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The Other Jesus, Part 2, Week 1, Day 6

by David Joynt on July 06, 2018

The Other Jesus, Part 2, Week 1, Day 6

Luke 5:38

“New wine must be put into new wineskins.”

What was new about the great party Jesus initiated? It was more intimate than any previous celebrations, because through the incarnation and the gift of the Spirit, God was present in a new way with his people. Friendship with God, initiation into his family through his son, stretched existing conceptions of the spiritual life. So did the guest list. Those invited to the party included sinners, the irreligious, foreigners, and the diseased and broken.

PRAYER

Gracious God, Sometimes we feel tired and bored. The great truths of the faith that seem flat and uninspiring. We don’t experience spontaneous joy. The spiritual life becomes a solemn obligation and not an exciting adventure. Forgive and renew us. Open our hearts to a fresh filling of your spirit. Help us to embrace the thrilling task of your mission in this world. Amen.

 

Tags: celebration, friendship, joy, renewal, gospel wine

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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