Why do you think that the Pharisees came to Jesus with the question that they did in Luke 5:33?

What are we to make of Jesus’s response in Luke 5:34-35? What is the wedding/ bridegroom analogy referring to?

What place does happiness have in the Christian life? What does it look like to pursue happiness, as a Christian, in a healthy way?

What place does sadness have in the Christian life? What does it look like for Christians to deal with their emotions in a healthy way? (Particularly emotions like sadness, frustration, anger, etc.)

What are we to make of Jesus’s parable in Luke 5:36-39? How is it applicable to our lives as Christians today?

What are some ways that we, as Christians, try to enjoy the benefits of the New Covenant, while still trying to hold on to the trappings of the Old Covenant? What would it look like to repent of this behavior, like Jesus calls us to?

What are some ways that we might be drinking the old wine of the Old Covenant, and failing to come to Christ to enjoy the new wine of the New Covenant? How can we be actively repenting of this?

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