And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins - and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins. ~ Mark 2:22
The "old" does not fit well into the "new".
Tearing and destruction are the results if this process is forced.
Instead, the "new" must be placed into the "new", as in the NEW LIFE of Jesus Christ must be placed within a NEW HEART made new by the Holy Spirit. ("heart" = inner spiritual being of a person). This is the only way that the new birth process works.
It cannot be short-circuited,
short-cut, or
short-changed.
Instead, the long work of the Holy Spirit must be allowed to have His will prevail so that the grace-gift of God - NEW LIFE - can be placed within the new vessel of the NEW HEART.
New life is for new hearts.
Praising God for His "New Life" gift and praying for your heart to be new in Christ,
~ Pastor Sean and Tess