Sermon: I Didn’t Know This Was In Me | Detox Series | Part 1
Mark 8:14-15
The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat. “Be careful,” Jesus warned them. “Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod.”
Before verse 14 , there’s a miracle that just happened. Jesus took a few loaves of bread, broke it, blessed it, and multiplied it until everybody was full.
A few verses later, they get back in the boat with Jesus and realize they only brought one loaf of bread.
And it’s right there that Jesus looks at them and says, “Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod.”
The IllustrationBread represents your spirituality (good).Yeast represents influence (bad).
It’s small, but it spreads. You don’t need a lot of it for it to change the whole dough.
What Jesus was teaching them is — be mindful of what you let get in your mix.
The Pharisees represent religious thinking — all law, no love.Herod represents cultural thinking — all pleasure, no principle.
Jesus is saying, if you let either one of those systems shape how you see life, it’ll contaminate your Kingdom flow.
The Revelation
They’re worrying about bread, but Jesus is warning them about belief.
They think the problem is lack — “We only got one loaf.” Jesus is like, “No, the problem is you forgot who’s in the boat.”
God’s providence - He didnt remind them to get the other ones. Another example: Mary going to the tomb and not having anyone to help her with the stone. “I’m out here now! I gotta trust Him”.
They literally just watched Him multiply bread for thousands, and now they’re stressing over only having one?
The message lasts longer than the miracle. The real blessing isn’t the resources, it’s the revelation.
the resources = what He provides
the revelation = He’s a provider
Beware of the yeast because unbelief spreads just like yeast.
What’s Influencing You?
What thoughts, what fears, what mindsets have quietly gotten mixed into your ‘dough’? Because sometimes the reason things aren’t rising like they should isn’t that God’s not blessing — it’s that we’ve got something toxic stirring in the mix.
“Be careful what you let contaminate your confidence, because what gets in you will eventually come out of you.”
If (there is, tho) something is contaminating you, it’s time for a Detox.
A detox is about removing what’s been quietly contaminating your system. And spiritually, the same principle applies. You can’t get destiny-level results with toxic-level residue.
Sometimes the bad gets in with the good stuff (the yeast of the Pharisees).The detox is for purification and reallocation.This is the case physically and can also be the case spiritually.
This is why we need a healthy, biblical theology of deliverance.
Deliverance - a divine act of liberation from any spiritual, emotional, and relational toxic influence that limits your likeness to Christ.
Everyone needs deliverance from something.
Deliverance is a part of discipleship.
Spiritual liberation is necessary for sanctification.
Deliverance requires discernment.
Repression is an imposter of deliverance – it’s coping instead of conquering.
You live on the level of your revelation.You can’t experience something you don’t pursue. And you don’t pursue what you don’t understand.
God doesn’t always send problems to show us Him, but also to show us ourselves. This is development for the next level and to reveal what’s in you through Him.
1. Spiritual Detox Is Necessary for Spiritual Development
“You can’t heal what you keep hiding.”
Many of us are saved, but still stuck, not because God isn’t moving—but because we haven’t removed what’s blocking the flow. The detox isn’t punishment—it’s purification.
Just like your body needs to get rid of toxins before it can absorb nutrients properly, your soul needs to release bitterness, resentment, pride, or insecurity before it can fully receive grace, peace, and joy.
2. What’s In You Will Eventually Come Out of You
We’ve all experienced the squeeze of life that brings something surprising out of us.
And we’re like, “I didn’t even know that was in me.”
Conflict reveals character.
Pressure reveals presence.
The stuff that surfaces under stress shows you what still needs to be healed.
The detox begins when we stop running from those revelations and start letting God deal with them.
3. God Doesn’t Expose to Embarrass—He Exposes to Heal
When God shows you something that’s still toxic in you, it’s not condemnation, it’s compassion. He’s not trying to shame you, He’s trying to shape you.
The exposure is evidence of His love.
Remember, He can’t purify what you won’t present—and He can’t cleanse what you keep concealing.
4. You Can Be Gifted and Still Need a Detox
Just because you’re effective doesn’t mean you’re healthy.
You can function with dysfunction for a while—but eventually your fruit will taste like your roots.
Emotional maturity and spiritual formation go hand in hand. You can be anointed and still need therapy. You can be chosen and still need change.
5. Healing Begins with Honesty
The detox starts when you tell the truth—to yourself and to God.
Psalm 139 says, “Search me, O God.” That’s a detox prayer.
It’s not always about removing bad habits—it’s about renewing the heart that produces them.
Yeasts to Detox From:
Legalistic Spirituality
Legalism is the belief that your acceptance from God is based on your performance for God. It’s performative.
Confuses obedience as the means to acceptance rather than the evidence of acceptance.
It’s putting the rules over the relationship. You break the rules = you run from the relationship. When we should be running to God.
You don’t ever get free, you just change prisons.
Narcissistic Spirituality
Herrod = Narcissit
Functional idolatry dressed in Christian vocabulary
Acting like God exists for your glory
God is named, but self is worshiped.
Worship becomes a transaction
Looks like giving God praise in exchange for Him giving you what you want
Spiritual exploitation clothed in Christian language - calling it submission
Spiritual Syncretism
Spiritual contamination that happens when you blend Christianity with beliefs and practices of the world that are fundamentally incompatible with the gospel.
Dilution of Biblical truth.
Looks Christian but isn’t.
Don’t abandon Jesus, but add this _____
Example: Zodiac Signs determining your personality