He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. And no one after drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good.’” (Luke 5:36-39 ESV)
After twice being criticized for His new friends and enjoying life, Jesus uses back-to-back illustrations to show that maybe His critics needed a new perspective. Has "being religious"
become a boring rut in which you are stuck? Are you focusing on what you cannot do? Or are you living the new life in Christ, full of new-found friends who love Him just like you do?
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