A fresh, pliable wineskin can absorb such expansion and slowly age-with the wine until the fermentation process is complete. It bubbles and expands as the fermentation gases are released. When wine is new, it is in a state of fermentation. The comparison is a very apt one when we think of the properties of wine and wineskins. You can't get new results with old behaviors." In effect, he and his disciples were saying by their words and actions: "You can't put new ideas into old mind-sets. But, as a ritualistic religious practice, it belonged to the old paradigm that Jesus was trying to break through. It can be a beneficial, healthful practice, and I'm certain Jesus would have agreed. When asked why, Jesus made several mysterious responses, among them, "No one puts new wine into old wineskins: otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and so are the skins: but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins" (Mark 2:22).įasting, of course, is not the issue that Jesus is addressing. Jesus took this opportunity to speak about what it means to really change from a consciousness of living by public ritual to a consciousness of authentic spiritual life. The disciples of John the Baptist and the Pharisees fasted. One day he was confronted with the question of fasting. He warned, "Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them" (Matthew 6:1). There is no legitimate working of the Holy Spirit that will burst Jesus' church.Jesus constantly challenged religious practices gone stale, their original meaning long forgotten and now become simply public ritual. Jesus uses these words to focus His audience on His role as the Messiah and His followers as those who serve according to His will. This verse has nothing to do with such activity and is used out of context when applied to these situations. Many modern charismatic teachers use this passage in relation to a new movement of God's Spirit within a person or the church. To try to fit Jesus' teachings of love and freedom into the Pharisaical legalism (or even its modern-day equivalences) would have resulted in a burst tradition and pieces of love and freedom spilled out all over the floor.Ī particular misuse of this verse justifies a word of warning. This is how we love God (John 14:15 1 John 5:3). Christianity teaches differently: that God will change our hearts to want to do what He wants us to do (Philippians 2:13). To obey because you want to do the thing that was commanded is no sacrifice, and therefore has no honor.
The Pharisees to whom Jesus is referring believe it is most honorable to obey because the order is commanded.
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Galatians 5:1 says, "For freedom Christ has set us free stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery." In the same way, the freedom of a grace-filled life cannot fit in the legalistic rules the Pharisees impose on their followers. The wine would then spill out and be wasted. When filled with "new wine," the skins are likely to break apart. Old wineskins, like the Pharisees' rules, are brittle and inflexible. Jesus uses another metaphor, that of new wine and old skins, to illustrate why He does not lead His disciples to follow the religion of the Pharisees, specifically in fasting. No, new wine is put into fresh wineskins."" Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost as well as the skins. Mark 2:22, CSB: "And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the wine would burst the wineskins, and the wine and the skins would both be lost. Mark 2:22, NLT: "'And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Mark 2:22, NASB: "And no one puts new wine into old wineskins otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins as well but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins.'" Mark 2:22, KJV: "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." If he does, the wine will burst the skins-and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. Mark 2:22, ESV: "And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.'" Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Mark 2:22 Parallel Verses Mark 2:22, NIV: "And no one pours new wine into old wineskins.