BEWARE OF LEAVEN (Sin), EAT UNLEAVENED BREAD AND LIVE

Praise God! Many people believe that this feast along with God’s other Holy Days have been done away with. Why would God do away with his Perfect plan? Only Satan would promote such teaching, as he did with Adam and Eve after God had given them specific instructions. Many attempt to make this commandment too hard to fulfill, but how hard is it to change the bread you eat for one week?

The Feast of Unleavened Bread, which was formally introduced to the children of Israel upon their departure from Egypt, was rooted in a message from God going back to the beginning of time. That message, which was given to Adam, is simply “eating the wrong stuff will kill you”. (Here we are speaking about spiritual eating; however, God does have a physical dietary law, which is important as well.) And no we are not talking about eating an apple. We are commanded by God to abstain from leavening and to eat unleavened bread for seven days every spring, at the beginning of God’s year cycle (immediately after the Passover…Exodus 12:13-15). God is not a vain God and he is not in the business of just giving us something to do to pass time. Therefore, we should realize that this observance has great significance, even as it pertains to our salvation. By observing this feast we acknowledge our abstinence from sinful ways (leavening) and show our commitment to true worship (unleavened) of God. We all must reach this crossroad in our life, just as Israel reached it, after leaving Egypt. They immediately ate only unleavened bread (Exodus 12:39) signifying the beginning of their new walk with God.

Notice that this observance came on the heels of Israel’s redemption by the blood of the Passover lamb. Well, Jesus is the Passover lamb and he died on this very day (the Passover…Matthew 26:1,2). Either this was quite a coincidence or God is revealing his perfect plan to us. After we come under the blood of Jesus, by baptism, we must be committed to walking with him in truth (unleavened bread), leaving behind all falsehood (leavening). Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth” (I Corinthians 5:7,8).

Oh’ what a wonderful God we serve, who after he redeems us, tells us how the redeemed must walk to get life. Praise God! Many people believe that this feast along with God’s other Holy Days have been done away with. Why would God do away with his Perfect plan? Only Satan would promote such teaching, as he did with Adam and Eve after God had given them specific instructions. Many attempt to make this commandment too hard to fulfill, but how hard is it to change the bread you eat for one week? If we can buy a tree, haul it home, set it up and decorate it, which God never commanded, surely we can keep this feast, which he did command.

Actually I'm going to disagree with you here somewhat.

In Scripture the Greek word used for “bread” in the New Testament in relation to the Lord’s Supper is not azymos, the term for unleavened bread, but artos, the word for “a small round loaf of ordinary bread.”

In Church History all of the early church used ordinary leavened bread for the Lord's Supper, likening Christ to the leaven of the New Covenant.

At some point post 1000 AD the church of Rome switched to unleavened bread, most believe it was likely a matter of convenience at that time, while eastern churches continued the use of leavening.

During the Reformation leavened bread was mainly used by the reformers, the church of England being an exception.

In Matthew 13 we see Christ give a parable likening yeast to the Kingdom of Heaven in a positive manner:

He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.” Matthew 13:33

We no longer celebrate the Exodus because we no longer wander in the desert. Now we have the Messiah risen from the dead, and He is the leaven of the Church.

And we do this in remembrance of Him, no longer a reminder of the desert wandering.

All these things are done as commemorations and remembrances. They are not the important things themselves, but rather pointers to the important things. The precious saving Blood was shed once and for all time 2000 years ago.

Jesus is the bread of life, the unleavened bread and is given to us each time we gather together and eat the body of Jesus given to us in the unleavened bread and drink his blood given to us in the wine ; proclaiming his death until He returns.

I understand but the Apostle Paul and other Apostles didn’t do away with the Lord’s feasts. To the contrary, they knew the importance of these days and continued to observe them, even after Jesus was resurrected.

only one true way to worship God.

“...Take heed and beware of the leaven (doctrine) of the Pharisees and Sadducees” (Matthew 16:6, 12)

So the Unleavened Bread we want to eat is that spiritual bread that is from Christ.

Eating off this bread which is Jesus is a spiritual meal brothers and sisters. This is a daily meal we must eat consistently. Because learning about the living God is a life long journey.

Leaven is not sin. Leaven is false doctrines...

Leaven is BOTH sin and false doctrine (which is also sin). The "old leaven" is called malice and wickedness (which basically includes all sins).

Leaven was always a symbol for sin. Therefore only unleavened bread properly represents the sinless body of Christ. Which also means that unfermented grape juice properly represents the pure blood of Christ. It is significant to note that whenever the Lord's Supper is mentioned it is always "the cup" not "wine" (even though the word "wine" can mean unfermented grape juice). Thus "The cup of blessing which we bless is it not the communion of the blood of Christ?".

Jesus is the bread of life, the unleavened bread and is given to us each time we gather together and eat the body of Jesus given to us in the unleavened bread and drink his blood given to us in the wine ; proclaiming his death until He returns.

I know people like to say that the parable is about the church becoming apostate but the Kingdom of God stands true regardless of what sinners do and the Kingdom of God is never full of sin.