•A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
I. APPRIZING THE SITUATION
A. CONDITIONS
Matthew 16:4b-5 So He left [the Pharisees] and walked away. When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to bring any loaves of bread
B. CONCEPTION
Matthew 16:6 Jesus said to them, “Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
II. APPROACHING THE PROBLEM
A. CONFUSION
Matthew 16:7 And they began discussing it among themselves, saying, “This is because we brought no loaves.”
B. CORRECTION
Matthew 16:8-10 But Jesus, aware of this, said, “O you of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no loaves? Don’t you yet grasp or even remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many hand-baskets you gathered? Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many large baskets you gathered?
Mark 8:18 Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don’t you remember?
Mark 8:19-20 “When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?” “Twelve,” they replied.”
And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?” They answered, “Seven.”
C. CONCEPTION
Matthew 16:11 How could you fail to understand that I was not speaking about loaves of bread when I said ‘Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees’?”
III. APPLYING THE MESSAGE
A. CONTEMPLATION FOR DISCIPLES
Matthew 16:12 Then they understood that He didn’t tell them to beware of leaven in bread, but to beware of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Ignorance
Pride
Unbelief
Forgetfulness
B. CONSIDERATION FOR US TODAY
Matthew 16:12b ‘Beware of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees’.
Teaching of Pharisees Today is that Religion = external purity without internal righteousness
Teaching of Sadducees Today is that Religion = means to a temporal end
PERMEATING the Church like leaven
Conclusion: Teaching of the Word of God Instead!!