Such simple teaching, shared with a quiet passion, and sung from the heart… ignites God’s Holy Spirit! This is happening all over the world. If it’s not happening in your church it may be because you have become old wineskins. This just might be important to consider, as God directed Matthew, Mark, and Luke to write about it in all their Gospels, as in:
Matthew 9:17
Neither do
people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins
will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be
ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins,
and both are preserved.”
Mark 2:22
And 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.”
Luke 5:37
And no one
pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new
wine will burst the skins; the wine will run out and the wineskins
will be ruined.
You don’t have to be an old wineskin. Repent, die to sin and
death, and be raised up… a new creation… in Christ!
If your church is full of old wineskins and you are looking for a place to worship God that is open to, and filled with His Holy Spirit, I invite you to come experience worship at Eastside Christian Church in Anaheim, California. Come experience what it means to be a new wineskin! If you are not in Southern California, look for a Christian fellowship that is embracing God’s Spirit to:
If your church is full of old wineskins and you are looking for a place to worship God that is open to, and filled with His Holy Spirit, I invite you to come experience worship at Eastside Christian Church in Anaheim, California. Come experience what it means to be a new wineskin! If you are not in Southern California, look for a Christian fellowship that is embracing God’s Spirit to:
1.
Pursue God
2.
Build Community
3.
Unleash Compassion
Christian communities that are alive in God’s Spirit are not hard to find… just look for the light on the hill. Stepping out of the boat onto the raging ocean might seem difficult, but if you keep your eyes on Jesus you can overcome a lifetime of ritual, habit, and customs to become a new wineskin. There is no need to remain cracked, broken, and empty, when you can be made new and filled with the new wine of salvation… in Jesus.
If you decide to check out Eastside, contact me, and I’d be overjoyed to show you around.
YBIC,
Dave Hoag
