God does go ahead with His plans, but if a new wineskin is not used, then the old one bursts. They would not recognize that the Spirit was about something new. Why were there splits? Because people were putting new wine into old wineskins.
But when God is about something new, though within the unchanging context of the proclamation of the gospel, then He produces new wineskins. Why could God not just work with a particular group? God of course does work with groups that He raises. Of LNP emerged Couples for Christ (CFC), and out of CFC emerged Couples for Christ Foundation for Family and Life (CFC-FFL), and out of CFC-FFL has emerged Missionary Families of Christ (MFC). And so it was that out of charismatic renewal emerged Ang Ligaya ng Panginoon (LNP), and out God usually works in stages, revealing more of His plan to a people as they journey with Him.
Within the charismatic renewal, there were also new movements being raised by the Spirit. Towards the end of the 2 nd millennium, God raised the Ecclesial Movements and New Communities. Within the Catholic Church, there had been the rise of the mendicant religious orders 5 of the 13 th century and the charismatic renewal in the 20 th century. Within Christianity, there have been very many movements, all intended to help revive and renew the Church. Then God raised a sect within Judaism which became Christianity. 4 So the same Spirit acts throughout salvation history.īut the Holy Spirit acts in and through different movements and groups. Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever. 1 It is of course the eternal Spirit of God, which was there sweeping over the waters at creation, 2 and is with us until the end of time. In the same way, the Holy Spirit is ever new, ever creative, but it is always the same Holy Spirit. Thus the combination of both causes the old wineskin to burst, and both are lost. If the wineskin is old, it is not pliant and does not expand. New wine expands, and so puts pressure on the wineskin.
But a new batch of wine is not put in old wineskins but in new. Same vines, same soil, same pruning, same harvesting, same processing. Now wine produced by a vineyard is the same. As such, the gospel cannot be contained within the limits of the Mosaic law. Though the basics of God’s call to His chosen people remain, his teaching is entirely fresh and new. Jesus is saying that his teaching is not just a patching up of Judaism. Rather, they pour new wine into fresh wineskins and both are preserved.” (v.17). Otherwise the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are ruined. Jesus says, “people do not put new wine into old wineskins.
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