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Unleavened Bread Part 1 // The Bread of Sincerity and Truth

The feast of Unleavened Bread follows on from the feast of Passover. After Passover, the Israelites are to eat unleavened bread rather than anything leavened for seven days. This reflects the way in which the Israelites were required to leave Israel in haste after the first Passover. Leaven (or yeast) is the ingredient added to bread that makes it rise. As it is actually a living, fermented ingredient, even a small amount of it will spread throughout the dough.  

It is no surprise then that both Jesus and Paul use the image of leaven in the dough to paint a picture of the way in which false teaching and sin can spread. In 1 Corinthians 5:6-8, Paul says that the only appropriate response to the ultimate Passover sacrifice (Jesus) is to live like a spiritual version of unleavened bread. That is to set aside the old things (malice and evil) represented as leavened bread and to pursue sincerity and truth. This should still be desire of those of us who follow Christ: to put aside malice and evil and to live in the spiritual fruits of sincerity and truth.

Prayer: 

I thank You, Jesus, that through Your sacrifice, we are able to say goodbye to the old things and put on the new things. I am thankful that through the cross I can let go of malice and sin and instead walk in sincerity and truth. In Jesus’ name, amen.