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You must remove the old yeast of sin so that you will be entirely pure. Then you will be like a new batch of dough without any yeast, as indeed I know you actually are. For our Passover Festival is ready, now that Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8 Let us celebrate our Passover, then, not with bread having the old yeast of sin and wickedness, but with the bread that has no yeast, the bread of purity and truth. --- 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 GNT As the Hebrews prepared for their exodus from slavery in Egypt, they were commanded to prepare bread without yeast because they didn’t have time to wait for it to rise. And because yeast also was a symbol of sin, they were commanded to sweep all of it out of the house (Exodus 12:15;13:7). Christ is our Passover lamb, the perfect sacrifice for our sin. Because he has delivered us from the slavery of sin, we should have nothing to do with the sins of the past (“old bread”). --- Life Application Study Bible notes Heavenly Father, I’m offering all I am and all I have as a living sacrifice for You. Forgive me for those times in the past when my loyalty has been tainted by my weakness and sin. Please use me to fulfill Your will. I come to You only through the sacrifice of Christ, and pray these things in His precious name. In Jesus’ name, Amen