Mar 2:21-22 KJV No man also seweth a piece of new cloth
on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away
from the old, and the rent is made worse. (22) And no man putteth new wine
into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the
wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be
put into new bottles.
Of course, Jesus did not refer the wine as God;
we cannot put God into the bottles. We can only put new teaching or new
doctrine into the bottles. Hence, Jesus was preaching about the same
God who has given us different teaching or new doctrine.on the Kingdom
of God, under the New Testament.
However, God is the same God in
the Old Testament and New Testament. He is the same God who can be angry
at what we do or pleased by what we do too. We don't preach that He was
only an angry God in the Old Testament; but now He changes and becomes a
more gracious God because of a different covenant or a new covenant,
and that He has to subject to it because of it. No, God has been the
same yesterday, today, and forever because He already had already
planned to give His own begotten Son by grace before the Israelites were
under the Old Testament. Hence, He was already gracious when He was the
God of the Old Testament. It is ridiculous to give people the false
impression that under the Old Testament, God was an angry God; but under
the New Testament, He is now a happy God or a smiling God who can never
be angry no matter how we sin - this is a lie. Hence, we have to reject
most of the radical and hyper grace message when this has been
erroneously preached as the main 'selling point' for all the sinners and
fallen believers just to come back to the grace of God, instead of
calling them to repentance.
Many argue, "How about Heb 10:26-29?
It tells us that, under the Old Testament or the law of Moses, God was
the lawgiver of wrath and judgement which condemned us; but under the
New Testament or grace, God is too gracious to judge us. We are no more
under the law of judgement because of the finished work of Jesus ..
because once we are under grace, we can never be judged no matter how we
sin or fall .. "
I will tell them, Please read the full passage:
Heb
10:26-31 KJV For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the
knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
(27) But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery
indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. (28) He that despised
Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: (29) Of how much sorer punishment,
suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the
Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he
was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit
of grace? (30) For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth
unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall
judge his people. (31) It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of
the living God.
Do you realize that it is a comparison of the
covenants; not a substitution of judgement, because of the word 'sorer'?
It means that there is still judgement or punishment. And it is much
sorer for those who are under the New Testament than for those who were
under the Old Testament. This warning is certainly not for the sinners
(who do not have any covenant with God) or the Jews (who were still
under the law of Moses). This much sorer warning is written only for the
believers who are under the New Testament, especially those who
deliberately misunderstood grace, took advantage of grace, and
radicalised grace, to justify themselves and all who sin wilfully with
it. That's why it is a much sorer punishment !
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