Jesus was asked by John's disciples why His disciples didn't fast, but they and the Pharisees did, hear His response.
Matthew 9:15 And Jesus replied to them, Can the wedding guests mourn while the bridegroom is still with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. 16 And no one puts a piece of cloth that has not been shrunk on an old garment, for such a patch tears away from the garment and a worse rent (tear) is made. 17 Neither is new wine put in old wineskins; for if it is, the skins burst and are torn in pieces, and the wine is spilled and the skins are ruined. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.AMPC
Jesus was talking way beyond their understanding. What He was saying was —they were living in their old religious way thus they couldn't see the truth right in front of them. Jesus was saying they were unwilling to see Him for who He was, thus their prideful thinking was keeping them from seeing the truth.
Even though they didn't get what He was saying, we can get it —if we are a New Wineskin. Or, we can make the same wrong decision and think on our own without Jesus..
Having a new wineskin is getting born again, born of the Spirit, and then trusting in Jesus not ourselves. Then we can easily receive the new Wine!
Many say a prayer not having the understanding that is more than a prayer, but a new way of thinking and living. Therefore they say a prayer thinking it is the religious thing to do, and then still live in the old way. Why? Because they trust in themselves and not Jesus. They hadn't really been born from above thus they can’t see clearly. Their heart wasn't surrendered when they said that prayer.
Thus that state is a place of being an old wineskin that can't handle the New Wine. Just the as John's disciples and the Pharisees. There were thinking they are right with God, but really they are just being religious—because they wouldn't surrender.
Don’t just say the prayer, but be a new wineskin, get born-again ( John 3:3-6) for real, by surrendering to Jesus. Then you will long for the presence of New Wine —Jesus in your life.
If you have never asked Jesus to come live on the inside of you all you have to do is ask, surrender your life to Him, and He will surely show Himself to you (Revelation 3:20).
Lovelee <3