NEW WINE
Luke 5:27-39
- Jesus Calls Levi (Matthew) (vs. 27-32)
a. Still in the region of Galilee Jesus calls His next disciple…who is he?
b. What is his profession?
c. The tax man has never been an esteemed profession but it was usually profitable…What does he do when Jesus tells him to follow Him?
d. How do you know Levi (Matthew) was profoundly affected by Jesus invitation?
e. How do the Pharisees and their scribes respond to Jesus and His disciples eating and drinking with tax collectors?
f. How does Jesus answer the challenge of the Pharisees?
g. Did the Pharisees need Jesus any less than the tax collectors?
- New Wine Old Wineskins (vs. 33-39)
a. Now that they have begun expressing their problems with Jesus and His disciples what other problem do they mention?
b. Jesus quite often answers questions in His most prevalent teaching method…the parable (or story). Why does He state his disciples were not fasting yet?
c. What prophetic warning does Jesus finish with regarding His disciples fasting?
d. Jesus speaks two parables with the same meaning. What are the two parables He speaks?
e. What happens if you put a new patch on an old garment?
f. What happens if you put new wine in old wine skins?
g. What is the spiritual application for what Jesus is describing?
h. Are believers old garments / old wineskins or new?
i. What is the Holy Spirit and the new Life in Christ in these parables?
Application: Why must we understand these parables in the context of “you must be born again?”
