Mark 2:21-22

Make me new Lord! 

In the Old Testament things were worked out in the physical world...there were always battles to be fought, women and children were considered objects or subjects and violence was common. When God came to them it was on the outside and He worked within the parameters that their minds could grasp. He had to give them written commandments to follow and yearly animal sacrifices for their sins. 

In the New Testament.....Christ became our blood sacrifice a free gift for all who choose to accept Him. We have Christ within us and the Holy Spirit to teach and guide us.....our battles are spiritual. Christ and His followers denounced violence and were often martyred for their beliefs. He gave freedom to all people regardless of race, gender or nationality. He cared for the outcasts of society...the poor, the mentally and physically ill, and the alien. He is an equal opportunity employer His only desire is to give eternal life. All who seek Him find Him, all who knock He invites in and everyone who asks receives!

All Scripture is beneficial for the Christian but we must live in the NT because the Christ within us will show us the intentions of the Father when He created the world....to create a people who would love Him with all their heart, mind and spirit AND  love others as  much as they love themselves. We are to be examples of His perfect love for His creation and His desire that no one perish. He will rule the world!

Mark records only four of Jesus’ parables—two of which he includes here. The comparison implies that the newness of His message, and of the new covenant to follow, cannot fit into the old molds of Judaism. The OT was preparation for the NT.

Mark 2:21-22

²¹ No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; or else the new piece pulls away from the old, and the tear is made worse. ²² And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.”