Old Wine / New Wine

I was watching the worship service from a local Baptist church. Here is what I noticed.

When we say hymns, and when they say hymns, we are talking about two very different things. They sing ancient hymns that sound almost classical in their arrangement. The words are soaring and glorious. But the spirit while singing leaves a lot to be desired. No one but the song leader seems glad to be singing.

They use the Bible. They read from the Bible. They quote Bible verses. They believe Bible precepts. But their faith is more academic then experiential. Their application of the Bible is less now and more back then. They expect nothing and so nothing happens. 

Our church is not as lively as it once was. But our average worship service makes you feel the Spirit in a real way and we see the working of God to save, to heal, to deliver, and to redeem. We believe that God will move, and He does!

Once you have drunk old wine you will not be impressed by new wine. You will prefer the old wine and turn your nose up at new wine.

Pentecostals are new wine Christians. Not drunk, but Spirit filled!