Wedding at Cana

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Wedding at Cana
On the third day, a wedding took place at Cana
in Galilee. Jesus mother was there John 21
Jewish weddings
gt Large Procession
gt Evening Wedding Ceremony
gt 7-day open house celebration!
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and Jesus and his disciples had also been
invited to the wedding. John 22
Jesus is there!!!
Our relationship with the world?
gt In the world but not of the world
gt You are the salt of the earth (Matt
513)
gt What use is salt if it is not in
contact with the rotting carcass?
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When the wine was gone, Jesus mother said to
him, they have no more wine. John 23
This is a major problem!
gt social disgrace would haunt the couple
gt Jewish legal system granted that guests
could take hosts to court!
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When the wine was gone, Jesus mother said to
him, they have no more wine. John 23
This is reflected in action taken by Mary
gt Men and women sat apart
gt Mary approaches Jesus to seek his help
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When the wine was gone, Jesus mother said to
him, they have no more wine. John 23
We should learn from Mary
gt How often in a time of need do we forget
that there is one close saves us from our
despair and resurrects our hope!
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Dear woman, why do you involve me? Jesus
replied. My time has not yet come. John
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Jesus response
gt Johns inclusion of this response signals
for Mary and for us a change in the dynamics
of the relationship she has with Jesus.
gt Whose instruction to we listen to?
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His mother said to the servants, Do whatever he
tells you. John 25
Jesus response
gt Does his face say it all?
gt Does Jesus feel the same concern for the
couple that his mother also felt?
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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. John 26-7
Stone Water Jars
gt Used for Jewish ceremonial washing
gt Symbols of Judaism and its ritual
gt Replacement of the old covenant between
God and Israel with the new covenant between
God and humanity.
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Now draw some out and take it to the master of
the banquet. They did so John 28
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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."
John 29-10
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"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." John 210
Ways of the world and ways of God
gt "Satan gives his good wine first so the
drunkard finds it so did the prodigal son.
Afterwards he gives the bitter red eyes,
pain, hunger, wretchedness."
gt The gift of wine offered by Jesus is
perfect!
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"This, the first of his miraculous signs, Jesus
performed in Cana of Galilee. He thus revealed
his glory, and his disciples put their faith in
him. John 211
What has happened at Cana?
gt Jesus turned something ordinary into
something extraordinary!!!
gt This miracle of transformation of
something ordinary into the extraordinary
can happen again!
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"This, the first of his miraculous signs, Jesus
performed in Cana of Galilee. He thus revealed
his glory, and his disciples put their faith in
him. John 211
What has happened at Cana?
gt Jesus turned something ordinary into
something extraordinary!!!
gt This miracle of transformation of
something ordinary into the extraordinary
can happen again!
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Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be
white as snow though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool. Isaiah 118
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  He himself bore our sins in his body on the
tree, so that we might die to sins and live for
righteousness by his wounds you have been
healed. 1 Peter 224
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In him we have redemption through his blood, the
forgiveness of sins Ephesians 17
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