Lesson 3265

 (Lesson 3265)(12-11-20) Mark 2:18-22

    “And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse. And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.”

   In today’s quote, Jesus, by using comparisons, very effectively, explained that the new law of faith could not be intermixed with the old law of works.

    It is very important to know that Jesus, Himself, COULD NOT preach salvation by grace, or rebirth of the spirit through faith alone. That would not be possible until after He had been crucified, buried and resurrected. If he had done so, He would have broken God’s law as it stood for all Jews until His divine mission was completed and and He had ascended back to heaven.

    Jesus made that point by stressing that it was unwise to put new wine into tainted bottles because the new would be destroyed by the residue of the old. 

    Sadly, that is exactly what many, so-called Christians, do today. ~