Luke Chapter 12 (12 of 24)
Series: Luke
Harley Howard
Luke 12
1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Jesus continued His rebuke of the religious leaders - and that publically. The numbers of the people began to be overwhelming to the degree that they were stepping over and on each other. Thousands and thousands of people crowded together to hear and to see Jesus. He told the crowd to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which was hypocrisy. He warned them to be cautious about adhering yourself to the hypocrisy of the Pharisees.
Jesus told the people to beware and pay attention to the influence and infection of the Pharisees. Leven is clearly seen in this passage as the false doctrine of the Pharisees. It was a doctrine that was indeed influential, as we have already seen, but it was also a doctrine that one was to be leery of and to avoid being influenced by. This is the danger of many who do not take heed to false teaching today. They do not have any discernment, or understanding; nor are they wise enough to recognize it and those who teach it, so they become influenced by it and the false teachers who preach it.
Hypocrisy is like leaven or yeast, because:
1. It may exist without being immediately detected. Leaven mixed in flour is not known until it produces its effects.
2. It is insinuating. Leaven will soon pervade the whole mass. So hypocrisy will, if undetected and unremoved, soon pervade all our work and way.
3. It is swelling. It puffs us up, and fills us with pride and vanity. No man is more proud than the hypocrite, and none is more odious to God. When Jesus cautions them to beware of “the leaven of the Pharisees,” he means that they should be cautious about imbibing their spirit and becoming like them.
2 For there ...
Series: Luke
Harley Howard
Luke 12
1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Jesus continued His rebuke of the religious leaders - and that publically. The numbers of the people began to be overwhelming to the degree that they were stepping over and on each other. Thousands and thousands of people crowded together to hear and to see Jesus. He told the crowd to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which was hypocrisy. He warned them to be cautious about adhering yourself to the hypocrisy of the Pharisees.
Jesus told the people to beware and pay attention to the influence and infection of the Pharisees. Leven is clearly seen in this passage as the false doctrine of the Pharisees. It was a doctrine that was indeed influential, as we have already seen, but it was also a doctrine that one was to be leery of and to avoid being influenced by. This is the danger of many who do not take heed to false teaching today. They do not have any discernment, or understanding; nor are they wise enough to recognize it and those who teach it, so they become influenced by it and the false teachers who preach it.
Hypocrisy is like leaven or yeast, because:
1. It may exist without being immediately detected. Leaven mixed in flour is not known until it produces its effects.
2. It is insinuating. Leaven will soon pervade the whole mass. So hypocrisy will, if undetected and unremoved, soon pervade all our work and way.
3. It is swelling. It puffs us up, and fills us with pride and vanity. No man is more proud than the hypocrite, and none is more odious to God. When Jesus cautions them to beware of “the leaven of the Pharisees,” he means that they should be cautious about imbibing their spirit and becoming like them.
2 For there ...
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