“And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins—and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins.”
- Mark 2:22, ESV
“Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”
- Mark 2:18
God wants to bring forth new life and teach us a new way to live.
“I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home.”
- Mark 2:11
'And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him. '
- Mark 2:14
We need God to transform us and teach us.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
'Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.'
- Psalm 51:10
We might find ourselves in the middle of what God is doing.
'And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!” '
- Mark 2:12