He Says the Old Is Better — Phil Beach Jr.

Your love and your grace and your mercy and we need help today Lord. We need help from the Holy Spirit and We call upon you Lord to open up the eyes of our heart and enable us to see Enable us to Lay hold of Lord in a very living and real way your thought today your heart today Lord.

We are aware Lord that in ourselves we are very undone. That in ourselves Lord, we don't have life but we turn our hearts and our minds and our thoughts away from ourselves now and we ask for the help of the Holy Spirit to turn them steadfastly upon you and And So we just call upon the name of Jesus Lord.

We call upon the name of Jesus and pray that an Unveiling will occur in our hearts to see Jesus to see him to see his glory To see his beauty and to see his majesty and to see all That you have all that you have ever longed to do Has been secured in your son.

Oh God what beauty and so we pray God for a release of this Revelation to Be dispersed into our hearts and spirits through your word today. For Jesus sake we pray Amen, we're going to read a number of scriptures Today God willing and we're going to begin in Luke Luke chapter 5 purpose In his son as the heavenly man.

Jesus’ New Wine and the Purpose of the Heavenly Man

God's purpose in his son as the heavenly man. This is what we're going to look at today. God's purpose in his son as The heavenly Man, we're beginning in Luke Chapter 5 and let's turn our Bibles to Luke chapter 5 begin reading in verse number 33.

Luke chapter 5 Beginning in verse number 33 and they said unto him Why do the disciples of John fast? Often and make prayers and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees But thine eat and drink and he said unto them Can you make the children of the bride chamber fast?

While the bridegroom is with them, but the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them and Then shall they fast in those days. And he spoke also a parable on To them. Now before we read this parable let's understand that this parable is in direct relation to the statement he just made and What he's trying to do with this parable is he's trying to explain the Significance of verses 34 and 35 particularly he's trying to explain the significance of why the disciples of John and the Pharisees Fasted but his disciples at that time were not fasting.

He wants us to Understand so he gives us a parable and this parable reveals God's purpose in a very Lucid manner and he spoke a parable unto them. No, man Puts a piece of a New garment on an old now before we go on.

I just want to say in your Bibles Make a note how many times in this little parable the phrase new and old appear new and old new and old new and old. It is essential that we understand this new and old.

Comparing the new with the old. Okay, after we read this we're going to find out that Jesus himself made a comment indicating new. Indicating that he's making all things new but make a note of this in your Bible.

It's imperative that we understand this. No, man, puts a piece of new garment upon an old if Otherwise then both the new Maketh a rent and the piece that was taken out of the new agrees not with the old.

Okay, that's number one the first parable the second and No, man, puts new wine into old bottles else the new wine will burst the bottles and And he spills it and the bottle shall perish but the new wine must be put into new bottles and both are preserved and now number three and This is perhaps one of the most important Aspects of this parable that we're going to focus on today with the help of God's grace.

No, man Having drunk the old wine straightway desires the new. He says the old Is better now in this parable? Jesus is connecting the reason why the Pharisees the disciples of the Pharisees and the Disciples of John fasted and his did not fast.

He's explaining why and He is indicating in this parable that the Pharisees and Their disciples and John and their disciples Were part of that which pertains to the old. Jesus himself Introduced that which pertains to the new as long as Jesus was with his disciples.

They didn't sense the need to fast and pray. The way the disciples of the Pharisees of the disciples of John did because Jesus was right there with them. But Jesus predicted that the days would come When he would be taken away he said and then they shall fast.

A piece of new cloth is not used to patch an old garment for it fails to match the old garment. Jesus was saying in this he has not come To patch up the old life. Jesus has not come to patch up your life in my life.

God did not bring his son into the world to do a patch job. Now as this is discussed keep in mind the very last verse that we read. No, man, having drunk the own Straightway desires the new. So Jesus did not come to patch up the old life but he came to introduce an All together new life and all together new Way, it is not the revision of the old.

It's an altogether new one. Okay number two. The new wine is not put in old bottles. The new wine would burst the old bottles. Jesus was saying That he was not going to put his new Life his new Wine the new wine was the new life.

He wasn't going to put that in The old life the old wine skins. Because if he did that the old wine skins would burst because the old wine skins as we learned months ago Do not retain flexibility, they don't retain the capacity to stretch.

They become rigid and now the third Parable that Jesus taught is he's saying the new wine the new life That he came to bring is difficult to accept. It's actually impossible to accept. Without a deep deep work of God's grace it's difficult to accept because If we've been drinking the old wine, the old wine is very satisfying the old wine is very Enjoyable the old wine is very satisfying and Therefore what we say according to what Jesus said is that The old wine is better than the new wine.

And so in this last verse Jesus is explaining to us the conflict the war The resistance in our lives toward the new wine because the old wine In our estimation and in our judgment is better. The new wine is better Because of this old wine that we're drinking from.

We don't see the need To fast we don't see the need. This is what Jesus was saying. We don't see the need because we are quite Content with the old wine. Now what we're going to do this morning with God's help in God's grace is to demonstrate from the scriptures Exactly what the old is and exactly what the new is exactly what the old is and Exactly what the new is.

The Word Reveals God’s New Creation

All right. Now you remember last week we looked at John chapter 1. Let's turn there for a moment. These scriptures that we just read the parables define God's purpose these scriptures that we just read define God's purpose in Removing the old and Establishing the new not Reviving the old making the old religious not patching over the old an appearance of godliness.

Not patching over the old an appearance of righteousness Not patching over the old a smile. But if we take the smile away, there's a big huge frown. God is establishing in these parables a Divine principle that is governing his purpose now.

We know that in John chapter 1 we read last week Beginning in verse number 1 in the beginning was the word The sacred word of God the eternal Son of God in the beginning now this beginning is Going beyond the beginning of Genesis 1 1 in the beginning God Created that's a beginning.

That is a time of reference in the beginning in Genesis 1 1 God created that in Genesis 1 1 indicates it's the beginning of a time reference but this beginning in John chapter 1 is is a beginning before Time began it is an eternal Frame of reference an eternal frame of reference that is God Who always was in the beginning the word?

Always was with him in the beginning now brothers and sisters we're This is God's Word Introducing the principle the principle That is governing his purpose. The principle that we saw in Luke Chapter 5 God is introducing an altogether new Plan a new plan in the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God.

The same was in the beginning with God all things were made by him and So God is going All the way back to himself all the way back to himself as the source and solution to the big problem That is in the world that is in our lives that is in the lives of every single human being the the sin Problem the sin problem.

What's the answer. God is God is going all the way back to himself. He is the answer. In him was life and the light was the light of men and the light shines in darkness and the darkness Comprehended it not.

There was a man sent from God whose name was John. The same came for a witness to bear witness of the light that all men through him might believe. He was not the light but was sent to bear witness. That was the true light.

What lights every man that comes into the world now watch he was in the world and the world was made by him and the world knew Him not. The new wine is difficult to accept. If one has been drinking old wine the world knew him not.

There he came as we talked a little bit about last week and he stood in our midst and We knew him not. Why? The old is better. Isn't that what Jesus said? Those who drink the old say the old is better than the new wine.

The old is better. I prefer. This is what this is what Jesus is saying. I Prefer my righteousness Over the righteousness of the Son of God. The old is better. I prefer my own goodness over the goodness of the Blessed Son of God.

I prefer my own glory over the glory of the Son of God, I prefer my own love. I Prefer my own value system. I prefer to Meditate on the person I see in the mirror every morning. I prefer to give that man and all of his desires and all of his interests first place in my life.

Having drunk of the old He saith the old is better. Here's one that stands in our midst. Not just any man but God. Who becomes a man he stands in the world. He stands in our midst often in our homes. He often stands in the midst of our assemblies.

He stands in the midst of our family gatherings our birthday parties. He stands in the midst of our celebrations our Thanksgivings and our Christmases, but he's in the shadows. Often times and he's not a welcomed guest oftentimes and it's because Factuated with the old the old is better.

We haven't seen him in the manner That Jesus wants us to see him. We haven't seen him. We haven't understood the finality of what Calvary represents at Calvary in Christ. We were crucified. We died. We were buried in God.

Set aside and ruled out one whole type of man and at the resurrection of Jesus Christ God installed an entirely new different kind of man and that Is the new wine the man the humanity the manhood that satisfies God the holy sacred Son of God.

Christ’s Righteousness and the Glory of God

That's the man that is the righteousness of God that man reveals the righteousness that God accepts. He won't accept any other righteousness. The only righteousness that God accepts is the righteousness he sees in His son that is the righteousness of God.

God has taken the righteousness of deity His own righteousness, which by the way is the only righteousness that will get us into heaven. Did you know that? Did you know that if you or I come to God on the basis of anything other than the perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ God cannot let us into heaven.

Did you know that God is perfect? He can't accept a righteousness other than his own and So what he did was We just read it the righteousness of deity was placed In humanity and he called his name Jesus, please think about this the righteousness of deity was placed in Humanity and they called his name Jesus and so Jesus was the righteousness of God in a man verse 10.

He was in the world and the world was made by him and the world knew him not and He came to his own and his own Received him not. But as many as received him to them gave he the power to become the sons of God.

Even to them which believe on his name. Which were born not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God and the word was made flesh and Dwell among us. Oh my How we need the eyes of our heart to be opened when we talk about Jesus.

When we read about Jesus the word became flesh all the righteousness That God is in himself. All that perfect righteousness All the moral perfections of Who God is? Was housed in a human being called the man Christ Jesus the baby that was born of a virgin conceived of the Holy Spirit.

The scripture says all have sinned and Fallen short of the glory of God all have sinned. God could not accept any human being. Because every human being has sinned every human being has fallen short of the glory of God and When we see the glory of God in Scripture, it is never Isolated it is never an isolated experience.

Unrelated to the moral perfection of God the glory of God is seen in the face of Jesus Christ. The glory of God is Directly related to his moral excellence. Wherever the Lord Jesus is the glory of God is because the glory of God bears witness to the to the more of the intrinsic moral value of who God is and so We have fallen short of the glory of God because our righteousness Misses the mark.

Our righteousness is not the same kind of righteousness That God himself possesses our goodness is not the same kind of goodness that God possesses our love Is not the kind of love that God possesses.

And so what does God do? Does he come to patch us up? Does he come to put on top of us a religious garment to make us appear righteous? Make us appear holy. Make us appear loving. Make us appear righteous.

Make us appear kind and caring. But that's on top of The truth. And the truth is we're not at all loving or our love at its best Turns to hatred when it's crossed. Doesn't it so. Is that what he does?

Absolutely not. Absolutely not. Turn to John the Holy Spirit's deepest passion and mission in this hour that we live in. Listen closely dear friends is to use the Word of God in the heart in Our hearts as the church.

To More and more and more get us to see the finality of Calvary. God has set aside all together one kind of man and he has installed and forever blessed an altogether different kind of man and That all together different kind of man is the man that the eyes of our heart must see more and more and more for he is The purpose of God the plan of God revealed and he is the new wine.

Jesus as the Bread of Life

John chapter 6. John chapter 6. When this dawns on us our lives will be Devastated but in that devastation God will birth hope a Hope that's based Not on trying to reconstruct or rebuild the life that's been devastated.

But a hope based on an altogether different life that is available to us but all remember having drunk the old for so long and even currently Drinking quite regularly from it. We say the old is Better than the new for had we come to the place Where Paul at the road When he was heading to destroy the churches had a vision with the man in glory and was blinded and Devastated.

Had we come had we come to that kind of an understanding of the significance of Christ. Then our hearts pursue would truly be after the new and We would not say the old is better. We wouldn't say the old is better.

We would find our lives in a similar condition as that of Paul's and all others Who have seen Jesus in that way? John chapter 5 or I'm sorry. John chapter 6 beginning with verse number 47. Verily verily I say unto you he that believeth on.

But really a more accurate translation is he that is Believing continuous. It's a it's a continuous process not on but into Into He that is believing into He that is believing into me hath everlasting life.

I am the bread of life. Your father's did eat manna in the wilderness and are dead. This is the bread which comes down from heaven that a man may eat and not die. I am the living bread Which came down from heaven.

If any man eat of this bread He shall live forever. The bread that I will give is my flesh Which I will give for the life of the world. The Jews therefore strove among themselves saying how can this man give us his flesh to eat?

How can this man give us his flesh to eat? What is this man saying, oh, please beloved let's listen carefully. What is this man saying? Is he is he condoning cannibalism? Is he condoning cannibalism and how is this man going to give us his flesh to eat?

Jesus in this particular portion of Scripture was walking in The midst of humanity and here's what he was saying. You see me. Not my physical body not my flesh and bone here. Not this but you see Me. Do you see?

The moral Majesty of who I am. Do you see the kind of righteousness? That flows out of my life in my words deeds thoughts and actions. Do you see the kind of man that I am. Do you see that this is what he was saying?

We're gonna read it. You see that. You see how all together different I am than you are. You see my love compared to your love. Do you see my righteousness compared to your righteousness? You're all hypocrites.

What he's saying to us you're all hypocrites in your own righteousness. Believe that though, do we? We don't we don't because We still drink of the old wine. You see your love. I have to do is Tell you the truth about yourself and your love for me will turn to hatred.

All I have to do is cross your will and the one who embraced me Will be the one who will betray me. Do you believe that about yourself or not? You believe that about yourself? Well, I'm not. I guess I do but I Guess I don't.

Then shall they fast. When this holy Sacred Righteousness of God Displayed in humanity is taken from them and they're left to what? They're left to the corruption of themselves and they know it. They know it now.

I'm in their midst and they're living in the glory. They're living in the tenderness of who I am. They're living in the light of my righteousness my teaching. They don't need to fast they feel they feel by Association with me there.

They're feeling comfort and security. But the day will come when I will be taken from them and they will be faced With a full unveiling of the kind of humanity the kind of humanity that they are in themselves and how altogether corrupt.

Altogether rejected by my father it is. Then they will fast then they will pray then they will gather then they will gather because they'll Realize poor in spirit. I really am how my Righteousness in the light of the righteousness of Christ has been revealed as nothing more than a show.

It is unrighteousness. How my love in the light of Christ has proven to be hatred with a smile then Shall they fast when I'm taking away. And they're left alone. But Jesus said But I won't leave you as orphans.

I'm gonna send another one another comforter and brothers and sisters the comforter when he comes. He comes to do one thing in one thing alone. He comes to establish the place that God has given his son.

In our hearts we see it. When he comes we say oh There's the righteousness. There's the glory. There's the beauty. There's the holiness. There's the love. There's the kindness there's the kind of life that God accepts.

That's what the Holy Spirit comes and does. He takes our eyes and puts them on the man in glory. But at the same time he shows us The righteousness that is in our own hearts out of our own humanity and he shows us how it is all together rejected of God.

Completely rejected of God and his intent is to so devastate us. So awaken us so show us the absolute finality of God placing a Rejection of who we are in ourselves in our old Humanity that we inherited from Adam that is corrupt.

The finality of his rejection of that and the finality of his acceptance of his son and Then the Holy Spirit comes To take what is true objectively in the Son of God and by the power of a new birth a new birth.

Take that righteousness. That righteousness not not patch up our righteousness, but take the righteousness of the Son of God and imparted imputed into us. So that we begin to live out of the righteousness of another.

Namely the Lord Jesus Christ. Now verse 52 and the Jews strove among themselves saying how can then this man? Give us his flesh to eat. Jesus said verily I say unto you except you eat the flesh of The Son of Man and drink his blood.

You have no life in you. Eat his flesh. Drink his blood. What could Jesus be talking about. Whosoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I'll raise him up. For my flesh is meat indeed and my blood is drink indeed.

He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood dwells in me and I in him as The Living Father hath sent me and I live by the Father. So he that eateth me Even he shall live by me. This is that bread which came down from heaven not as your fathers did eat and are dead.

These things said he in the synagogue as he taught and many therefore of his disciples When they had heard this said this is a hard Hard saying. Who can hear it? This is a hard saying who can hear it and to this very day This remains true.

This is a hard saying who Can hear it who can hear it and having drunk of the old? He straightway saith the old is Better the old is To be preferred the old is sufficient for me except you eat the flesh of The Son of Man and drink his blood.

You have no life Except you see that it's only What I am it's a new humanity a New manhood a new righteousness, but so it's it's a new it's the righteousness of God in a new man. We've got to get What is in him in our lives, that's what Jesus was saying.

We need What he is and if we don't get what he is we are all together dead With no life. And Jesus verse 61 knew in himself that his disciples murmured. And he said to them does this Offend you does this offend us?

Does this make us stumble? Does this does this cause our hearts to stumble? When we see Jesus in our midst and he says Completely reject Anything you offer me as the basis of your standing before me. I Rejected does this offend us?

Then he said verse 62 What and if you shall see the Son of Man ascend up where he was before. In other words Jesus was saying If you if this offends you What will you do if you see the Son of Man ascend up where he was before.

In other words He's saying listen this might offend you, but this is God's message, and I'll prove it to you because the Son of Man man the Son of Man will eventually die atone for the sins of the world and In dying he'll bring the whole human race the first Adam into death rule it out rule it out completely and in resurrection he will introduce to God the righteousness that God accepts and Not only will he introduce that to God, but as man He will be placed at the right hand of the throne of God.

Other words you say listen God is going to approve who I am and only who I am. The only righteousness God will accept is the righteousness that I myself possess. What are you going to do if you see the Son of Man ascend up where he was before it is the spirit that quickens.

The flesh profits nothing. Listen the words I speak to you are spirit and life. Now Jesus was explaining to them the words that I'm speaking to you are spirit and life. They can't be interpreted literally.

You're stumbling because you hear me say you have to eat my flesh and drink my blood. You're stumbling. You're wondering is this guy condoning cannibalism. How could we eat his body. Jesus said you're stumbling.

I'm speaking spiritual truth and words of spirit and life they have spiritual value. Spiritual significance. You have to pray that your eyes are opened. What Jesus was saying then he said verse 64, but there are some of you that believe not.

For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not. Therefore said I unto you that no man could come to me except that were given of him by my father now verse John 6 6 6. Interesting huh.

6 6 6. Which is the number of man? It's what man is in his natural humanity. This is what man in his natural humanity does when he is confronted with the man in glory and must renounce what he is and Embrace who he is.

This is what man does from that time. Many of his disciples went back and walked no more With him and then said Jesus unto the twelve will you also go away and Pipe. Simon Peter said Lord to whom shall we go?

The First Adam and the Last Adam

You have the words of eternal life and We believe are sure that you are the Christ the Son of The Living God. Turn our Bibles just for a few more minutes to first Corinthians Chapter 15. 1st Corinthians chapter 15 beginning in verse 45 and So it is written the first man Adam Was made a living soul.

The last Adam Was made a life-giving spirit. How be it that was not first which is spiritual but that which is natural and afterwards that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth or he or pertains to that which is earthly.

The second man is the Lord of Heaven and As the earthly such are they also that are earthly and as is the heavenly. Such as are they that are heavenly and as we have born the image of the earthly We shall also Be bearing.

Not not it's not so much a future tense and is a present as well as a future. We also shall be bearing the image of the heavenly and so we have two men. In 1st Corinthians, we have it in other places too.

We have the first Adam and The last Adam. The last Adam is the old wine. Or the first Adam is the old wine. The last Adam is the new wine. Now first Adam. The old wine man at his worse and man at his best.

Man at his worst. What is man at his worse? He's a lawbreaker and so Every law that can be broken man at his worse is he's a liar, right? He's a thief. He's a murderer. He's an adulterer adultery. He's greedy.

He dishonors he dishonors parents and God. He's an idolater. And the list can go on and on and on. Now most of us would not have a hard time seeing that. Man at his best is certainly rejected by God man.

It is worse is certainly rejected by God. Wouldn't we agree with that? We certainly we know that no murderer John says has eternal life dwelling in him. We know that in Revelation 22, it says all liars and thieves shall have their part in the lake of fire.

So we're pretty comfortable with that, right? We're pretty comfortable with that. And all of these works can be defined in in Galatians chapter 5. The works of the flesh. They're all right there man. It is worse.

Paul’s Righteousness and Counting All Things Loss

But now what about man at his best? What is man at his best? Well, let's turn to Philippians chapter 3. We're bringing this to a close. Philippians chapter 3. Now Listen to what it says here. Philippians chat everyone there Philippians chapter 3 man at his worse.

Ooh, what in what an ugly. Now, listen, listen, listen this is this is a type of humanity or a type of manhood. It's part of the first Creation which is Adam the first Creation. Remember what Jesus said.

Behold, I make all things new. New now see he Jesus is not going to come and put a Big huge patch on this mess here and make that patch shine with beauty and shine with holiness. Covering up what's under it?

This is the first creation. So man it is worse. Now what's man at his best? Some of us May fit into this category. Finally my brethren Philippians 3 to write to you. These things is not grievous, but it's safe.

Beware of dogs. Beware of evil workers. Beware of the concision. Now I just want to say this verse 2 dogs concision. Evil workers. Are you ready for this? Those are three words the Holy Spirit uses to describe not man at his worse but man at his best.

Did you know that did you know that? You think that dogs. You think that dogs and evil workers and those of the concision were words used to describe God's wrath. Against lawbreakers and liars and thieves and murderers and adulterers.

No, that's God's wrath against the righteous Pharisee. You know that that's God's wrath against the best of Humanity in the first Adam the best of it. I mean the best of the best. We have that with Paul.

He's a perfect specimen of that and you know what you're gonna be amazed at what Paul claimed. You're gonna be amazed at it. And then we're gonna put it all together and bow our hearts. Watch this now beware.

Beware be warned be on alert. For we are the circumcision which worship God in the spirit and rejoice in who? Christ Jesus. And Have no confidence in the flesh. Though I also. Though I might also have confidence in the flesh if any man Think that he hath where if he might trust in the flesh I more.

What's Paul saying there? If there's any human being that thinks that they have grounds to think highly of their own best of humanity. If there's anyone that thinks that they have grounds to think highly of Paul said I'm a step above you.

I'm a little bit better than you are. That's what Paul was saying. Show me a man that has Really good humanity being displayed for all the world to say show me a man. And Paul said I'm a little bit above him.

I'm a little bit better than him. Mm-hmm now watch circumcised the eighth day of the stock of Israel of the tribe of Benjamin a Hebrew of the Hebrews as Touching the law of Pharisee Concerning zeal persecuted the church touching now watch brothers and sisters Touching the righteousness which is in the law.

He was what? Huh? Flawless, so is it possible for the best of humanity? To be flawless and blameless when it comes to Outward obedience to the law. Paul said he was. Paul said he was. Is it possible to polish your humanity up so much that you can teach it to Obey outwardly all that God says.

Yes, it is because Paul did it but something happened to Paul. Paul loved the old wine didn't he. Paul drank the old wine. Paul loved it. Paul was so pleased with his righteousness and his holiness and his life.

He was so pleased with it. Touching the righteousness which is in the law. Blameless. But. But when does this buck come in here. B U T. But all of that. So what's the best here? Let's make a list of what's the best?

What are some of the qualities of the old humanity that represent the best. Anyone. Huh? No, all right knowing scripture knowing scripture to Loving your neighbor. Loving your neighbor. Three. Loving your your family.

Being a giving person, huh? Being a righteous person being kind being fair the best of humanity the worst of humanity. And watch this. But this is the great transition the transition from The old humanity to the humanity that is in the last Adam Which is the righteousness of God.