1. By Melissa C. Pointer

2. To define what spiritual leaven is
To gain understanding on why leaven was not
used in the Passover offering but was during the
Pentecost ceremony
To understand why even small sins makes us
unacceptable to God
What does it mean to be leavened with
righteousness

3. It is an ingredient used in bake goods
It causes a permanent change in the dough
It softens it
Makes it lighter
Makes it larger

4. Here is a list of many different types of leaven
Yeast/yeast extract
baking powder
baking soda (sodium bicarbonate)
monocalcium phosphate
sodium aluminum phosphate (SALP)
sodium acid pyrophosphate (SAPP)
ammonium bicarbonate (hartshorn, horn salt, bakers ammonia)
potassium bicarbonate (potash)
potassium bitartrate (cream of tartar)
potassium carbonate (pearlash)

5. This is not a surprise!!

8. We know we can’t eat leavening on Passover
We are studying the Pentecost!?
There is a connection between both feast days
Leavening helps understand that connection

9. Remember when
Leaven represented sin during the passover
Just like leaven you can see it in things you
recognize quickly
It can exist in tiny amounts in places you never
suspected

10. Sin changes you just like leaven changes the
nature of dough
God will not accept any sin at any time!!
He did not accepted when Moses sinned!
He did not accepted when Cain sinned!
He does not accept it when you sin!!

11. God is merciful
He gives us a space of time to remove the leaven
from our lives
So that we can be an acceptable offering unto him
Moses took advantage of this time
Cain did not!
If we want to gain acceptance by God we must
remove leaven from our lives

12. God is so merciful that he gives us teachers
The Holy Spirit is one of them
He teaches how to remove sin from our lives
In this way we become unleavened

13. We are almost there
Remember that wave sheaf that is presented
before God
It represents our first fruits that we must give to
God
It is also used in the wave offering that is used
during Pentecost

14. A special offering made with leaven!
This represents a different type of leaven
It shows what happens when the Holy Spirit
works with a clean vessel
A change occurs
Our minds expand
We become stronger in God’s word

15. It should be noted that God’s word has a
powerful impact just like leaven
Only when we are leavened perfectly with
righteousness
Are we acceptable before God

16. Can change us
We will go in greater detail with the next lesson
Which will be the works of the Holy Spirit