Matthew 16:7 They discussed this among themselves and said, ‘It is because we didn’t bring any bread.’

When Jesus warned His disciples about the leaven or yeast, He was talking figuratively rather than explicitly. The disciples started thinking about the physical and assumed He was talking about bread because they forgot to buy any!

How many times do we not listen to others properly and get the wrong end of the story?

God wants us to listen to Him carefully and understand what it is He requires from our lives, not just to listen to the words and do something!

Luke 12:1 In the meantime, when an innumerable multitude of people had gathered together, so that they trampled one another, He began to say to His disciples first of all, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Have you ever been in a huge crowd of people; maybe a crowd coming into or exiting a huge stadium? I always have this weird feeling… what if something goes wrong whilst we are all stuck here!

When you walk through city streets or through any crowd you hear snippets of conversations that others are having. If we listened to them all we may well get upset through what others say.

God does not want us to get caught up in what others are talking about; instead He wants us to focus on His Word.

Ecclesiastes 12:14 For God will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.

How often do you look at the evil people in this world and ask how they can get away with the things they do? Why doesn’t God stop them?

The simple answer is that they do not fully understand this statement; Jesus will judge everyone according to their works!

It will not be compared to what we think we can get away with but according to God’s Word itself that He gave us from the beginning!

Nothing we do can ever be hidden from God…