Please read Mark 2 for today. Click the following link, or read from your own bible as you wish.
Mark 2 (New International Version)
Contemplate the following questions and ideas during and after you read the chapter. Feel free to write your thoughts in a follow up to this post (keep in mind your posts will be available to the public).
How do verses 21-22 speak to us about the ministry and mission of this church? What “new wine” is God calling us to place in “new wineskins?”
New Testament Bible Study
- A new approach to learning and interacting while we develop our faith...
- Welcome to the online study of the New Testament, sponsored by Faith United Methodist Church in Champaign, Illinois, but open to anyone to participate. The guideline for this is simple - there are 260 chapters in the New Testament, one for every weekday in a calendar year. This page lists a bible chapter to read, and questions to ponder, for each weekday. The books aren't studied in the order they appear in the Bible. You can share your answers or thoughts by commenting to each day's post. To start from the beginning, look for "Mark 1 - August 18" in the Blog Archive below.
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One interpretation may be that the "new wine" is the Holy Spirit and the "new wineskin" would be our earthly body after having received the Holy Spirit. Once we have made that conscious decision, our life should be made new, we are "a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" -2 Cor. 5:17
In the larger context of the verses proceeding v.22, I'm stretching my mind to find a way to fit it with the previous question about why Jesus' disciples are not fasting. Is it to do with the celebration of Jesus being with them as a new way as opposed to fasting as the old way?
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