Do Whatever He Tells You
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· 21 viewsIt seems so peculiar for Jesus to perform his first miracle at a small town wedding feast. Why would this be the first supernatural experience that Jesus did? What can we learn from the story?
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Fun Yesterday
Jesus had fun
On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples.
On the Third Day
On the Third Day
Third day after what?
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
John the Baptist
Proclaimed Jesus
Lamb of God.
Everyone understands
Messianic Proclamation
Next Day
The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.
Jesus gains
first two disciples
John
Andrew
By next day
6 Disciples
Andrew calls brother
Peter
John calls brother
James
Jesus calls Phillip
Phillip call
Nathaniel.
On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
On the 3rd day.
Jesus goes from
social nobody
John’s Pronouncment
6 Disciples
Established Rabbi
Invitation
Talk of the town.
Must understand
Practically Jesus’
home-town.
Less than 4 miles from
nazareth
Jesus is carpenter
runs a shop
They Knew Him
They Knew Him
Not long after
in Nazareth
at synagogue.
And he said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
People knew him...
Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
Lot of prejudice.
Talk
Gossip
Carpenter
Not Rabbi?
Who does He think He is?
Other may
heard stories
Good Jesus
Miraculous birth
On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples.
Just Started Public Ministry
Near Home-town
Newly Rabbi
People watching
People judging.
Mother there
involved in hospitality.
Hey, Can I Get More Wine
Hey, Can I Get More Wine
When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.”
Honor / Shame Society
Public Status
Public Respect
Corporate View
Honored / Shamed
Wedding Feast
extremely important
last long time
expectations
even for poor
Expectations
complex lengthy engagement
dowry
bartering
Built Room
Adulthood
Big Deal
Huge Financial Investment
Rich or Poor
Done Big
Run out of Wine
Considered
very shameful.
Mary
involved in hospitality team
knows family well
Sees Jesus starting
Tells Him
Seeks help.
Jesus’ Response
And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.”
Not My Time
Not My Time
We surprised.
this repose.
Disrespectful?
“Woman”
Our society
“woman”
very disrespectful
Opposite then
“woman”
very respectful.
“Hour has Not Yet Come
Why does he
say that
then perform
a miracle?
Is it His time?
Or not?
I’d like to suggest
explanation.
Most people,
including Mary,
confused about
Messiah’s Purpose.
Jesus’ 1st Coming
Suffering Servant
Jesus’ 2nd Coming
Conquering King
They wanted Him to
come as the
conquering king.
It wasn’t time for that.
In spite of word’s
“Not My Time”
Mary says:
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
“Do Whatever He Tells You.”
“Do Whatever He Tells You.”
Is she melding?
Kinda
but
these words
“do whatever he tells you”
She leaves ball
in Jesus court.
Miracles
Nothing
Anything.
Mary walks away
in faith
praying.
Wanting to
force Jesus’ hand
but allowing him
to do anything.
The Miracle
The Miracle
John 2:6–9 (ESV)
Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants,
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“Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it.
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When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew)...
What I love
Jesus repeatedly does this.
What point
does the miracle occur?
John is not explicit
but seems to be
while servants
walking to master.
Imagine
being the servant.
“Do what he tells you.”
ok...
Put water...
Ummm Jesus
we have water
we need wine...
Did it anyway,
didn’t ask questions.
Draw some out
give to master...
Imagine
servant is scared...
this is water...
What will he say?
While walking
While giving...
Other stories
Parting of Jericho
Priest feet
in water.
Why Jesus do this?
Matter of faith.
Trust
Obey
regardless.
You can bet
that servant
follower of Jesus.
Maybe you need
miracles in
your life...
Jesus doesn’t
fix all wedding problems.
Jesus does
expect you to
step out in faith.
Continue Story
John 2:9–10 (ESV)
When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew),
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the master of the feast called the bridegroom and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.”
The Best Wine!
The Best Wine!
Love this.
Jesus does a miracles
not halfway.
Leprosy
Baby skin
Withered Hand
strong hand
Blind
20-20
No Wine
best wine
“Wine”
“Wine”
Complex Word
οἶνος
οἶνος
Multiple Definitions
Fermented Wine:
And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,
and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
“They struck me,” you will say, “but I was not hurt;
they beat me, but I did not feel it.
When shall I awake?
I must have another drink.”
Un-fermented Grape Juice
Isaiah 65:8 (ESV)
Thus says the Lord:
“As the new wine is found in the cluster,
and they say, ‘Do not destroy it,
for there is a blessing in it...
Some Quotes
Desire of Ages Chapter 15—At the Marriage Feast
The wine which Christ provided for the feast, and that which He gave to the disciples as a symbol of His own blood, was the pure juice of the grape.
Desire of Ages (Chapter 15—At the Marriage Feast)
It was Christ who in the Old Testament gave the warning to Israel, “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.” Proverbs 20:1.
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And He Himself provided no such beverage. Satan tempts men to indulgence that will becloud reason and benumb the spiritual perceptions, but Christ teaches us to bring the lower nature into subjection. His whole life was an example of self-denial.
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In order to break the power of appetite, He suffered in our behalf the severest test that humanity could endure. It was Christ who directed that John the Baptist should drink neither wine nor strong drink. It was He who enjoined similar abstinence upon the wife of Manoah.
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And He pronounced a curse upon the man who should put the bottle to his neighbor’s lips. Christ did not contradict His own teaching. The unfermented wine which He provided for the wedding guests was a wholesome and refreshing drink. Its effect was to bring the taste into harmony with a healthful appetite.
Hopefully,
that settles
that question.
First Miracle
First Miracle
John 2:11–12 (ESV)
This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.
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After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.
Why would this be Jesus first Miracle?
Create Faith
in his new disciples
in his mother
in people who knew him
not just carpenter
save from shame
celebrate marriage
celebrate life
To be religious
don’t have to
be grumpy!!!
Desire of Ages (Chapter 15—At the Marriage Feast)
The ministry of Christ was in marked contrast to that of the Jewish elders. Their regard for tradition and formalism had destroyed all real freedom of thought or action. They lived in continual dread of defilement.
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To avoid contact with the “unclean,” they kept aloof, not only from the Gentiles, but from the majority of their own people, seeking neither to benefit them nor to win their friendship. By dwelling constantly on these matters, they had dwarfed their minds and narrowed the orbit of their lives. Their example encouraged egotism and intolerance among all classes of the people.
Some Christians
think that
you can’t have fun.
it would be sin!
Jesus was not like that!
I want to be like Jesus.
Perfectly balance.
Desire of Ages Chapter 15—At the Marriage Feast
Jesus reproved self-indulgence in all its forms, yet He was social in His nature. He accepted the hospitality of all classes, visiting the homes of the rich and the poor, the learned and the ignorant, and seeking to elevate their thoughts from questions of commonplace life to those things that are spiritual and eternal. He gave no license to dissipation, and no shadow of worldly levity marred His conduct; yet He found pleasure in scenes of innocent happiness, and by His presence sanctioned the social gathering.
We need to
have fun
be with people
celebrate positive
Appeal
Appeal
Today,
Be Like Christ!
Let us celebrate
Sabbath
Fellowship
Life
Christ in us.