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Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at

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John 2 First miracle water in to wine… 

 

 

Jesus took a jar that was used for the outward of man… the cleansing of your body and used that clay jar for something it was not supposed to be used for. He was counter culture in what he taught, and how he taught. 

 

 

John’s mentioning of this detail is almost certainly meant to underscore the redemptive-historical transition from the recurring ceremonial requirements of the old covenant (Ex. 30:17–21) to the once-for-all washing of baptism in the new covenant (Rom. 6:3–5; Titus 3:5–6). This is Jesus’ way of saying, “You won’t be needing that anymore, for the new wine of the new covenant is here”

*And noting another possible allusion, John has gone out of his way to tell us that the wine was drawn from stone jars. In this way, Jesus’ miracle involves bringing forth wine from rock, revealing Christ to be the true and better Moses, for Moses brought forth only water from the rock (Ex. 17:6; Num. 20:8). Isn’t this pattern in keeping with what John has already told us? The water of the law was given through Moses- he struck the rock

Moses gave the law from the rock- stone tablets

   *JESUS GIVES LIFE, GRACE, NEW WINE OUT OF THE ROCK!

 

Moses brought the 10 commandments. the law, it was work… it takes work to make wine… it didn’t take work for jesus to make wine, because he saved us by his grace. Grace is the secret weapon to a fruitful life… when you do what Jesus says, and you understand his grace you see how he is the great life hack. 

 

but the wine of grace came through Jesus Christ (John 1:17).

 

 

 

Why did he do it? To reveal his glory. its right there in the text. God will take our mundane and make him look good. 

God takes our brokenness, our uncleanliness, our emptiness, our stone hearts and does the miraculous in order to make him look good, in order to Glorify the father.

So what do we see in the whole story?

God takes our hard hearts

He sees our need, he calls us

We obey him

he does the miraculous

and God looks good… Perfect. That is exactly what life is about. 

 

 

They told the bride and groom you saved the best till last….

I BELIEVE THE BEST IS YET TO COME - in my life, in your life- regardless of age! If you do what Jesus says…