Patchwork and Mixed Wine: Luke 5:36-39
“36) And He was also telling them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise he will both tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. 37) And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled out, and the skins will be ruined. 38) But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. 39) And no one, after drinking old wine wishes for new; for he says, ‘The old is good enough.’ ””. Luke 5:36-39
Jesus was bringing in something new. He was moving from the Law to grace. He was moving from works to faith. He was moving from the outward to the inward. He was moving from the flesh to the Spirit. He was moving from rituals to true worship.
The problem was that many were satisfied with the old. They wanted an additive and not a revival. They want to force the new into the old. It did not work!
It was like patching an old garnet with new cloth. It was like putting new wine into old wine skins. Both were ruined.
Jesus did not come to make Old Testament Judaism better, He came to fulfill and replace it. He came to pay for human sin and set people free from bondage. He did not come to make people religious. He came to redeem them, fill them with His Holy Spirit and transform them into new creations.
With this parable, Jesus was drawing a line in the sand. He was telling the religious leaders that the old was fulfilled and something new had come.
Change comes slow, especially in the realm of religion, tradition, ceremonies and rituals. Many wanted to keep the old. Others tried mixing the old with the new.
The book of Acts tells the sad story that Judaism rejected Jesus as the Messiah. The result was the gospel spreading to the Gentiles after Pentecost and the Great Commission being fully embraced by the born-again believers.
It spread rapidly around the world, but not without opposition. It met other old garments and old wine skins of pagan religions. Satan loves to water down pure Christianity with patchwork and mixed wine. Such is the case with many brands of Christianity around the world. It is a cheap substitute for the real thing!
Daily Bible Commentary By Terry Baxter: Cofounder of GoServ Global.
“36) And He was also telling them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise he will both tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. 37) And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled out, and the skins will be ruined. 38) But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. 39) And no one, after drinking old wine wishes for new; for he says, ‘The old is good enough.’ ””. Luke 5:36-39
Jesus was bringing in something new. He was moving from the Law to grace. He was moving from works to faith. He was moving from the outward to the inward. He was moving from the flesh to the Spirit. He was moving from rituals to true worship.
The problem was that many were satisfied with the old. They wanted an additive and not a revival. They want to force the new into the old. It did not work!
It was like patching an old garnet with new cloth. It was like putting new wine into old wine skins. Both were ruined.
Jesus did not come to make Old Testament Judaism better, He came to fulfill and replace it. He came to pay for human sin and set people free from bondage. He did not come to make people religious. He came to redeem them, fill them with His Holy Spirit and transform them into new creations.
With this parable, Jesus was drawing a line in the sand. He was telling the religious leaders that the old was fulfilled and something new had come.
Change comes slow, especially in the realm of religion, tradition, ceremonies and rituals. Many wanted to keep the old. Others tried mixing the old with the new.
The book of Acts tells the sad story that Judaism rejected Jesus as the Messiah. The result was the gospel spreading to the Gentiles after Pentecost and the Great Commission being fully embraced by the born-again believers.
It spread rapidly around the world, but not without opposition. It met other old garments and old wine skins of pagan religions. Satan loves to water down pure Christianity with patchwork and mixed wine. Such is the case with many brands of Christianity around the world. It is a cheap substitute for the real thing!
Daily Bible Commentary By Terry Baxter: Cofounder of GoServ Global.
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