A Little Leaven

"A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump." And here he says, keep out these little temptations, these little persuasions, that satan tries to instill in your hearts. For a little bit can soon leaven the whole lump. We could draw an illustration from a glass of pure water. If we drop in one drop of ink, the whole glass would soon be unfit for human consumption. It would be polluted.

Henceforth, it behooves us as Christians to keep ourselves, as we heard this afternoon, unspotted from the world; unspotted as the bride of Christ; as a pure, chaste virgin, that some day He shall come to gather in as His own. And what a glorious gathering that will be! This is the hope for which we wait. This is that which cometh by patience, by grace through faith.

He goes on to say, "I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be." Paul has never given up confidence in his fellow brethren, but rather he admonishes them and exhorts them to a firm walk in the faith which they have started. And so it should be with us. If we see our brethren or sisters overtaken in a fault, we are not given the authority to lose our confidence in them, but rather to admonish them in brotherly love and in sisterly love that they might once again regain grace in the sight of God.
--Sermon Excerpt: Bro. U.G.