“Worship with Yeast”

How much yeast is acceptable in the church? I use the word yeast because it sounds so much more pleasant than sin. Then again, maybe that’s the reason why we so easily accept sin in the church, because we don’t recognize it, as what it is. Let’s dig a little deeper and get a little more personal. How much yeast, or sin, is acceptable in your life as a Christian? How much of the world do you have mixed in with Christ? How much yeast are you willing to overlook? How much yeast are you willing to ignore because to denounce it would cause discomfort to you? How much yeast are you willing to live with? How much yeast are you willing to pray with? How much yeast are you willing to worship with? According to Paul in 1 Corinthians 5 none is acceptable. We are to throw out the old yeast and become a “new lump” in Christ. A lump without sin (yeast). Unfortunately most don’t believe its possible to live a life free from sin. In an effort to justify yeast in our life we have been taught by modern day pastors and bible scholars that we all sin, because we are clothed in sin, and nothing but death can remove us from the sinful nature we were born with. But what does God’s word say? Did Paul not tell us that those who are in Christ are a new creature? Did he not say that old things had passed away and behold all has become new? Has our bodies not been changed from a storehouse of defilement into the very temple of God? So how can sin rein in our mortal bodies if Christ has taken up residence within us? Will Christ live in sin? God forbid! Get rid of the old yeast by removing this wickedness from among you. Then you will be like a fresh batch of dough made without yeast, which is what you really are in Christ.