New Wine - New Man

[for_his_glory]

How can we decipher what is Spiritual or literal when we are studying the Bible? Doesn’t everyone have their own opinions when it comes to studying and can we trust those opinions? Can Gods word be Spiritual and literal at the same time? Only the Holy Spirit can answer these questions when we ask for wisdom and understanding because God is not the author of confusion and wants to reveal all the hidden mysteries of his word to us.

God is Spirit and much of his written word is also Spiritual as much as it is literal. Like man is human in the flesh, but Spiritual through the rebirth or renewal in Gods Holy Spirit. I believe the Bible is more Spiritual than literal in many ways as when we read a chapter at a time we can have many different points of views on it, but if we take each chapter and read it verse by verse then as a whole it brings life to the whole chapter and reveals the importance of the knowledge God wants us to learn and share with others.

The story of Jesus first miracle of turning water into wine is an excellent example of both being a literal and Spiritual teaching as you will see as you study the scriptures and allow the Holy Spirit minister this wonderful event in your life as well as it was revealed to the Disciples being with Jesus on that day of the wedding. When you look for the Spiritual in all of scripture so many new revelations in the word will be revealed to you that you have never seen before and it will be hard to even try and contain your exuberance of the wisdom and understanding you will gain. John 2:1-11

 

[Jethro Bodine]

Jesus turns the water of the Word in the ceremonial 'jars' of old covenant worshipers into the wine of the Spirit overflowing to eternal life and joy everlasting.

In with the Word of God...out with the wine of the Spirit, all in the context of a wedding. To the pleasure of the Master of the Banquet. It's the miracle of the New Covenant in a nutshell.

 

[for_his_glory]

How right you are as man did not tell you this, but by the very Spirit of God revealed this to you. Some people never see the Spiritual, but only that of the literal, how sad.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

How right you are as man did not tell you this, but by the very Spirit of God revealed this to you. Some people never see the Spiritual, but only that of the literal, how sad.

It's one of my cherished revelations. I know exactly the exuberance you experienced regarding the passage. I often looked for excuses to weave it into a discussion. Somehow I found a way to share it with my dad while I was laying under my car while we were working on it together.