1 Corinthians 5:6-7 (KJV)
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

God uses humbling terms to refer to his own sometimes:

• We are called children 
• We are called babes
• We are called sheep
• His church is referred to as a bride

Here we have the church referred to as a lump, as in a lump of bread dough.

The lump is worked over, kneaded vigorously, cut in pieces or stuffed in a pan then shoved into a hot oven to become something usable to the owner.

I am thrilled that in this case an old lump can become a new lump. Through Jesus Christ no church is locked into old leaven. No church has to be spewed out as distasteful to Christ.

If we will but recognize the leaven of sin and remove it we become brand new for the sake of the Lord.

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1 Corinthians 5:6-7 (KJV) We Become New

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