Matthew 9:1~13
I HAVE NOT COME TO CALL THE RIGHTEOUS, BUT SINNERS, Dr. Samuel Lee
NEW WINE
Passage: Matthew 9:14~17
Key verse: 17b
1. A joyful feast (14-15)
Jesus and his disciples looked like a very odd bunch compared to normal religious standards and practices. Jesus rarely played it safe for general acceptance. We cannot know Jesus from afar. Jesus was often questioned but could always answer with wisdom. For those who knew and were with Jesus, it was a time of joy and celebration feasts. But there would come times of fasting as well.
2. New wine (16-17)
Jesus' ministry and teaching are like new wine. They are dynamic and transformative. Even today, Jesus' radical grace and ministry challenges our fixed ideas and closed minds. The gospel requires us to be born again and made new, always becoming and embracing change by God's grace. God's kingdom is always advancing in new wineskin hearts.
Prayer: Lord, change is not easy, but by your grace, you can renew my mind day by day in your wisdom and kingdom vision.
One Word: Know Jesus, be ready to change
Jesus and his disciples looked like a very odd bunch compared to normal religious standards and practices. Jesus rarely played it safe for general acceptance. We cannot know Jesus from afar. Jesus was often questioned but could always answer with wisdom. For those who knew and were with Jesus, it was a time of joy and celebration feasts. But there would come times of fasting as well.
2. New wine (16-17)
Jesus' ministry and teaching are like new wine. They are dynamic and transformative. Even today, Jesus' radical grace and ministry challenges our fixed ideas and closed minds. The gospel requires us to be born again and made new, always becoming and embracing change by God's grace. God's kingdom is always advancing in new wineskin hearts.
Prayer: Lord, change is not easy, but by your grace, you can renew my mind day by day in your wisdom and kingdom vision.
One Word: Know Jesus, be ready to change
