You can’t put new wine into old bottles. Matthew 9:17, Mark 2:22, and Luke 5:37 all relate the analogy that Jesus spoke to the Pharisees. “No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse. And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.” According to PASTOR JOHN COLLINS while preaching in MARIETTA and BRISTOL, at BRINGING BACK GOD, this comparison of new wine into old bottles is about becoming a new person. When you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, you let go of the old you and become a new person. You are fresh, reborn. You no longer fit into the mold of who you once were. Jesus has made you new, God has called you for another purpose. When you accept the salvation of Jesus, you can’t go back to what you were-you are changed, and nothing is the same ever again. Yes, you can backslide and lose faith, choose to sin, but you know what salvation is now. The comparison of new wine into old bottles can be described like this: new wine has to ferment. It is strong and expands with fermentation or aging. Old bottles that were used before are weakened. The new wine will expand and explode old bottles. So will new belief and faith of the person who is newly saved. Their faith and beliefs grow and the old is shattered and useless. What a wonderful gift God has given us-a chance at the new. A fresh start. Because He sent Jesus to us so that we could all have a chance at eternal life. Luke is the only one who added another comment after the analogy:“No man having drunk old wine straightway desireth new for he saith, The old is better” Luke 5:39. Luke is referring to the resistance of and unwillingness of people to hear the call of the gospels. He was referring to the Jews who would not accept that Jesus was the Messiah….but how much different are they than the people of today who pursue false doctrine and won’t give it up? According to PASTOR JOHN COLLINS–it’s time for change: “there is a time and a place, it’s now and it’s grace.”
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