I dont understand these parables, please help.?

Question

I have been studying my bible and have come across the parables presented in Luke 13: 36-39. Its the part where Jesus is talking about putting new fabric to old fabric, and pouring new wine into old wine skins. Whats the message hes trying to tell?

Opps 5: 36-39

Answer 1

Jesus had been asked why he did not fast like John and the Pharisees. He was saying the Pharisaical way of interpreting scripture and God's will was out of date and that practices such as fasting for purely religious reasons were no longer meaningful. Rather than attempt to justify his lack of conformity in the context of existing understanding of Torah, Jesus indicated that his whole outlook was incompatible with it. Their "old wineskins" couldn't handle his teaching, which said practices must have a purpose beyond simply making one "holy". Fast when there is a reason to be sad, not because you think it somehow makes you better than other people.

Expanding on the parable, one could say Jesus saw the Pharisees' interpretation of Torah as a series of patches added on, holding themselves together but distorting and degrading the original concept. Their foundational point of view, in Jesus' eyes, was worn out and needed to be replaced with a new one, free of erroneous additions. One could interpret this as rejecting Torah outright, or one could understand that Jesus was only rejecting the interpretation of Torah, suggesting that their legalism violated its true spirit.

Answer 2

Are you sure you have the chapter and verse right? Luke chapter 13 does not have verses 36-39 it only has 35 verses.

My interpretation of this passage is this: You would not put new wine into old wine skins so why then would we take ourselves with this new life inside of us and put it in the same old dead places and situations. The wine represents the new spirit inside of us the Holy Spirit and you can not place the new wine in old skins because they will burst and the wine (the spirit) will spill out. You see once you have given your life to Christ and are filled with his Holy Spirit you can no long go and sin and live the same old life that was sending you to hell. This parable goes very well with this scripture, 2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.'' You get new wine skins for your new wine!

I hope this helps out, keep studying girl! : )

Answer 3

Luk 5:36 And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
Luk 5:37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
Luk 5:38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
Luk 5:39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.

A piece of a new garment is God's Word, truth. The old garment is our mind steeped in fallacies.

The garment will pucker when washed.

The new wine is God's Word, truth. The old bottles is our mind.

The old bottle will burst when the fermentation starts.

We must be born from above, or born again.

Answer 4

It's like this.
In Biblical times, wine skins were used to ferment wine. The skin would stretch when the wine is being fermented. If you put in a new batch of wine in old skins, there isn't any more give, and they will burst.
Fabric shrinks. The old fabric, let's say your jeans, has already shrunken. But if you put on a new patch that hasn't shrunken yet, and you wash it, it will shrink and tear the stitches.

In other words, You cannot begin a new life with Christ which is new and wonderful, and still hang on to the old life. It doesn't work, and your life will tear.

This is a quick explanation, and I hope it helps.

Answer 5

I actually don't have the verses you reference in my bible. I do remember the parable though from Luke 5, Mark 2 and Matthew 9.

My understanding of it has to do with how in Christ we have new life. We can't just add Christ onto our old life, it'll be a wreck. We must be born again, we must accept the new life Jesus offers. Jesus can't be just sewn onto an old self. We must receive the new self. A new creation.

Answer 6

He was saying that you can't find the truth if you are viewing the world from your old belief system.

If you want to understand new ideas you need to scrap your old ways off looking at things.

For a far better explanation of this than I could ever give you. Get a copy of the course in miracles. There Jesus goes into great detail explaining this and other ideas that the bible does a poor job of explaining.

Its well worth the effort.

love and blessings Don

Answer 7

Luke 13 stops at chapter 35.

Answer 8

Paul continually had a aggressive attitude, evaluating existence to a race or a wrestle. he's urging people to stay Godly and under no circumstances shop on with the corrupt approaches of others. he's putting forward if we can stay rightly then we will be rewarded with the help of God contained in the arriving Kingdom. He needs us to be vessels of the holy spirit, so ought to stay clean and polished. he's describing sinners as cups of clay or timber at the same time as real Christians are chalices of gold and silver.

Answer 9

Prolly Becoming A New Creature In Christ Jesus

Answer 10

That when you become like Christ and are a new born christian it means that you must renew your mind. Stop looking to your past and become new dont be like the old you change your ways all of them he is trying to create a new you.