How to Become a Pharisee/Sadducee

The Life of Christ • Sermon • Submitted 7 days ago • Presented 11 days ago

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Big Idea: True faith perseveres beyond the need for signs and rests firmly in the character and promises of Jesus, our ultimate source of strength and assurance.Summary: In this passage, after Jesus miraculously feeds 4,000 people, He challenges His disciples to recognize the true source of their faith amidst the testing from the Pharisees and Sadducees. Their demand for a sign reflects a lack of trust in the miracles they had already witnessed. Jesus uses the metaphor of leaven to illustrate the corrupting influence of unbelief and the peril that comes from relying on signs rather than faith. Application: This sermon can help Christians confront their own doubts and fears by encouraging them to trust in Christ's provision and power. It invites believers to reassess their approach to faith—moving from seeking constant validation to embracing the truth of Jesus' identity and His work in their lives.

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Faith over Fear: Trusting the True Source

1. Mission Moves Forward

Matthew 15:39 ESV

And after sending away the crowds, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.

2. Signs of Spiritual Blindness

Matthew 16:1 ESV

And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

Matthew 16:2 ESV

He answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’

Matthew 16:3 ESV

And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.

Matthew 16:4 ESV

An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” So he left them and departed.

3. Beware the Leaven

Matthew 16:5 ESV

When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to bring any bread.

Matthew 16:6 ESV

Jesus said to them, “Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Matthew 16:7 ESV

And they began discussing it among themselves, saying, “We brought no bread.”

Matthew 16:8 ESV

But Jesus, aware of this, said, “O you of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread?

Matthew 16:9 ESV

Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?

Matthew 16:10 ESV

Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?

Matthew 16:11 ESV

How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Matthew 16:12 ESV

Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

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