Pouring into New Wineskins

Pouring into New Wineskins

Matthew 9:14-17

14Then the disciples of John came to Jesus, inquiring, Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast [a]often, [that is, abstain from food and drink as a religious exercise], but Your disciples do not fast?

15And Jesus replied to them, Can the wedding guests mourn while the bridegroom is still with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

16And no one puts a piece of cloth that has not been shrunk on an old garment, for such a patch tears away from the garment and a worse rent (tear) is made.

17Neither is new wine put in old wineskins; for if it is, the skins burst and are [b]torn in pieces, and the wine is spilled and the skins are ruined. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.

Wineskins  - made from animal hide sheep or goat to hold wine. The skin of the animal is sewn up and it is a preserver.

It is useless to pour wine into old wineskins for it will burst and it will become a waste. The old wineskins will be good for nothing. It is also called a leather bottle in the Greek.   

Jesus parable speaks about how sewing a new cloth onto an old material will make it worse. Why? for it will not bond or become one with the sown material. After a while the hole which is patched would tear and be greater than the original hole. Even so the wineskin which is patched because of leakage will still leak for the garment would not be whole and the bottle that holds the liquid will spill onto the ground therefore is useless and is good for nothing but to be thrown away.

The value have depreciated and once was of great value and appreicated is now worthless material and can’t be of use to noone.

Pouring new wine into old wineskins is like throwing money away. Nothing can be contained in the wineskins and must be replaced or thrown out. Everything has a time and purpose and limitations accept God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost (Holy Spirit).

As I was at the gas station pumping gas into the car this very night I heard God said He is not pouring new wine into old wineskins. For the foundation is rocky and there is no stability in it.

Many times God have given a word and some have listened and some have not. He spoke about shifting and others are still in the very same spot they have been in for years.  God is not pouring into old wineskins because we are at a place of disobedience.

The old wineskins are the representation of our flesh and how we live on a daily basis. The many situations that arises and how we perceive them and react to them. From the outside it may appear to look beautiful but the inside is a wreck, torn apart in some places,in some areas and we are trying to hold it together with scotch tape, nail gun, re-sewing with thread, glass blower. Yet the hole will eventually tear again and be worse than before. After all the trys have been done we begin to get the light, we need new wineskins. So the old man must leave in order to build upon new foundation.

We need Christ to help us in our journey of life so He can cultivate and pour into us the Word of the Lord. It starts by the cure-all to the brokeness of relationship and mending with new fabric and leather bottle in Christ is with Christ and our repentance.

Because of wear and tear, abuse and excuse we’ve come to a place in God where His word have become a plight into our lives instead a light unto our soul. In other words we think of the negative before we embrace the positive aspect of life into our thoughts and cancel out what we don’t understand or try to understand.

Matthew 7:6 Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.

Obedience is better than sacrifice (1 Samuel 15:22) and the church have sunk their carnal ways into the lives of people. For the church lives only what they have experience or know. Some have lived and learn and others are ignoring by acting like it doesn’t exist.

Be not like the disciples who were with Jesus and then left and returned no more. (John 6:60-66)

We are injecting our own doctrine into the church and theory instead of applying the lessons left to lead us to eternal life in Christ in the bible. When was the last time you have asked God what did He wanted you to do? We are doing things for God and not have asked Him if this is what He wants done? Many of us are trying to shine in our churches, conferences, anniversaries and have left God out though we say we are doing it for Him. God knows our heart and we have not even talk to Him about many things and we expect Him to put his stamp of approval on our projects without counsel from Him.

Who? God is not pleased and we must clean out the junk out of our lives in order to receive the blessing from God. Yet he can’t pour anything in the our old wineskins that are faulty, amiss, defective.

We are vessels of God that should be pruned from the world ways, our ways and habits. We should adopt God’s ways as a daily practice.

God raises a standard and the world lives anyhow.

Let us become new wineskins so God can pour into our lives then Christ can be repeated in other people lives. Then the world will become new wine for the new wineskins as disciples and childre of the most high.

The new wine represents the blood of Christ, redemption and death to the old ways of man that gives new life, joy and freedom in God.

Knowing what God hath done in our lives should motivate us to help someone else be free from bondage and sin through the introduction of Christ unto them.

When we wear new clothing or get a new game or shoes we feel good when we wear it. We feel special excited and wanting to show off our new clothing, cell phone etc… We want complements and when we get them we are joyous. So does the word of God.

We should be compelled to share the Gospel to everyone we meet with joy and gladness. Operating in Christ with His new wine we have drunk by believing His Word, living the righteous life in Christ and not wanting anyone to perish or go to Hell. Jesus had compassion so should we too have compassion.

Compassion for our brothers and sisters not to go to Hell and damnation which was only for Satan and his demonic servants (fallen angels from heaven).Matthew 25:41 41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

It was designed as an everlasting eternal place for the devil but if we choose not to follow Christ it will be the home of those who have taken the devil as their father.

John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Choose whom will you serve today and pray that God will hear you when you call Him.

Prayer: Oh Lord I pray unto you today to help me become a new wineskin so you can pour your wine into me and I become a servant of the Lord. Forgive me of my sins and teach me your ways. In Jesus name I pray Amen!

Minister Merv