The Leaven that keeps us from Heaven

Uv 418/10,000 Exodus 13 v 3 The Leaven that keeps us from Heaven Exo 13:3 "And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten" Egypt in today’s parlance is a metaphor or a symbol of bondage. The Lord has called us out of spiritual bondage to the powers of darkness into spiritual freedom. He has freed us from the house of bondage so that we will return to the Father’s house. We are freed by the might and the mercy of the Lord. The Lord asks us to remember the day of our personal “Passover” when we first received Him into our hearts, the day when we received eternal life and the right to call Him Appa, the day we came into our divine inheritance. It is to be celebrated as our spiritual birthday. I was asked by the friend who led me to Christ to write the date of my re-birth 31-7-1979 right next to the invitation verse Revelation 3 v 20 as a constant reminder of that day, my decision and my entry into the Lord’s house of freedom. The Israelites were asked not to eat any bread with yeast or leaven in it to mark their freedom from bondage. A little leaven can keep us from heaven. Leaven or yeast is a symbol for anything that deceives us, that makes us puffed up like bread that has yeast in the dough. The yeast adds no real nutritional value to the bread. Jesus warned the disciples to beware of the yeast of the Pharisees. It meant the outward observance of the Word of God without truly honouring or loving God. Their love of their power and of the world made them puffed up like bread with yeast. We must therefore avoid all such hypocrisy in our daily lives where we have an outward show of faith without the inner devotion and power. We must not just mouth the right born again language and do the right things in the public eye while doing as it pleases us in the private. The house of bondage is also a symbol or metaphor for outward religious rules and practices that makes us feel good and self righteous. Our relationship with the Lord must be sincere and true at all times, when we are with other people and when we are on our own. The word,’ sincere’ comes from the root words that mean “ without wax”. We must be authentic, without wax and without masks in the presence of the Lord. Prateep V Philip