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Old And Blind…

August 1, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

In John 8 Jesus forgave an adulterous woman that was being brought to judgment by others. Her sin brought others to such anger that they wanted to stone her and they brought her to Jesus trying to trap Him due to their own lack of understanding and recognition of the Truth within Him. The interesting part about this message is after Jesus told the crowd to let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone that they began to walk away but it was the order in which they walked where we learn another lesson.

The Word says that they began to slip away one by one beginning with the oldest. As I read this and prayed the Lord pointed out the order in which the accusers were in and then He recalled the lesson of new wine in an old wine skin. For Jesus was new wine and the old refused to receive the new and in this oreder in which they left this means that the old were the ones so adoment to stone and trap Jesus but failed to succeed after He spoke the Truth.

How often is that we look upon someone elses sin without looking upon our own? The Lord tells us that we receive mercy as we give mercy and He also tells us that we are accountable for causing others to stumble. As the old ones in this lesson that were misleading the young there is another lesson within that lesson….

James A. Harrison

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New Wine…

June 21, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

 Jesus teaches us that we can not put new wine in an old wineskin due to the expansion of the new wine in the fermentation process that will cause the old wineskin to explode. The fermentation process of the new wine or lets say youth climbs at accelerated rates where the old wine has passed through this process and now matures at gradual rates deepening the taste within the soul.

 Here is where a major problem occurs often within the church body due to its own lack of understanding of the natural progression of God. The body of Christ is alive and strong with the new growing within the old and when the old does not learn to shift within season this can cause one of two things oppression or an explosion which bring many other issues within the body. This same principle applies within our homes, our careers and simply in the process of life. For when we try to restrict the natural progression of God within the lives of others then we are holding back what God is taking forward.

 May I challenge you today to never become stuck where you are and always be open to learn from the new to deepen the depth of the old…

James A. Harrison

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