Christ is Our New Wine to be Poured into New Wineskins

 

Christ is Our New Wine to be Poured into New Wineskins

 

Matthew 9:17 "Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved."

 

Aspect	New Wine	New Wineskins
Symbolism	Christ as the invigorating new life	The church life of local churches
Description	New in time, recent, newly possessed; has invigorating power, strengthens us, makes us joyful	New in nature, quality, and form; unused, unfamiliar; container for the new wine
Example	Personal Christ, the inner invigorating life	Corporate Christ, the outer container for the new wine
Application	Should not put Christ  into any kind of religion	Contain and express Christ  in the church life
	Judges 9:13 "But the vine said to them, 'Shall I leave my wine that cheers God and men and go hold sway over the trees?'" Matthew 9:14-15 "Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, 'Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?' And Jesus said to them, 'Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.'" Galatians 1:14-16a "And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me,"	1 Corinthians 12:12  "For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ."   Acts 9:5 "And he said, 'Who are you, Lord?' And he said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.'"   1 Corinthians 1:10, 13a  "I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. ... Is Christ divided?"

 

This table summarizes the symbolic meanings of Christ as the new wine and new wineskins, providing related descriptions, examples, applications, and scriptures. It emphasizes that Christ as the inner life (new wine) needs to be contained and expressed in the appropriate external environment (new wineskins, i.e., the church life), rather than being confined within old religious forms.

 

*Please refer to the 2024 Summer Live Training - Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (1) Message One: Christ as the Great Light, the One with Authority, the Physician, the Bridegroom, the Unfulled Cloth, and the New Wine