Mark 2:22 "And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, he pours new wine into new wineskins."
This verse made me really seek God's wisdom. I was unsure of what Jesus was really meaning here, when this comes after the question about the Pharisees' fasting but Jesus' disciples were not. Here is how it spoke to my heart. Before Jesus, things were done in a certain way. Laws were written and followed and sacrifices were made. Once Jesus came, he fulfilled the law and became the sacrifice. Doing things the old way doesn't work, after you become a follower of Jesus. Paul addresses this in Romans in reference to circumcision stating that if they were going to follow one of the laws, then they might as well follow them all and get rid of Jesus altogether. I think Jesus here is telling the people that he is showing a more excellent way, one that cannot be compared to the former things and one that will change everything. It's a fancy way of saying, "the old has gone and the new has come." Accepting Jesus means putting my ways of the past to rest and walking with Him in life, living a life of the Spirit, no longer a life of the flesh. Attempting to put life from the past with my new life in Christ will only make life more complicated and muddy the waters of my relationship with Jesus. I am a new creation in Christ, where still, deep, clear waters lie within.
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