Exodus 12:12–15 12 On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn son and firstborn male animal in the land of Egypt. I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt, for I am the Lord! 13 But the blood on your doorposts will serve as a sign, marking the houses where you are staying. When I see the blood, I will pass over you. This plague of death will not touch you when I strike the land of Egypt. 14 “This is a day to remember. Each year, from generation to generation, you must celebrate it as a special festival to the Lord. This is a law for all time. 15 For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast. On the first day of the festival, remove every trace of yeast from your homes. Anyone who eats bread made with yeast during the seven days of the festival will be cut off from the community of Israel. (NLT)

 

The above scripture describes the beginning of the 1st and most important festival in the history of the Jewish people called the Passover. It symbolised the freedom God wanted to give His people but the feast was followed by 6 more days that focused on the fact that God’s kind of freedom required His people to remove things from their lives and their homes. Yeast was used by God to symbolise the power of sin! When Israel offered bread to God along with burnt offerings, that bread was to have no yeast in it. In scripture we see 3 ‘leavens’ that we must remove from our lives: 1) The Leaven Of Hypocrisy, 2) The Leaven Of Sexual Sin, 3) The Leaven Of Malice And Wickedness.