The Miracles of Jesus Lesson 2 Water to
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The Miracles of Jesus Lesson 2 – Water to Wine
Cana of Galilee Jesus Turns Water Into Wine John 2: 1 -11
Valley Near Cana of Galilee
Jesus Turns Water Into Wine Prelude to the miracle (John 2: 1 -5) Jesus had called several of His disciples on two previous days (John 2: 1; 1: 29, 40 -42) p Mary, Jesus & His disciples are invited to a wedding feast in Cana. p Mary informs Jesus, “They have no wine. ” p n n Note the confidence of Mary in her Son’s ability to help (John 2: 3, 5; cf. Luke 2: 19, 51) Jesus gently rebukes Mary because His hour had not yet come; His work was on His heavenly Father’s timetable. (John 7: 30; 8: 20; 12: 23, 27; 13: 1; 17: 1)
Jesus Turns Water Into Wine Particulars of the Miracle (John 2: 6 -10) p Six water pots of stone (each holding 20 to 30 gallons – a total of approximately 150 gallons) p The SERVANTS handled the water pots n FILLED the pots to the brim n Drew out some and took it to the Master of the Feast p The assessment of the Master of the Feast n He did not know where the wine came from. n He judged it to be BETTER than the wine set out at the first of the feast.
Jesus Turns Water Into Wine p Purpose of the Miracle (John 2: 11) n n p Jesus manifested His glory. His DISCIPLES believed. Applications for us n n Jesus can provide for our needs even when we have used up all our resources. Jesus can change something that is common into something extraordinary! p He can change people with the POWER of the Gospel! (Rom. 1: 16) p Like He changed the Corinthians, the Thessalonians and Saul of Tarsus
Jesus Turns Water Into Wine Does this miracle justify social drinking? p “Wine” can be either fermented or unfermented (Isaiah 65: 8; Matthew 9: 17; Revelation 19: 15) n n The word “winepress” in Revelation 19: 15 is translated from the phrase “τη ν ληνο ν του οἴνου” which literally means “the press of the wine” The picture shows a wine press found in the Israel. It illustrates what Jesus described in Matt. 21: 33 when He said that a land owner “dug a winepress”
Jesus Turns Water Into Wine Does this miracle justify social drinking? p Jesus lived under a law that forbade giving intoxicating wine to your neighbor (Habakkuk 2: 15) or even looking at wine swirling in the cup (Proverbs 23: 29 -34) p Jesus made a law that forbade both drinking AND drunkenness (1 Peter 4: 3; 1 Corinthians 6: 9 -10) p WOULD Jesus have made 150 gallons MORE of intoxicating wine to give to those who had already “well drunk”? (cf. John 2: 10)
