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Thursday, March 08, 2007

Are you a new wineskin?

Good morning everyone! what a wonderful day to be alive in the Lord Jesus Christ!!! Do you ever just stop and wonder???? No, I mean do you ever really stop and wonder??? Look at all the beauty!!! Look at how all things were put together!! We can only imagine!!! But not to fear, God is in control!!!
Are you, today, new wine......from the vine of Jesus Christ. OR, are you old wine, been around, came from A vine??? What is the deal with wine, wineskins, what is this?? In ancient days, they did not have glass containers in which to put their wine. Therefore, they put wine in wineskins. Now new wine would ferment and expand.....if the wine was placed in new wineskins, they would expand with the new wine. However, if they put new wine in OLD wineskins, as the wine fermented the skin could stretch no more and would burst.
Well, Jesus came to earth to offer all people forgiveness of sins and reconcilliation with God. The Good News did not fit into the old, very rigid, legalistic system of religion. (old wineskin) It needed a fresh start (new wineskin). The message of Jesus Christ was new, is new, and will be forever new until HE returns. As followers of Christ, we must be prepared for new ways to live, new ways to look at people, and new ways to serve.
Matthew 9:17 "AND NO ONE PUTS NEW WINE INTO OLD WINESKINS. FOR THE OLD SKINS WOULD BURST FROM THE PRESSURE, SPILLING THE WINE AND RUINING THE SKINS. NEW WINE IS STORED IN NEW WINESKINS SO THAT BOTH ARE PRESERVED."
So, are you the old wineskin with the new good news, OR are you new wineskin with the new good news???? I pray we are all new wine, that will ferment or grow, then spread the good news of Jesus Christ!! Thank you for reading. Love you all. Until tomorrow, be a new wineskin, expanding and growing.
In Christ's Love and Grace
Johnny

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