A Little Leaven

Hi there! Hope you are blessed this Friday! Let's begin by reading Galatians 5:1-12. The warning continues from Brother Paul. It's funny how people think that if you dabble in things that are opposed to the gospel it's okay. We are confident it won't affect us. How deceived is man. The Bible says "bad company corrupts good morals". Notice it doesn't say, "good company helps and corrects bad morals". So, guess what. It's not good to dabble in things not of God. Especially "religious" things. I knew a Christian once who went to a New Age gathering once a year. Now this person was a Christian. This friend said she was loved there. The devil will use anything and any "feeling" to draw you away from God. New Age isn't love. God is love. Sadly this person hadn't developed her relationship with Christ to the point of not needing anything else but Him. But Julie!!!! That's so narrow! Yes. "narrow is the road that leads to life". That's the Bible - not me - so stop throwing stones. Paul's example is leaven. From Smith's Bible Dictionary, we learn that every Passover, the Jews had to clean every particle of leaven out of their house. Why? Because leaven's very particles are corruptive. It's an Old Testament type and shadow of this very corruption the Galatians were experiencing. They were dabbling in the law. Not a good move. Jesus speaks in Matthew 16:6,12 - verse 6, "Be careful," Jesus said to them. "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."; verse 12, "Then they understood that he was not telling them to guard against the yeast used in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees". So, even Jesus warns about teaching that is not His teaching. In this passage the disciples's faith is waining. Jesus has to remind them of past miracles. Why? Someone had been listening to someone they shouldn't! Naughty, naughty! Deadly, deadly. Let's look again at the effects of leaven. Smith's Bible Dictionary tells us that leaven is secret in it's operation (can't see the effects until the dough begins to rise and there is nothing you can do about it), it spreads easily - particle by particle, and it changes what it comes in contact with and causes it's nature to become the nature of leaven. I'm convinced, are you? What does leaven effect in you? Jesus points to your faith. Is your faith low? Don't blame everyone else. Listen to what you are listening to. become a pure believer and see what God can do in your life if you let Him.