"Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved."
In today's quote, Jesus made the point that it was impossible to integrate Christian doctrine into the old Law of Moses or to teach a new way to those who were entrenched in the old.
He made His point by comparing putting a new cloth patch (Christianity) on old, worn out piece of clothing (Judaism) or, pouring new wine (The doctrine of salvation by grace through faith) into old bottles (Those who wouldn't come away from the old Law).
Sadly, there are many of today's so-called Christians who still try to co-mingle Christianity with the rules of the old Hebrew law. Some things that are erroneously incorporated into much of modern "Christian" dogma is water baptism, ritual prayer and strict adherence to every rule that is laid out in the Old Testament. Many of today's false doctrines preach that these things must be accomplished as a means by which one must achieve eternal salvation.
In fact, eternal salvation requires nothing more than repentance and absolute faith in the life, death, burial, resurrection and ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ. "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9) ~
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