Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.
Whoever publicly acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before the angels of God. But whoever disowns me before others will be disowned before the angels of God.
Do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.
You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”
And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
A warning to the disciples about the danger of saying one thing and doing another leads into general teaching about the coming judgment, and how it should affect life here and now. It is essential to be prepared, to get priorities right. Much of this section is parallel in Matthew.
Jesus intention is not to frighten but to reassure. But there is a right fear of God that holds people steady against other fears.
Only Luke records the story of the rich but foolish man bent on amassing money and all that it can buy, instead of being 'rich towards God.'
Why?
the yeast of the Pharisees:The Pharisees were devoted to their study of the Mosaic law, and Antipas was anything but devout (see Mark 6:14–29). Christ may be referring to Herod and the Pharisees’ contentment with Roman rule. Herod enjoyed political power because of Rome, and though many Jews wanted Rome overthrown, the Pharisees were basically fine with the Romans as long as Caesar allowed them to study the law in peace.
However, contentment with Roman governance does not fully capture what Jesus means by leaven. Unbelief in Christ is the leaven of the Pharisees and Herod, unbelief motivated in part by fear of Roman reprisal against the Jews if Jesus were acclaimed as Messiah. But their unbelief was ultimately due to their hard hearts.
The yeast of the Pharisees is narrow-minded religious exclusives, it is sectarianism. It is the attitude that says only those who believe and behave like us are saved, everyone else is damned or at least of no consequence. (Of course it’s not only religious people who have those sorts of attitudes; the secular equivalent would be extreme tribalism or nationalism.) The yeast of the Pharisees makes people more concerned about who is ‘in’ and who is ‘out’ that just trying to get on and do the will of God. It makes people continually define themselves over against others: it makes them assume for instance that the main thing about being Catholic is not being Protestant.
Do not worry about our life, God will support us when we are seeking His kingdom.
My treasure should be in heaven, when I am focus on the world will lost my faith and grace of the Lord.
How?
Don't worry I have not enough money or lack anything for the Lord is my God will support what I need. But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.
我們認清了法利賽人的真面目，就不希奇他們這樣與耶穌為敵了。他們信復活。他們信有天使和靈。他們的信仰是純正的信仰，但他們的信仰與他們的人生絲毫不發生關係。他們有純正的信仰，然而他們沒有純正的人生。他們遵守人的遺傳，廢棄神的誡命。他們以輕為重。以重為輕；奉獻十分之一物產，然而不行公義、憐憫、信實。他們在人面前裝得很好看，很虔誠，然而他們裏面充滿了一切的不義，他們的信仰是頭腦裏面的，不是心靈中的。雖然在表面上他們與撒都該人完全不同，然而實際上他們卻是與撒都該人一樣的不敬虔，一樣的活在罪惡之中，一樣的屬於黑暗的權勢。因此當主耶穌講到復活的道理和天使與靈的事，就惹起撒都該人的訕笑譏議，及至他講到生活中的教訓並竭力斥責罪惡的時候，就招來法利賽人的攻擊逼迫了。法利賽人與撒都該人講到信仰的問題的時候便分道揚鑣，及至起來反對耶穌的時候又攜手合作。仔細說起來，他們實在是一丘之貉，並沒有什麼很大的分別。
我們僅僅是口裡承認主、心裡相信主，還遠遠達不到進天國、得永生的標準；惟獨遵行天父旨意，才能進天國，才是真正的信神。若我們光注重作工卻不實行主的話，就會憑己意作工偏離主的道，我們想進天國，就當尋求怎樣才能達到遵行天父的旨意，經歷主的話、實行主的話、活出主的話，這才是信神的真實涵義。可是，我們在所有宗教牧師的宣講中，很少聽到或看到他們按照主耶穌的話去領受、去追求、去帶領弟兄姊妹，而是用人都好接受的、合乎人觀念的保羅的話來作為信條，這很明顯地又是在「將人的吩咐當作道理教導人」「藉著遺傳，廢了神的誡命」。法利賽人的酵，偏離主道，就是這樣迷惑人。
如今的宗教界還進入了一種境地，牧師長老雖然特別注重講謙卑、愛心、忍耐，但是追求謙卑、愛心、忍耐的初衷卻帶著存心目的。就是說，如果人的謙卑、愛心、忍耐是為追求讓人看見、讓人欣賞、讓人崇拜、讓神賞識，以此來樹立自己的形象，穩固自己的地位，那這個謙卑、愛心、忍耐就不是在真正實行主的話、經歷主的話、遵行主的道。主耶穌說：「但你們不要受拉比的稱呼，因為只有一位是你們的夫子，你們都是弟兄。也不要稱呼地上的人為父，因為只有一位是你們的父，就是在天上的父。也不要受師尊的稱呼，因為只有一位是你們的師尊，就是基督。」（太23：8-10）從主耶穌的話中看到，今天值得讓我們敬拜、仰望的只有神，我們只是一個受造之物，沒有資格享受別人的崇拜與仰望，若是追求這些，就是超越了自己的身分與實質，並且也是與神爭奪地位的表現。可見，如果我們實行謙卑、愛心、忍耐不是為達到見證神的果效，反倒是求個人的威望、形象，那這些謙卑、愛心、忍耐豈不正是法利賽人的酵——假冒為善嗎？當年的猶太法利賽人每月按時獻上十分之一，嚴格守著律法上所規定的條例，可他們這樣做的目的並不是真為了敬拜耶和華、遵行神的道，而是在展示自己的虔誠與屬靈，以標示自己宗教領袖的地位身分。神頒布的律法，他們並不理睬，也不實行。對照如今的宗教界，是否也不乏這樣的現象呢？宗教領袖雖然口口聲聲講愛心奉獻、謙卑忍耐，好像在實行主的話，但他們卻受了人不該受的稱呼，站了人不該得的地位，如牧師與家人被稱師尊、師母，領袖階層論資排輩地站地位，都是司空見慣的事，儘管這明顯違背了主耶穌的教訓，但很多信徒都習以為常，可見，法利賽人的酵的確是迷惑力不小。
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