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Coming Restoration

LUKE 5:36–38
And he [Jesus] 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. 37 And  no man [no man!] putteth new wine into old bottles [or wineskins]; else the new  wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled,  and the bottles shall perish. 38 But new  wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.

You must understand the illustration Jesus is using. These wine “bottles” were made of skin. Once wine was put into them, they would swell up and change shape.  As the skin became old, it became brittle, and if wine were put into an old skin, it would burst. Therefore, they would renew those old wineskins. First, they’d soak them in water for a long time. Second, they’d take olive oil and rub it into the  skin until it became soft and pliable again. Then the skins were like new again; they could put new wine into them and they wouldn’t burst.
Jesus was saying that individuals, local churches, or denominations often are just like those wineskins: old, empty, dead, and brittle. How can we be soaked in water to be renewed? Paul, talking about the Church, said in Ephesians 5:26, “That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word.” Washing of water by the word! So there must be a fresh saturation of the Word of God. And in these latter times, God has raised up the teaching ministry for this very purpose. Many of us, praise God, have been saturated with the Word of God. Others need to be. Unless they are, they’ll never be able to hold the new wine. We know that after they soaked skins in water, they rubbed olive oil into them until they became soft and pliable.Oil is a type of the Holy Spirit! The Psalmist said,  “.  .  .I shall be anointed  with fresh oil” (Ps. 92:10). Fresh oil!  That’s what we need today: a fresh anointing of oil—the Holy Spirit—and its  coming!
Hallelujah!!! (Coming Restoration)

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