During the seven Days of Unleavened Bread, God instructs us to eat unleavened bread twelve times, while mentioning removing leaven only four times, emphasizing actively consuming what is pure. Unleavened bread represents the Word of God, which is pure, undefiled, and true. As Jesus Christ declared, man lives by every word proceeding from God's mouth. Christ embodies this unleavened bread, and we must ingest His character through studying, meditating upon, and living Scripture. This is not mere ritual but a continual process producing freedom, sincerity, and truth. Knowing to do good and failing to act is sin, so we fill our lives with right doing, minimizing opportunity for sin. This daily eating reinforces turning from sin and human tradition, embracing God's revealed Word.

Playlist:

playlist Go to the Unleavened Bread as Word of God (topic) playlist

Filter by Categories

Gratitude for Deliverance and God's Word

Sermonette by David C. Grabbe

Even though we have heard that the Feast of Unleavened Bread signifies coming out of sin, the principal focus is that we remember God as our Deliverer.

James and Unleavened Bread (Part Three)

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

During the seven Days of Unleavened Bread, God emphasizes the importance of eating unleavened bread, instructing us twelve times to do so over the week, while mentioning the removal of leaven only four times. This suggests a greater focus on actively consuming what is pure rather than merely avoiding what is corrupted. If we are busy eating unleavened bread, we are too full to partake of the leavened kind, symbolizing a spiritual truth. Unleavened bread represents the Word of God, which is pure, unalloyed, undefiled, and true. As Jesus Christ declared, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. To live fully and be complete, we must consume God's unleavened Word, embodying sincerity and truth. Jesus Himself, the Word, is full of grace and truth, faithful and true, and we are called to worship Him in spirit and in truth. Christ is the embodiment of this unleavened bread, totally pure, and we must ingest His character and way of life to attain eternal life. This is not merely a ritual act, such as participating in the Passover service, but a continual process of studying the written Word of God, digesting it, and living it. Belief must manifest in action, turning into a lived experience that builds the character God requires for entrance into His Kingdom. Jesus Christ lived this Word, not just as knowledge to avoid sin or debate, but as a dynamic force that compelled Him to do God's will. It energized Him spiritually, driving Him to prioritize God's work over the physical things of this world. His life demonstrated the unleavened bread in action—coming out in His words, deeds, and every step He took. As followers, we are called to walk in His steps, using what we have been given to grow and build upon it. If we know to do good and fail to act, it is sin, akin to not eating unleavened bread. We must actively do good works, filling our lives with what is right, which minimizes the opportunity for sin. This dual commission—to do good and avoid sin—mirrors the essence of the Days of Unleavened Bread, where eating unleavened bread, or living God's Word, is paramount. If we fill ourselves with this spiritual sustenance, as Jesus did by going about doing good, we follow His example and maintain a proper relationship with God.

Days of Truth

Sermonette by David C. Grabbe

Unleavened bread symbolizes sincerity and truth, which stands in direct opposition to the leavening of false doctrine. Truth defines the Word of God, and the command to eat unleavened bread each day during the feast therefore requires the daily ingestion of that Word as the genuine, uncontaminated source of spiritual nourishment. This positive action goes beyond merely avoiding falsehoods, because rejecting error alone leaves one vulnerable to spiritual starvation or deceptive mixtures that corrupt the mind. The Word of God must be taken in through study, assimilated through meditation, and applied in practice so that it becomes part of the believer and produces freedom. Jesus Christ embodies this truth in both word and deed, and the annual observance reminds believers that God first liberates by revealing truth while also placing on them the ongoing responsibility to reject false teaching and fill their lives with His Word, thereby remaining free from the bondage of deception.

Are You Alive to God?

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

The Days of Unleavened Bread serve as a living reminder of the process of removing sin from one's life, a process pictured physically by the daily eating of unleavened bread and the corresponding effort to identify, remove, and avoid leavening in the home. This practice is directly tied to the deeper spiritual reality of being made alive to God through Christ, since it is during these seven days that believers are reminded how difficult it is to find and eliminate sin, just as ancient Israel was called out of Egypt, passed through the Red Sea in a symbolic burial, and emerged with an entirely changed status no longer serving the old realm of bondage. This deliverance from Egypt corresponds to the Christian's deliverance from the dominion of sin through baptism into Christ's death and resurrection, so that the observance of Unleavened Bread becomes a yearly picture of the ongoing work of regeneration and sanctification described throughout Ephesians, Romans, and Titus. Central to this new life is a transformed relationship to God's Word. Once a person is converted and receives the Holy Spirit, his mind is renewed, and this renewal produces an entirely new regard for Scripture. Whereas the unconverted world, including much of mainstream Christianity, elevates human tradition above the inspired written Word of God and will default to tradition even when Scripture corrects it, the true Christian reverses this order, placing the Bible before every other book. This is not an intellectual or superstitious attachment but a faithful and reverent one, born of the conviction that Scripture is the only means by which one is brought into an increasing participation in the life of God. The converted mind does not merely read the Bible; it meditates upon it, contemplates its spiritual principles, and strives to apply them in daily life, supremely valuing it as the expression of God's will rather than viewing it as a mere collection of moral stories. This new devotion to the Word of God flows naturally from the broader transformation described as being "raised together with Christ." Just as the Christian is no longer under the wrath of God, no longer a slave to sin, and no longer governed by the flesh, so also he is no longer content with human philosophy or tradition in place of divine revelation. The renewed mind, walking in newness of life, judges everything by a new standard of values, asking not what pleasure or thrill something offers but how it affects one's relationship with God, and Scripture is the primary means by which that relationship is understood and deepened. Thus the observance of Unleavened Bread, with its call to remove leaven and eat unleavened bread daily, symbolically reinforces the same reality that governs the Christian's attitude toward the Bible: a decisive turning away from the old realm of sin and human tradition, and a wholehearted embrace of God's revealed Word as the guide for living the new, righteous life made possible through union with Christ.

Sincerity and Truth (Part Two)

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

In contrast to the world's embracing of fraud and deceit, God's called-out ones are obligated to eat the bread of sincerity and truth all our lives.

Does Doctrine Really Matter? (Part Five)

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

Most people have not used the Word of God as their standard of morality and conduct, but instead are allowing society and culture to shape their attitudes.