TEXT: ROMANS 1:20, MARK 2:18-22
MINISTER: PASTOR OLUMIDE OGUNJIYIGBE
The God of the bible is a God of newness. In this time and season of Fall, the lord is preparing His church for spiritual renewal, one in which everything in our lives that is not of God shall fall off to make way for the newness of God. From our text, Jesus used an example of wine and wineskins to illustrate that we cannot combine our old fleshy ways with the new ways of God. The purpose of God for our lives is that we would be transformed into new wineskins, filled with new wine. Wineskins are made from the skin of dead animals. By analogy, the lord wants us to be dead to ourselves and filled with a new wine (a fresh out pour of the Holy spirit). This fresh out pour is essential for:
1. A new consecration to live a holy life: The active work of the holy spirit makes it possible for us to live for God.
2. A new and rich character: This refers to something rich and genuine. Something real within-Proverbs 27:19
Your true character is what you are when you are under pressure. It is who you are when no one is watching. It also refers to what you do with the responsibilities that God has given you.
3. The provision of power: Acts 1:8
4. For passion: What are you passionate about?
HINDERANCES FROM RECEIVING A NEW WINE
1. Old wine skin: Used up and worn out. To receive a new wine, we have to get rid of the old wine skin
2. Not daily spending time in His presence
3. Lack of desire for a new wine. Jesus said only those who thirst after righteousness shall be filled.
4. Pride: This prevents us from seeing that we need God in our lives. It is a feeling of self-sufficiency.
THE NATURE OF OLD WINE SKINS
a. Hard and callous
b. Easily cracked
c. Explodes under pressure
d. Dry and brittle
REASONS WHY WE BECOME OLD WINE SKINS
1. Sin: Hebrews 3:8
2. Selfishness: Job 42:10
3. Bitterness: Don't let the bitterness of your life turn you into a bitter person. Let the bitterness of your life turn you into a better person.
4. Wrong thinking: Change begins with the renewing of our mind.
5. Unforgiveness: Living in unforgiveness undermines the influence of God upon our lives
6. Non or inconsistent devotional life.
"The best revelation you can ever have is the one you receive yourself"-Pastor Ogunjiyigbe
THE NATURE OF NEW WINE SKINS
a. They are elastic and pliable.
b. They are easily molded and shaped.
c. They are receptive to a new wine.
HOW TO BECOME A NEW WINE SKIN
1. New birth-II Corinthians 5:17
2. Constant renewal and re-dedication of our lives in the place of prayer and constant meditation on the word. This comes through bathing in the presence of God.
NOTE: Old wine skins become new through the ministry of the Holy Spirit.
HOW TO CHANGE FROM AN OLD WINE SKIN TO A NEW WINE SKIN
1. Repentance: Until you own up to where you are with God, you will never have any changes in your life. Psalm 51:10, Acts 3:19.
2. Through the filling of the Holy Spirit: Acts 10:44, Acts 19:6
3. Through the word of God: Ephesians 5:22-26
4. Learn to wait upon the lord: Isaiah 40:31
5. Learn to be a good worshipper and worship God in spirit and in truth. Worship creates and changes the atmosphere.
DISCUSSION QUESTION: Why is it necessary for us to constantly renew ourselves spiritually?
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