And He was also telling them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise he will both tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. 37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled out, and the skins will be ruined.38 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. 39 And no one, after drinking old wine wishes for new; for he says, ‘The old is good enough.’”
Why is Jesus teaching about wineskins? What is the point? He is using a common metaphor to bring out the comparison between the distinction between the flesh of humans and their spiritual self. The flesh is the Old Man who is destined to die where the spirit is the one which is reborn of the Spirit and created for life-everlasting not yielding to the temptations and diseases of the flesh. Once a person is born of the Spirit, they do not return to their flesh which is sick and destined to die, but instead abides with the Spirit where there is hope and life.
Daily Prayer: For each of us Lord Jesus, create in us new life which is born of the Spirit. By doing so, it insures our everlasting life with You and all that You died for. In Your Holy Name I pray Amen.
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