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The Gospel of Mark
Jesus Brings Us To Something New
Mark 2:22
“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. New wine calls for new wineskins.” — Mark 2:22
For the longest time, I never understood what this verse meant. What does it mean when it comes to the Messiah, God’s Kingdom, or the Christian faith?
About seven years ago, I got a Christmas present that was a brewing kit. It had everything you needed to brew beer. After my first batch, I became facilitated with fermentation and brewing.
Shortly after my first batch of beer, I started brewing Kombucha and we started making Sourdough bread. Along the way, we even started fermenting foods. And it wasn’t until I got deep into fermentation that finally understood this verse.
You see, when you ferment anything, there is chemical reaction which causes gases to be released. When doing this with wine in wineskins, the new ones can stretch with the gases, where the old cannot and most of the time tear.
The Messiah Ushers in a New Life
When we believe in Jesus and enter into a relationship with him, our lives are like those wineskins. As we begin to change from one thing to…
