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Jesus Lived and Died for the Gospel
Purpose of The Gospel
— It was written so that people, all people might believe in Jesus
— The opening verses declare that Jesus is God!
— This relationship between the Father, Son and Spirit is simple...
It is also very complex and never fully explained in scripture
— I think God intended it that way to be a faith builder for us.
— We know there is a unique relationship between the three persons… God, Son and Holy Spirit and we accept that as a part of our faith journey.
“I am” Statements
— There are 7 “I am” statements that are recorded.
— These 7 put a framework around the Gospel.
— We will stop at each of these “I am” statements and have some discussion around each of them.
Here are the Statements
1) "I am the _______ of life"
2) "I am the ______ of the world"
3) "I am the _______"
4) “I am the _____ shepherd"
5) "I am the ___________ and the _____"
6) "I am the way, the truth and the life"
7) "I am the ___________"
1) "I am the bread of life"
2) "I am the light of the world" ...
3) "I am the door" ...
4) “I am the good shepherd" ...
5) "I am the resurrection and the life"
6) "I am the way, the truth and the life" ...
7) "I am the true vine" ...
Followed very closely by the seven “sign” miracles
— Turning water into wine at the wedding in Cana of Galilee
— Healing of the royal official’s son — Healing of the paralytic at the Bethesda pool.
— Feeding of the 5,000
— Jesus walking on water
— Healing of the man born blind
— The raising of Lazarus
John, Chapter One
— In the first chapter, it is written and driven home that Jesus “is God”
— Jesus was in the beginning with God
— All things were made through Jesus and without Him nothing was made
Jesus brought Grace and Truth
Truth without _____ is correction without love.
_____ without truth is mercy without justice.
-Truth without Grace is correction without love.
-Grace without truth is mercy without justice.
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— We do serve a God who is Just, Graceful, Merciful and He knows what we need at any particular moment.
— Whether it is a kick in the pants or a shoulder to lean into, God understands and supplies all of our needs.
— Our passage for today is John Chapter 2, Vs.
1-12
— The Gospel of John is packed full of sermons, and in reality our year here in this book is going to scratch the surface.
— What I’ll do with each message is clearly state the purpose.
Our purpose for today is
PURPOSE: John relates the first great sign performed by Jesus to demonstrate His deity, the turning of water into wine
John, Chapter Two, Vs. 1-12
— Stand if you will and I’ll read
— Please be seated
— The wedding in first century culture was a different experience than we have.
— First it lasted in many cases a full seven days.
— Virgins were married on Wednesdays
— Widows were married on Thursday’s
— These weddings were largely “arranged” marriages.
— That’s one of the reasons they lasted so long.
The Bride and Groom may have met their spouse just a few days before this ceremony.
— Somewhere along the line here the Apostles’ have gotten co-mingled with the Disciples.
— John addresses them all as “Disciples.”
— Wine.
A standard part of meals in that culture.
— Wine also symbolizes joy and God’s blessing.
— From the Book of Proverbs.
OK… back to John
— Jesus’ use of “woman” in direct address was normal and polite.
It showed neither disrespect nor lack of love.
--In the present passage the force of the expression seems to be to deny the authority of Mary over Jesus.
— In Jesus true Glory… Jesus is saying that it is not his time yet.
— That is, the time and the manner in which the Son would reveal his glory to the world.
— That is especially true on Easter morning when we see Jesus, Glorified in His resurrection.
— The fact that the jars are stone, rather than earthenware, is important.
— According to Jewish law, earthenware jars, if contaminated, had to be broken.
— But contaminated stone jars could simply be washed.—
— In order for Jews to make themselves acceptable to God they must obey many rules about how to wash.”
— if they are to worship God in the way they think is right.”
— “They (= the water jars) are used for the purification required by Jewish Law.”
— The Bride and Groom would also wash ceremonially as a part of the wedding ceremony.
So… Where is the miracle?
— The water in the STONE jars chemically reoriented itself to change from water to wine.
— God and Jesus are even masters of science, recombining molecules to create new substances [water=wine]
Pay close attention… “manifested his glory” and “his disciples believed Him”
— This is the evidence of Jesus identity as Messiah and God, incarnate.
— This “manifested” glory came upon Jesus a few different times.
— This glory is a gift from God… Only given to the Son!
— Literally “went down to.”
This verb expresses a geographical situation: Cana is in the hill country, while Capernaum is below sea level, on the shore of Lake Galilee.
— Let’s review our PURPOSE
PURPOSE: John relates the first great sign performed by Jesus to demonstrate His deity, the turning of water into wine
Is the object of this statement, Jesus’ first sign [turning water into wine] or is the object Jesus being equated with deity?
Well it could be both… IF you are ranking them; it is far more vital for the world and Jesus ministry to establish Jesus as God than almost anything else
SO WHAT?
— What are we supposed to do with this knowledge about Jesus?
— Well there are some options… we can ignore it, to the detriment of ourselves… eternally
— We can ACCEPT, this as what it is… It is scripture, it’s truth, It’s in the form of Jesus who speaks with authority .
— We have an opportunity to share this Gospel message with many.
— in the same way that you first received this message… Jesus is God, fully and completely.
— He of course can rearrange water molecules to be changed into wine.
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