Saving the Best for Last

John 2:1-11 NIV
On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.” “Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” 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. Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so, 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.” What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him. 

Amos 9:13 NIV
“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when the reaper will be overtaken by the plowman and the planter by the one treading grapes. New wine will drip from the mountains and flow from all the hills.”

Galatians 5:13 NIV
You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.

John 2:11 NIV
What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the SIGNS through which he revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him. 

Miracles – DYNAMIS – a power act that is received with awe
Signs – SEMEION – an action that points to something greater than itself

The WINE is a SIGN that...
1. Jesus Responds to Faith

John 2:3-5 NIV
When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.” “Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

FAITH, not FAMILY, makes you Jesus’ friend.       

"The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 a.m. for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access.”
-Tim Keller

The WINE is a SIGN that...
1. Jesus Responds to Faith
2. Jesus Replaces the Old

John 2:6-9 NIV
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. Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine.

Revelation 7:14 NIV
They have washed their robes and made them white in the BLOOD of the Lamb.

2 Corinthians 11:3 NKJV
But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the SIMPLICITY that is in Christ.

The WINE is a SIGN that...
1. Jesus Responds to Faith
2. Jesus Replaces the Old
3. Jesus Reveals He’s the Messiah

John 2:9-10 NIV
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.”

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