![]() ![]() It is right to put the word of the Scripture within us. This is not the only experience a Christian can have there are hundreds of experiences that are similar to this.īut friends, can the new wine be put in the old wineskin? No, it will not work. If you go on, it will become ungodliness, and you will not be behaving like a Christian." If he listens to this inner voice and stops, he will have the peace. Then something within will seem to be tugging at him, saying, "That’s enough. But after half an hour or an hour, his conversation may heat up. When he goes to his relatives’ homes, he may act politely when others are very polite to him. But when a Christian walks about, it seems that he walks alone no one is beside him tugging at him. This boy has his mother beside him to tug at him. He will say, "Let me finish this and I’ll shut up." I have personally witnessed this. But every time her son opens his mouth, he cannot stop it is useless for the mother to do anything. Every time she goes to her relatives’ homes, she reminds the son not to speak too much and that when she tugs his sleeve, he should shut up and not speak further. As a result she is very careful in the things she says. There is always the danger of engaging in gossip when she is with them. One sister has many relatives on her husband’s side. But if you are saved, you will feel a law controlling you within. ![]() If you are not saved, you will not have the experience, and you will not see much change. Once you have the new wine within, you have the power to uphold yourself. The new wine can perform only that which pleases God according to the ordinance of the new covenant and by the power of the Holy Spirit. Only then will the power and effect be preserved. The new wine can only be put in the new wineskin. The end result of putting Christianity and Judaism together is nothing. ![]() The result is that the tear becomes worse. Catholicism combines Judaism and Christianity together, like patching a tear together. We do not recognize Catholicism to be Christianity, and Judaism will never recognize Catholicism to be Judaism either, because the Catholics have been the ones who persecuted Judaism the most. Actually, the temple is no longer on earth it is in heaven. On the one hand, they adopted the customs and ceremonies of the Old Testament, and on the other hand, they displayed a signboard on the outside which said, "The New Testament." They say that the high priest is on earth and the temple is also on the earth. Throughout history, Catholicism has tried to mix Judaism with Christianity. God has no intention to have such a thing. The result of such a mixture always makes Christianity no longer Christianity, and Judaism no longer Judaism. I can say strongly that never in history has there been a case where a person tried to mix Christianity with Judaism and the two were preserved. All those who have begun by the Lord Jesus, but who nevertheless try to be perfected by themselves, are putting the new wine into the old wineskin. "Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?" (3:3). This is what Paul meant when he asked if the Galatians could be perfected by the law, after they had begun by grace. It is trying to please God through keeping the law and trying to gain God’s favor through one’s own strength. It is going back to being a Galatian again after one has become a Christian, trying to accomplish what man cannot accomplish through the law. It is also the good works which we perform after we are saved. (The torn garment is the only thing that is torn.) The old wineskin is our natural, good behavior. The old wineskin is not sin, and it is not something torn. It is the aspects of our temper and good behavior which excelled above the temper and behavior of others. ![]() The old wineskin is the goodness we had before we believed in the Lord. In other words, one can boast before God. To fast means to boast it is saying that one is not like the publicans, that one fasts twice a week, and that one tithes. In other words, the old wineskin is related to the fasting mentioned above. Since the old garment refers to human righteousness in the previous verses, the old wineskin in the subsequent verse must refer to our natural conduct. It is impossible for the previous verses to refer to one thing and the following verses to refer to something else. If we are not the old garment, can we be the old wineskin? We should consider the context. What is the meaning of a wineskin? Why can new wine not be put in the old wineskin? Some have said that we are the old wineskin. ![]()
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