Am I An Old Wine Skin?

I'm looking for that new wine but wondering if I'm not getting filled with the new wine because I'm an old wineskin.
Perhaps I should have entitled this Looking For the New Wine.

Now, I know some of you are thinking, 'well at your age, of course you're an old wineskin.  You're an old everything.'

That's your opinion.

I don't perceive this as having anything to do with the physical.  It is the nature of my spirit being and where I am in my relationship with the Holy Spirit.
I do believe that the Holy Spirit can and will fill me with new wine when I have a new wineskin.
The question that needs answering is 'How do I become a new wineskin?'

Again I think it is all wrapped up in my relationship with the Holy Spirit. He makes me into a new wineskin and He then fills me with the new wine.  Had he poured the new wine into the present wineskin, that is not ready to receive new wine, it would cause me to burst wide open.  Not sure what that means in the spiritual realm but it can't be a good thing.

In order to become a new wineskin I have to move beyond where I am at present. I feel like I may have developed patterns that are bordering on 'being religious'.  And you all know how Jesus felt about the religious types.  I don't want to fall into that category.

The Difference Between Religion and The Gospel

The Difference Between Religion and The Gospel

Religion says, if I obey, God will love me. 

Gospel says, because God loves me, I can obey.

Religion has good people & bad people. 

Gospel has only repentant and unrepentant people.

Religion values a birth family. 

Gospel values a new birth.

Religion depends on what I do. 

Gospel depends on what Jesus has done.

Religion has the goal to get stuff from God. 

Gospel has the goal to get God.

Religion sees hardships as punishment for sin. 

Gospel sees hardship as sanctified affliction.

Religion is about me. 

Gospel is about Jesus.

Religion believes appearing as a good person is the key. 

Gospel believes that being honest is the key.

Religion has an uncertainty of standing before God. 

Gospel has certainty based upon Jesus' work.

Religion ends in pride or despair. 

Gospel ends in humble joy.

--edited from Mark Driscoll, on the difference between Religion and the Gospel

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