Matthew 9:17 KJV
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
It is Jesus Christ speaking to the disciples of John concerning the Jewish traditions highlighted mostly by the Pharisees who are beyond a doubt "old bottles."
The religion of the Jews had so declined that when their own promised Messiah walked among them they could not recognize Him. Something had to change. A new bottle had to be made for the wine that is the Lord and the wine that is the Holy Spirit to inhabit them.
That new bottle was the church.
But even that bottle appears to be growing old in our day. The Word of God makes it clear that even the church will become unfit to hold this wine and will be removed into heaven while God does His final work in our world.
And with persons as individuals we may find an application.
Christ does not live in one who is merely the old man changed. Jesus said, "Ye must be born again." We must become new creatures. In no other one may the Spirit of God abide.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
It is Jesus Christ speaking to the disciples of John concerning the Jewish traditions highlighted mostly by the Pharisees who are beyond a doubt "old bottles."
The religion of the Jews had so declined that when their own promised Messiah walked among them they could not recognize Him. Something had to change. A new bottle had to be made for the wine that is the Lord and the wine that is the Holy Spirit to inhabit them.
That new bottle was the church.
But even that bottle appears to be growing old in our day. The Word of God makes it clear that even the church will become unfit to hold this wine and will be removed into heaven while God does His final work in our world.
And with persons as individuals we may find an application.
Christ does not live in one who is merely the old man changed. Jesus said, "Ye must be born again." We must become new creatures. In no other one may the Spirit of God abide.
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