Jn 8:7  So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.  8  And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.  9  And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.  10  When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?  11  She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
	1 John 2:1  My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
	1John 2:16  For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.  17  For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.  18  For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;  19  Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.  20  For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:  21  Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
	1 John 2:22  Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,  23  And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.  24  Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:  25  Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.  26  For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:  27  And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
	1 John 2:28  And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
	1 John 2:29  Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,  30  Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,  31  Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:  32  Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

John 8:11  She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. Jn 5:8  Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.  9  And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.  10  The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.  11  He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.  12  Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?  13  And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.    14  Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

Ex 12:39  And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.

 

Matthew 16:1  The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.  2  He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.  3  And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?  4  A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.  5  And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.

6  Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.  7  And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.  8  Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?  9  Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?  10  Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?  11  How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?  12  Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

 
 
 

	Matt 23:3 3  All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.  4  For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.  5  But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,  6  And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,  7  And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.  8  But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.  9  And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.  10  Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.  11  But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.  12  And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
	13  But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.  14  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.  15  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
	16  Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!  17  Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?  18  And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.  19  Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?  20  Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.  21  And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.  22  And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.  23  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.  24  Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.  25  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.  26  Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.  27  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. 28  Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.  29  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,  30  And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.  31  Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.  32  Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.  33  Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?  34  Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:  35  That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.  36  Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.  37  O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!  38  Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.  39  For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

 
 
 

	Hebrews 6:19  Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;  20  Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
	Hebrews 9:3  And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
	Hebrews 10:20  By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

Col 2:16  Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:  17  Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.  18  Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,  19  And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

20  Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,  21  (Touch not; taste not; handle not;  22  Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?  23  Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

 
 

4:3  But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

 
 
 
 

	2 Corinthians 3:13  And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:  14  But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.  15  But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.  16  Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
	2 Cor 3:6  Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.  7  But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:  8  How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?  9  For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.  10  For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.  11  For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.  12  Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:  13  And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
	14  But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.  15  But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.  16  Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.  17  Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.  18  But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 Cor 4:1  Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;  2  But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
	3  But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:  4  In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.  5  For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.  6  For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.  7  But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

1 Cor 5:6-8  Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?  7  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: 8  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.

Jn 14:19  Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.  20  At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.  21  He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.  22  Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?  23  Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.  24  He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.  25  These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.  26  But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.  27  Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

 
 
 
 

Quote from The Feast of Tabernacles

 THE UNLEAVENED BRED
  THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LEAVEN

As to the spiritual significance of the Unleavened Bread, we are not left in doubt.  Says Paul to the Corinthians, ‘Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump:  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; there fore 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.’ (1 Cor 5:6-8)

The penetrating a spreading characteristics of leaven make it to be a fitting type of malice and wickedness in a believer or in an assembly.  Paul likens the persuasive and corrupting influence of the Judaizers upon the Galatians to ‘leaven.’ Because if their evil influence.  ‘Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.’  (Matt 16:6)  To observe the  Feast of Unleavened Bread, therefore, is to live a life that is free from the corrupting influences of sin and the flesh.

HOW TO BE FREE FROM LEAVEN
When the children of Israel departed from Egypt, they gathered up their dough before it was leavened for they did not have opportunity to leaven it, ‘because they were thrust out of Egypt and could not tarry.’ (Ex 12:39)  Had they lingered in Egypt, they would have had plenty of opportunity to leaven their dough; but because they were thrust out in haste their bread was unleavened.

So it is with the child of God--as long as he is pressing on with God and fleeing from the corruption influences of the world, the flesh, and the Devil—his life is free from sin.  He does not have ‘time’ for sin to work within him.  He is too busy following his God and following on in the pathway of obedience.  But let him linger by the way, lose the vision of the glory that is set before him, and yearn for the good old days when he had plenty in Egypt—and leaven will begin to work afresh in his life.  Let any child of God, or group of saints, lose the vision of God’s glory, and before long that man or that assembly becomes filled with the leaven of malice and wickedness.  There is only one sure way by which a stream of water can be kept pure and clean—and that is by flowing.  Let it be diverted into an open pit, and before long the water becomes a stagnant pool and will breed corruption and death.  Sot it is with Truth.  When an individual, an assembly, or a group of assemblies settles back in self-complacency, satisfied with their condition, and content with the thought that they have arrived at the Truth—stagnation immediately sets in, the leaven begins to function, and ‘malice and wickedness’ characterize the whole denomination.  You simply cannot expect to keep a sect clean from the corrupting influences of the flesh, because if they linger behind when the glory-cloud moves forward, they have plenty of time to leaven their dough.  On the other hand, if you proceed from ‘glory to glory’ there is no opportunity for you to become leavened.

MODERN PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES
That is why Jesus warned the disciples to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.  Now the doctrines of the Sadducees were definitely false, for they denied the resurrection, the fact of angels and spirits, and so forth.  They were the predecessors of our modern religions which have a form of godliness but ‘deny the power thereof.’  They denied the supernatural; and we have plenty of Sadducees in the world today.  But the Pharisees, on the other hand, were quite orthodox in their teaching; so much so that Jesus commanded His own disciples to observe and do what they said. (Matt 23:3)  Why then did He tell the same disciples to ‘beware’ of their doctrine?  For this simple reason: ‘They say and do not.’  What they said was all right, generally speaking, but their works gave the lie to their teachings.  So it is with our modern Pharisees, our orthodox Christian teachers.  They teach about the power of Jesus’ blood; they lift you to heights of praise as they expound the glories of the celestial, and the power of Christ’s resurrection; they speak much of miracles of Christ, and the power of the early Church; they will expound the doctrines of healing, and miracles, and the various gifts of the Holy Spirit.  But ‘they say and do not/’  And not only that; for they condemn and denounce the man who wishes to go in and explore the glories of resurrection life and the powers of the age to come.’  They think it is all right to talk about resurrection and life and the heavenly realm—but when one suggest that this is the heritage of the saints here and now, there are loud protest from the Pharisees.  Then the leaven begins its subtle influence, and an orthodox theology develops into malice and wickedness.

Saints of God everywhere, let us launch out into the deep!  Let us lift our anchor which has gripped the earth for so long—and let us become anchored to Christ in the heavens, where we ought to be anchored.  For God has intended that our anchor should pass into the heavens, behind the veil, whither the forerunner has for us entered. (Heb 6:19-20)  If we are anchored to earth, and to the doctrines of men, we will be earth-bound creatures; but once we anchor to Heaven and to the Man behind the veil, we are Heaven-bound creatures—and we are constantly rising higher and higher and higher into the realms of the Spirit.  Then one day, thank God!--the veil of the flesh shall be rent asunder, and we shall see Him as He is!  And when we speak this way, we are not talking about physical death, nor about the rapture; but we are speaking of seeing Him ‘who is invisible,’ as Moses did of old.  We shall see Him, even though the world see Him not.  Did not Jesus say, ‘The world seeth me no more; but ye see me . . .?’ (Jn 14:19)  And was He not speaking of seeing Him in the Spirit, because of the coming of the Holy Spirit into the hearts of the disciples?
 

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