It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.It is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.
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… And again Jesus said, to what should I compare the kingdom of God? It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened. This is the word of God for you, the people of God. Well, it's been an unsettling week out there, in here too. We're going to talk about what has transpired, but first, a parable. First, hopefully, perspective. In today's parable, Jesus describes a woman taking yeast and kneading it into three measures of flour. She's preparing to make a few loaves of bread. We know this scene. This parable evokes kitchen, hearth, home. Oh, and by the way, says Jesus, it also reveals something about the realm of God. Picture your mother, says Jesus, measuring out flour. See her adding water and yeast, kneading these elements together. Soon a pottery bowl covered with a damp towel sits on the kitchen table. And under that towel, something magical is happening. The once inert flour is moving, swelling. …
… And again Jesus said, to what should I compare the kingdom of God? It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened. This is the word of God for you, the people of God. Well, it's been an unsettling week out there, in here too. We're going to talk about what has transpired, but first, a parable. First, hopefully, perspective. In today's parable, Jesus describes a woman taking yeast and kneading it into three measures of flour. She's preparing to make a few loaves of bread. We know this scene. This parable evokes kitchen, hearth, home. Oh, and by the way, says Jesus, it also reveals something about the realm of God. Picture your mother, says Jesus, measuring out flour. See her adding water and yeast, kneading these elements together. Soon a pottery bowl covered with a damp towel sits on the kitchen table. And under that towel, something magical is happening. The once inert flour is moving, swelling. …
2. “But are there in England, or in any part of the world, any signs of such a time approaching?” It is not many years since, that a person of considerable learning, as well as eminence in the Church, (then Bishop of London,) in his pastoral letter, made this observation: “I cannot imagine what persons mean, by talking of a great work of God at this time. I do not see any work of God now, more than has been at any other time.” I believe: I believe that great man did not see any extraordinary work of God. Neither he, nor the generality of Christians, so called, saw any signs of the glorious day that is approaching. But how is this to be accounted for? How is it that those who can now “discern the face of the sky,” who are not only great philosophers, but great divines, as eminent as ever the Sadducees, yea, or the Pharisees were, do not discern the signs of those glorious times, which, if not begun, are nigh even at the door? 3. We allow, indeed, that in every age of the Church, “the kingdom of God came not with observation,” not with splendour and pomp, or with any of those outward circumstances which usually attend the kingdoms of this world. We allow this “kingdom of God is within us;” and that consequently, when it begins either in an individual or in a nation, it “is like a grain of mustard seed,” which at first “is the least of all seeds,” but nevertheless, gradually increases, till “it becomes a great tree.” Or, to use the other comparison of our Lord, it is like “a little leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.” …