Water Into Wine – Part 5

January 24, 2025

Broadcast

                       Water Into Wine - Part 5
                               John 2:11
                              01/24/2025


        11   This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in
             Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his
             disciples believed in him.  (ESV)

        "This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee,
   and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him. "

        Within days of calling His first disciples, Jesus attend a
   wedding.  While there, He performed His first miracle, that of
   changing water into wine.  Jesus, the Word made flesh, the one
   declared by the Father to be His beloved Son, now shows His
   creative powers.  C. S. Lewis, the Christian apologist, wrote:
        This miracle proclaims that the God of all wine is
        present.  The vine is one of the blessings sent by
        Jahweh...  Every year, as part of the Natural order,
        God makes wine.  He does so by creating a vegetable
        organism that can turn water, soil, and sunlight into a
        juice  which will, under proper conditions, become
        wine.  Thus, in a certain sense, He constantly turns
        water into wine, for wine, like all drinks, is but
        water modified.  Once, and in one year only, God, now
        incarnate, short circuits the process: makes wine in a
        moment; uses earthenware jars instead of vegetable
        fibers to hold the water.[1]


        The disciple saw the glory of God in this miracle and
   believed in Jesus as the Messiah.  As eyewitnesses, they told
   this story to others so that many who did not witness the miracle
   would also believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and
   by believing have life in His name.

        We continue to tell the story of Jesus Christ each Sunday
   morning at 9:00 a.m.  when we gather at Trinity Lutheran Church
   at God's gracious invitation.  Not only do we hear the stories,
   but we are given the assurance that our Lord Jesus died and rose
   again to purify us from sin and eternal death.  Join us to
   receive the comfort of knowing your sins are forgiven.  May our
   Lord grant you faith to see Christ Jesus in His glory, and to
   believe in Him.  Amen.
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   1. Lewis,  C.  S.  (1947, 1960).  Miracles: How God intervenes in
      nature and human affairs.  New York: Macmillan Publishing,  p.
      136.