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The Portrait of Jesus the Apostle John paints in the first chapter of his Gospel is one of eternal authority, power and glory.
Jesus is the Living Word—He is the Son of God.
He writes, /"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God,"/ (John 1:1).
But John also wants us to be able to identify with the humanity of Jesus.
What better way to do that than to tell us the story of a wedding to which Jesus and his disciples are invited.
It is a scene which illustrates his perfect humanity.
Here is a Savior who does not find mingling with men in their social activities.
They are not beneath his divine stature.
ILLUS.
Pharisee’s constant criticism of Jesus: /“He eats with sinners.”/
The phrase /"Son of man"/ is a term Jesus used to describe himself and his ministry.
The phrase is found 84 times in the New Testament and Jesus applies the term to himself 78 of those times.
He clearly used it as a way of defining his ministry and messiahship.
In Matthew 20:28 Jesus sums up the reason for his coming.
He says, /". . . the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many."/
Only by becoming a man could God meet man’s greatest need—redemption—and so the Apostle John paints a portrait of a Savior in all his humanity.
It teaches us that the Son of God became the Son of Man in order that sons of men might become the children of God.
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I. THE SONS OF MEN HAVE A PROBLEM
* /“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.”/
(John 2:1–3, NIV84)
#. that both Mary and Jesus attended suggests the wedding involved relatives or friends of the family
#. it also appears that Mary is more than just a guest, but apparently had some responsibility for helping the groom’s family at the celebration
#. for example, she was aware of the situation regarding the lack of wine, and took the initiative to solve the serious problem
#. what is the problem according to these verses?
#. a major crisis loomed at the wedding celebration when the wine ran out because the supply was insufficient
#. at the risk of over-spiritualizing the text, there are, I believe, several spiritual truths that come out of this story
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!! A. WE TEND TO INVOLVE GOD IN ONLY THE BIG EVENTS OF LIFE
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#. we believe, and rightly so, that God needs to be involved in the “big events” of life
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getting married?
#. let's have it in church and invite God's blessing
#. having a child?
#. let's go to worship and have a christening or a baby dedication
#. facing a personal crisis?
#. let's notify the church and start the prayer chain
#. burying a loved one?
#. let's call the church to arrange the service
#. having an inauguration?
#. let’s invite the clergy to bless the event
#. these are the "big" events in life
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I don't mean to make light of them
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they're the events where we really want and need God's presence, God’s mercy, and God’s blessing at
#. and deservedly so
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we naturally tend to involve God in the big events of life
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!! B. WE TEND TO IGNORE GOD IN THE MUNDANE ROUTINES OF LIFE
* v. 3 /"When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no more wine."/
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#. few things were more embarrassing at a Jewish wedding feast than running out of refreshments
* ILLUS.
It’s like running out of beer at a typical Osage County wedding.
Such an embarrassing faux pas could have stigmatized the couple and their families for the rest of their lives.
It could even have left the groom and his family open to a lawsuit by the bride's family for failing to meet their responsibilities.
Thus Jesus' turning the water into wine was not a sensational miracle, designed only to amaze His audience with His power.
All of His miracles met specific needs, such as opening blind eyes or deaf ears, delivering those oppressed by demons, feeding hungry people, or calming a threatening storm.
Jesus’ miracles always met personal needs.
They were never done merely to impress others with His power.
Jesus never performed ‘on command’.
#. this miracle met the genuine need of the family and their guests, who otherwise would have faced a social catastrophe
#. whoever the host of this reception is, I'm sure he is mortified at the news that the wine has run out
#. Mary’s request and Jesus’ response remind us that ...
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God wants to be involved in the most important as well as the most trivial aspects of a believer's life
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He wants to be present at the mid-morning coffee break at work
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He wants to go with you on the camping trip to the Ozarks
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He wants to fellowship with you in the lunch room at school
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He even wants to go with you to the shopping mall for the big close-out sale
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the Christian life must be more than simply inviting Christ to be involved in our life when it's really, really important and ignoring Him in our normal routines of life
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what is the underlying problem of only inviting God to the big events of life?
#. it means that we tend to use God as a means to an end
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we invite Him to be a part of our life when we need Him and it’s expedient for us to call upon His name
#. the rest of the time many pretty well ignore him
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we forget that God provides grace for even the mundane and tiny annoyances of daily living
#. the life He offers us is a life of triumph over circumstances and anticipation of how God will work in even the most insignificant of them to form His character within us
#. our problem is that we don't expect God to invade our lives in the normal routine of life
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as the Son of man, Jesus cares about and wants to be a part of the most insignificant areas of the believer’s life
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!! C. WE ARE INCAPABLE OF SUPPLYING WHAT WE NEED THE MOST
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#. the wedding has run out of wine and the host is incapable of meeting the need
#. it takes a miracle to salvage the situation and Jesus provides that miracle
#. sinners are incapable of providing what they need most desperately—righteousness before a holy God
#. it takes a miracle to salvage the situation and Jesus provides that miracle
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THE SON OF MAN HAS A SOLUTION
#. it is significant that Jesus accepted the invitation to this wedding
#. he did not come to rob men of their joy and gladness
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Jesus is not a kill-joy!
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!! A. JESUS IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE BELIEVER’S SIMPLEST AS WELL AS OUR MOST PROFOUND NEEDS
* ILLUS.
Art Sage was one of the most biblically knowledgeable men I’ve ever known.
That’s why I was so surprised one day in Sunday School to discover his philosophy about prayer.
He told his class one morning, "I only take the ‘big’ things to God.
I don't want to bother him with the incidentals of life!"
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#. what I’ve discovered over the years is that a lot of believers naturally default to this spiritual setting in life
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but as the Son of Man, Jesus is concerned with the incidental things of your life as well
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what was the pressing need of the moment at the wedding feast?
#. to keep the host family from experiencing embarrassment
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Jesus met that need by performing His very first miracle
#. v. 11 of the 2nd chapter reveals the intended reason why Jesus performed the miracle
* /“This, the first of his miraculous signs, Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee.
He thus revealed his glory, and his disciples put their faith in him.”/
(John 2:11, NIV84)
#. but the immediate affect was to minister to the needs of a host in trouble
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