking for signs, for the glory of God, for the will of God. A sign was sought to test Jesus.
This is a picture of the unbelief of the Pharisees.
Many followers of Jesus who followed the signs went where they could not find a sign from Jesus, so they all left Jesus, mocking Jesus and calling for Jesus to be crucified.
The appearance of the Pharisees today is unbelief.
to believe what you see.
② Hypocrites pray-fasting three times a day-giving twice a week-their worship-form of worship, the Lord is rebuking the form of worship.
It has become an emphasis on self-righteousness and ethics, not faith.
This is the appearance of the Pharisees in unbelief in hypocrisy.
③ Evil Pharisees and Herod were the ones who conspired to kill Jesus and crucified them because they thought their position was in jeopardy and contradicted their opinions.
Their willingness to do evil is a representative form of unbelief.
If believers today hear such things, it is because we do not have true faith or true faith among us.
This leaven has many effects.
The Pharisees and Herod were representative leaders of the time.
A person who influences many people.
Therefore, you have to be careful about yeast.
A saint who is careful about the leaven of unbelief.
2. Awaken your eyes - The miracle of opening the eyes of the blind must be interpreted in connection with the previous story.
① Realize. Blind refers to those who cannot see, and to open their eyes refers to seeing and realizing.
Do the disciples not understand or are they heartless? Do they have eyes, but do not see, or ears but do not hear? is what you do
② The eyes must be opened by Jesus.
heal the blind
As Jesus Christ rubbed his eyes and laid his hands on him, he could see clearly.
We must open our eyes, but we must be awakened by Jesus and by the Holy Spirit.
This is because you can see and understand everything right away.
I hope that your spiritual eyes will be opened by Jesus Christ to become saints who understand the will of God every day.
Beware of the leaven.
It must not become leaven. We must not become the leaven of unbelief and the leaven of sin.
In order to separate the leaven and not become leaven, we must watch and open our eyes by Jesus.