🍇 “No one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.” ~Jesus🍇Mark 2:22🍇. “Matt, you’re just confusing people! Stick to the Bible and teach God’s Word!” a furious comment shows up under my post. “Maybe try decaf?” I say in my mind but don’t type, after receiving yet again, hate-filled attacks from supposedly another Christian. They forgot about that love one another thing Jesus commanded.
Almost instantly the enemy presses me to use my gift of word compilation to fire away, pointing out their hypocrisy according to the Law and “setting them straight” with the truth of the New Covenant. But I’m not falling for it. This isn’t my first go-round with a Mosaic Law-abiding citizen, or even this specific person. Plus, I used to mix in Moses’ commandments with Jesus’ too, so I know their M.O.
For years, rather than allow the Spirit to lead me, I made the mistake of using 613 Old Testament commandments as a buffet line just like they’re doing. So I can empathize with their bondage.
Sadly, this person sits on the sideline of Facebook and waits for me to write about the differences in the Old and New Covenants. Like a streaker, they’ll run onto the field of my post, attempting to get attention from the crowd without making any biblical sense. Innocently, I’ll give them that. “If it’s in the Bible, it applies to me! If it’s in red letters, we’re all supposed to do it!” Such words have ruined many lives. From the angry pulpits, overbearing relatives, and friends who’ve found religion, opening up the Bible randomly and applying the words to our lives and others can cause carnage–if we aren’t separating the Covenants. We’re missing the point of Jesus Christ’s entire life when we combine the Old Covenant with the New Covenant. 🍇🍇🍇 (Continued 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻)
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