Read Matt 9 :15-17 and was thinking about new wine and the old. Why do people put new wine into old wineskin? Is there a comparison to the fact that when we receive Jesus Christ, we put away our old lifestyles, mindsets and adopt the new as we are a new creation in Christ? Eph 4:23 - 5 says that we need to be renewed in the spirit of our mind, put on the new self, which is the likeness of God, created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. It gives us very clear instructions to put aside falsehood, anger, stealing, unwholesome talk, bitterness, wrath, clamor, slander, malice, impurity, lust, greed, filthiness, silly talk, course joking, immorality, covetousness, idolatry so as not to grieve the Holy Spirit. We are to adopt kindness, tender-heartedness, forgiveness, walking in love and being imitators of God, as His beloved children – Just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us, as a sacrifice to God.
Can we follow Christ’ example to be like Him in all aspects? He is our highly regarded, treasured, cherished model!
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