thoughts on Mark 2.18-22
::new wineskins:: I am captivated by the imagery used by Christ in the form of new wineskins. New wine must be poured into the new skins so those skins will stretch and are flexible to allow the wine to ferment and fill them up.
Old skins are tough and brittle. Pouring new wine into them will crack the skins, "burst the skins", and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined.
What kind of faith do I have? Is it a fresh faith that allows for stretching and flexibility, or am I trying to pour fresh faith into stale wineskins of generations past.
Jesus isn't re-inventing a new way to carry wine. He is stating the obvious truth of the best way to carry wine is to make sure the carrying method will be effective.
Jesus is ushering in a new paradigm...a new kingdom...a new covenant. Fasting that is done by John's disciples and the Pharisee disciples is done as a weekly observance and mourning over longed-for salvation. The question of fasting as it concerns Jesus' disciples wouldn't be applicable because they don't see the act of fasting resulting in salvation.
Old skins are tough and brittle. Pouring new wine into them will crack the skins, "burst the skins", and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined.
What kind of faith do I have? Is it a fresh faith that allows for stretching and flexibility, or am I trying to pour fresh faith into stale wineskins of generations past.
Jesus isn't re-inventing a new way to carry wine. He is stating the obvious truth of the best way to carry wine is to make sure the carrying method will be effective.
Jesus is ushering in a new paradigm...a new kingdom...a new covenant. Fasting that is done by John's disciples and the Pharisee disciples is done as a weekly observance and mourning over longed-for salvation. The question of fasting as it concerns Jesus' disciples wouldn't be applicable because they don't see the act of fasting resulting in salvation.