the problem of wineskins
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THE PROBLEM OF WINESKINS
Mark 2
Meet the REAL J.C. Buddies With a Tax Collector!?
Traitor! Thief! Scoundrel! God-Damned!
When the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors and other sinners, they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat with such scum?” Mk 2:16
Meet the REAL J.C. Buddies With a Tax Collector!?
Traitor! Thief! Scoundrel! God-Damned!Buddies withOutcasts!?
Meet the REAL J.C. Buddies With a Tax Collector!? Breaks All the “Holy”
Traditions !?The Insult
The Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, "Why do Your
disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but
eat their bread with impure hands?"
The ReasonJesus answered, "Neglecting the
commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men."
(Mark 7:5,8)
Meet the REAL J.C. Buddies With a Tax Collector!? Breaks All the “Holy” Traditions !? “I Don’t FIT Into Your MOLD!”“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
Meet the REAL J.C. Buddies With a Tax Collector!? Breaks All the “Holy” Traditions !? “I Don’t FIT Into Your MOLD!”“New wine calls for new wineskins.” Mark 2:22
New Wine
TEAR
APART!
Meet the REAL J.C. Buddies With a Tax Collector!? Breaks All the “Holy” Traditions !? “I Don’t FIT Into Your MOLD!”They KILLED Him For It!At once the Pharisees went away and met with the supporters of Herod to plot how to kill Jesus. Mk 3:6
Meet the REAL J.C. Buddies With a Tax Collector!? Breaks All the “Holy” Traditions !? “I Don’t FIT Into Your MOLD!”They KILLED Him For It!
Church History
Wrong ‘Baptism’
Wrong ‘Communion’
Wrong ‘Building’
Wrong Genuflect!
‘Forth from the Father’
‘From the Father’
Christianity in History & Today…
Singing / Chants
Worship Service
$$$ Buildings
Sanctuaries
Elitism: no tax-collectors!!
Christianity in History & Today…
Christianity in History & Today…
The Price of Non-Conformity
God is all about New Wine!
“Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder
things of the past. Behold, I will do something new!“
Isaiah 43:18-19
“If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old
things passed away; behold, new things have
come. 2 Cor. 5:17
God is all about New Wine!
God is all about New Wine! Goin’ To a Party!
•“Why don’t your disciples fast?”•Jesus replied, “Do wedding guests fast while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. They can’t fast while the groom is with them Mark 2:19 (NLT)
God is all about New Wine!
Jesus Christ is all about Relationship, not ReligionRevelation 3:20 “Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.
We are not immune!When we stop reaching
outward!
When “Tax Collectors” feel
unwelcome!
When people serve traditions instead
of traditions serving people.
When we settle into a
comfortable rut.
Check it out: NeoZine.Org…
‘the Bible itself is the product of
Tradition…’
‘Tradition is the work of the Spirit in
the Church…’
Christianity in History & Today…
The Real Picture