January 20, 2025
Water Into Wine - Part 1
John 2:1-2
01/20/2025
1 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in
Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his
disciples. (ESV)
Why did Saint John write his Gospel? In fact, why did the
Holy Spirit cause the entire Bible to be written? There were so
many stories of Jesus, so much information which the authors of
the Bible did not record that we must wonder, why this and not
something else? John tells us:
Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the
disciples, which are not written in this book; but
these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is
the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you
may have life in his name.[1]
Every story, every detail points us to the truth that Jesus
Christ, born of the virgin Mary, is also true God, our Redeemer
from sin and death. Those questions we have about Jesus'
childhood are irrelevant to our salvation. Those questions we
have about his appearance are irrelevant to our salvation. If
the Bible is silent on a given topic, it is irrelevant to our
salvation.
"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." Several days earlier, John the
Baptizer pointed to Jesus and said, "Behold the Lamb of God who
takes away the sins of the world." Jesus invited His first
disciples to follow Him, then proceeded to Galilee to begin His
public ministry. At this point, the disciples knew Jesus as
someone out of the ordinary, but they had yet to witness His acts
which show that He is the Son of God.
This week we will look at Jesus' first miracle which
happened in Cana of Galilee.
May our Lord grant you His grace and mercy as we see Jesus
revealed in His glory. Amen.
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1. John 20:30-31 (ESV)