“Pursuing Jesus with a desire to conform to his image is what drinking new wine is, receiving everything he has and taking it, bringing it in except Jesus called himself the bread of heaven. He’s not the bread of life, I mean he’s not asking us to bite into him, asking us to receive him and take him and it’s like feasting.”
The new year brings anticipation and sometimes fear, but for Christians, “newness” is our expertise. We are made new in Christ and live in constant renewal.
Outline:
I. The Christian’s Relationship to “Newness”
- Christians drink new wine (spiritually)
- We walk in newness of life
- We are made a new creation
- Our newness doesn’t grow old
- II. The Miracle of Being Born Again
- Definition of being born again
- Personal testimony of salvation
- The difference between religious decision and spiritual rebirth
III. Walking in Newness of Life
- Buried with Christ in baptism
- Energized from within by the Holy Spirit
- Overcoming temptation and hardship
- Experiencing joy and peace
IV. The New Heart and Love
- Ability to love in a new way
- Loving the unlovable
- Loving God through obedience
V. New Wine and New Wineskins
- Parable explanation
- Old covenant vs. new covenant
- Embracing the new life in Christ
- The fermenting action of the Holy Spirit
The sermon concludes with an invitation for those who feel stuck in their old life to come forward and surrender to Christ, becoming born again. It also calls those who have grown spiritually stagnant to renew their commitment to walking in the newness of life that Christ offers.
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