Tag: New Wine
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Chosen by Grace
(Romans 11:1-6) The foundations upon which the new covenant rests are twofold. First there is the principle of faith. To receive the gifts of God and to enter the kingdom of God requires faith. You cannot receive or achieve anything from God on the basis of works alone, but only through faith for that is…
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A Chosen Instrument
(Acts 9:10-18) Saul who became Paul had just been through the Damascus road experience and his life had been turned on its head in an instant. The Lord Jesus appeared to him in a bright light and spoke to him showing how he was hurting himself by continuing to oppose The Lord. Paul at this…
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New Wine and Old Wineskins
(Luke 5:33-39) This section begins with a discussion about fasting, which I have covered previously elsewhere. The second part of the scripture then looks at the parable of putting new wine into old wineskins and the potential damage that can cause. We often here about people who are set in their ways. There are sayings…
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Old and New Wineskins
(Mark 2:18-22) In this section of scripture the people approach Jesus over fasting. The disciples of John the Baptist and the Pharisees promoted fasting, but Jesus disciples were not fasting. I have already covered the issue of fasting in an earlier post, which you can read here. So in this post I will focus on…
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Fasting in the New Covenant
(Matthew 9:14-17) Jesus is approached by the disciples of John the Baptist and asked why his disciples did not fast like they and the Pharisees did. Jesus then used this teaching to show that the New Covenant was a new teaching and fasting under the New Covenant was quite a different matter to the Old…
