They said to Him, “John’s disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.”
Jesus answered, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; in those days they will fast.”
He told them this parable: “No one tears a piece of out of an old garment to patch an old one. Otherwise, they will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old. And no one pours new wine into old wine skins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins; the wine will run out and the wine skins will be ruined. No, new wine must be poured into new wine skins. And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for they say, ‘The old is better.’”
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New and old…old and new. Everyone likes to use this parable of Jesus when they are discussing change. What I believe is that the message will never change…the method in which we share the message will often change. What’s important is that we don’t get lost in man made traditions and opinions. What matters is that we continue to share the Gospel to everyone around us. When we get fixated on buildings, programs, and services, we limit our opportunity to share the Gospel. But when we decide the message is vital…vital enough to change the method if necessary…then we have struck gold. This is a great season to do some pruning. What needs to go? What needs to stay? What needs some change?
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