“No man puts a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up takes from the garment, and the rent (tear) is made worse. 17. Neither do men put new wine into old bottles, else the bottles break, and the wine runs out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.”
2 Corinthians 5:17: “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold all things have become new." The point that Jesus made about old and new cloth and old and new wine, was that the old and new do not mix. Jesus was telling the Pharisees that He came to bring a new day and that His disciples were part of the new day. Let me explain: Jesus came to fulfill the Old Testament law and the Old Testament sacrificial system. The kingdom of God would now be centered in the person of Jesus Christ, and it was through faith in Him that people could be forgiven and cleansed. Jesus’ death and resurrection ushered in a new covenant. Hebrews 8:13 explains it this way: “In speaking of a new covenant, He makes the first one obsolete and what is growing old is ready to vanish away.” ESV Jesus brought in a new day and to offer new life. Paul explained it 2 Corinthians 5:17: “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature (creation): old things are passed away and all things have become new.” When we invite Jesus into our lives by faith, we are saved and given new life. When we .truly confess our sins and receive Jesus’ forgiveness, no one has to tell us that we have new life. This is impossible to explain; it has to be experienced. New life in Christ is not something that we brag about, nor does it make us spiritual elitists. It makes us what Paul called “ambassadors for Christ.” He explained this in 2 Corinthians 5:18-20: “And all things are of God, Who has reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation. 19. To wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and has committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 20. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ stead, be reconciled to God.” We are living in the “new day” that Jesus came to give, and we are “new people” saved by grace through faith in Christ. Let’s share Him with the world…. Bro. Joe
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