True Story_pt1: He Turned Water Into Wine
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True Story_pt1: He Turned Water Into Wine
True Story_pt1: He Turned Water Into Wine
Our first story takes place at a wedding.
Weddings are a big deal today, but were an even bigger deal in this day…
The wedding custom had 3 major parts
1. Contract between parents of bride and bridegroom, and dowry. (Betrothal or engagement period)
2. The bridegroom and his male friends went to the house of the bride at midnight creating a torchlight parade. Bride would know and would be ready, joining the parade that ended at the bridegroom’s home.
3. Marriage supper, which might go on for days.
Water into wine
Water into wine
On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”
Even today, this might kill a party
But in this day, wine was a symbol of joy, happiness and abundance.
Running out of wine at a wedding was a huge embarrassment.
So Mary takes it upon herself to get Jesus involved…
Does she know what He can do?
Is she expecting a miracle?
Does she just know that if anyone can help it would be her son?
“Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.
Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.
Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so,
and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside
and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”
What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
Not just a miracle, but a SIGN – a picture of all that He is.
Extremely quintessential
Extremely quintessential
Balanced, exact picture of what He was all about
Balanced, exact picture of what He was all about
Who He came to be
Who He came to be
What He came to do
What He came to do
What He has to offer
What He has to offer
How we can receive it
How we can receive it
Glory revealed
Glory revealed
First revealed who he was…
1. He is the true master of the banquet.
1. He is the true master of the banquet.
Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so,
Weddings had a master of the banquet – life of the party.
Why would he do this miracle?
[WRITE IT DOWN] - He is revealing that He is the trust master of the banquet.
Haven’t you heard of the Dionysian stories of when the forest will run with wine – that is nothing compared to what I am.
Haven’t you read - On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine— the best of meats and the finest of wines.”
Of all the things I could show you first, I show you that I am “festival joy!”
Some think Christianity is “suck it up, stay clean, forget the fun”
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
Go to Him for everything!
Go to Him for everything!
Next He reveals what He came to do…
When the wine runs out, the party is over, Mary comes to Him for help.
2. He will produce the wine for His own wedding.
2. He will produce the wine for His own wedding.
“Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”
“Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.
Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.
Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so,
and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside
and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”
What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days.
When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money.
So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.
To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!”
His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
The Jews then responded to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”
Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”
They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?”
But the temple he had spoken of was his body.
After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name.
But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people.
He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person.
Jesus responds a bit harshly to Mary,
“My hour has not yet come” – we've often thought this means that it’s not His time to perform miracles.
But since He does perform this miracle, we cannot believe that Mary twisted His arm…
So then, what did He mean by “My hour has not yet come?”
What was Jesus thinking of?
I believe He was thinking of two things…
1 - He’s thinking of His own wedding
Throughout the Old Testament, we’re told that God wants to know us as profoundly as a husband and a wife.
He often refers to Himself as the Bridegroom
John describes for us near the end of Revelation, what Jesus is thinking about…
Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.
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Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!” And he added, “These are the true words of God.”
2 - [WRITE IT DOWN] - He’s thinking of how we will produce wine for His own wedding.
“My hour” - the hour of His death.
The only way I’m going to be able to provide the wine, I must go through my death.
In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
There was no way for Him to think of joining with us, without thinking how we will be joined – the hour of His death.
Give yourself to Him!
Give yourself to Him!
Finally it reveals what He comes to offer…
Salvation is wine, Heaven is a feast!
3. He offers the taste of life.
3. He offers the taste of life.
and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”
The Bible uses sensory experience language when it comes to our relationship with God.
Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.
It’s not enough to know, but to taste.
You aren’t invited to know, you are invited to experience!
[EXAMPLE] I never taste honey, without being surprised of its sweetness.
[WRITE IT DOWN] - He offers the taste of life.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
He wants us to taste and experience the fullness of His life!
What is Christianity?
It’s not a set of rules, it’s a feast!
The first step to tasting is to hunger/thirst for it!
Live life to the fullest!
Live life to the fullest!
Take Away
Take Away
Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”
fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Much like a bridegroom standing at the altar, looking down aisle as the bride is coming towards him.
He longed to make us His bride!
He longed to make us His bride!
Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.
Often, 6 is the number used in Scripture to represent man…
Ceremonial washing - The old way of washing, making clean, only a reminder of sin.
The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins.
But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins.
It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
We cannot be clean; we cannot come near, without being joined to Him…
But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.
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Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
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"Jesus sat amidst all the joy, sipping the coming sorrow - so that today you and I can sit amidst all this world's sorrow, sipping the coming joy." - One minister
Jesus in the garden, “take this cup from me…”
He gave His life so we could live!
Accept what He has done!
Accept what He has done!