Church 7/9/2022
God’s word never changes. God never changes.
Offertory scripture:
Luke 6:38
Sermon message:
Thesis: Jesus’s first miracle
Event: At the wedding at Cana
God does miracles throughout the Bible.
God brought Adam and Eve together: the first marriage. Similarly, Jesus’s first miracle took place at a wedding.
Jesus’s mother, siblings, and disciples were also at this wedding at Cana. Likely a family event.
John 2:1-10
Point #1: God wants us to bring our needs to Him
Mary brought the issue to Jesus. In this case, they had run out of wine.
God wants us to learn from this story, to bring our needs to Him because He cares.
1 Peter 5:7
Also because God can do something about the issue or need.
Ephesians 3:20
And because He wants us to ask Him.
Matthew 7:11
Matthew 6:11
God wants us to ask Him our daily needs.
Matthew 6:12
And for Him to forgive us our debts.
Matthew 6:13
And for Him to deliver us from evil and temptation.
Point #2: God wants us to be intercessors.
All of us can intercede and go to God directly. Don’t pray to anyone else. Pray to God Himself, in the name of Jesus.
God wants us to bring Jesus to others; and for us to bring our needs to God the Father. And to pray for others.
1 Timothy 2:1-3
Having others to pray with you and for you is good.
Matthew 9:38
John 17:20
Hebrews 7:25
When you help others, you get blessed.
Point #3: God wants us to ask in faith
Mary’s faith was strong. She knew Jesus would know everything and would have a solution.
Hebrews 11:6
James 1:6-8
Point #4: God wants us to know Jesus makes things better
Luke 22:20
Hebrews 8:6
Water cleanses on the outside; Jesus’s blood cleanses us on the inside.
Point #5: God wants us to know we have a part
Jesus instructed the men to fill the jars with water to the brim. Jesus miraculously changed that water into wine. This wine was better than the other wine served earlier.
The new covenant is better than the old covenant.
Other examples: Joshua and the walls of Jericho.
Matthew 19:26
There are three responses one can have when we read about miracles in the Bible.
Response 1: John 2:11 you believe it
Response 2: John 12:37 you don’t believe it even when you see it and see witnesses
Response 3: John 12:42-43 they believed it but didn’t confess it out of fear of men; loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
Believe, have faith, and do what God asks you to do.