jesus' first 100 days: jesus' first miracle

Jesus’ First 100

Days

Jesus’ First Miracle

First PointJesus first miracle demonstrated His

compassion.

John 21On 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.

3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” 5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

…they have no wine.

“To fail in providing adequately for the guests would involve social disgrace. In the closely knit communities of Jesus' day such an error would never be

Merrill Tenney

forgotten, and would haunt the newly married couple all their lives.”

…they have no wine.“To run out of wine would almost have been the equivalent of admitting that neither the guests nor the bride and groom were happy.”

James Boice

Woman…

•Is Jesus being disrespectful to his mother?

“My hour has not yet come.”8You go up to the feast. I am not going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come.”9After saying this, he remained in Galilee. (John 7)

Compassion cannot be demonstrated from a distance.

Compassion often demands flexibility.

Compassion comes with risk.

Second PointJesus first miracle demonstrated His

authority.

6 Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. 7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim.

8 And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it.

There were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification…

• Purification by water in the law of Moses.

Exodus 3017 The LORD said to Moses, 18 “You shall also make a basin of bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing. You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it,

19 with which Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet. 20 When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn a food offering to the LORD, they shall wash with water, so that they may not die.

21 They shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they may not die. It shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his offspring throughout their generations.”

Exodus 30

There were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification…

• Purification by water in the law of Moses was a command for the priests.• The Pharisees had extended the

reach of this law to all Jews.

Jesus exercises His authority over the Pharisees and religious authorities.

•He empties the “holy water” and fills the jars with fresh water.

Jesus exercises His authority over the servants.

•They sense His authority and yield to His leadership.

Jesus demands full obedience

“Partial obedience is disobedience. “Slow

obedience is NO obedience.”

“Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim.

Jesus demands risky obedience

“The blessings of God always follow obedience

and risk.”

“Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it.

Dennis Gingerich

Third PointJesus first miracle

demonstrated His power and glory.

9 When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom.

10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.”

When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine…

•Historically, evangelicals and especially fundamentalists have been uncomfortable with the idea that Jesus made wine.

1On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee… 11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.

Draw near to someone and show them compassion, even if it

requires flexibility and even risk.

Show Compassion

Ask God for help identifying an area of partial or slow obedience in your life and

surrender it to Jesus.

Respect Jesus’ Authority

Reflect on Jesus’ miraculous touches in your own life and spend time “beholding His

glory.”

Behold Jesus’ Glory

Jesus’ First 100

Days