First Baptist Church Buffalo

*Sermon notes for 5/31/20 Please print them to follow along with the sermon.*

JOHN 2:1-11

WATER CHANGED TO WINE

A Wedding Gaffe

• John 20:31 “but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.”
• In the Jewish tradition lasted ________________ days.
• In Jesus’ time running out of wine at a wedding celebration was considered a major social _______________ – a definite no-no.

“They have no wine.”

• Luke 2:19 “But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.”
• “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My____________________ has not yet come.”
• “Who are my mother and my brothers?”  __________________.
• He is subject is the will of the _____________________ (John 6:38).

The Significance of Miracles

• So we next see Jesus – of his _____________________ volition – choosing to do something about the wine.
• These water jars are described in 2 Chronicles 4:5.
• The servants saw this, but only the _______________________ believe.
• Jesus comments on a demand for signs in _______________________.

The Meaning of the Sign

• ___________________________ in and of themselves, are not significant.
• The disciples has already seen some amazing things about Jesus up to this point. Did they need more evidence? _________________________
• John has already established in the Gospel that Jesus is _______________________.
• “Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book” (John 20:30).

New Wine in Old Jars

• These jars would normally be used for Jewish _______________________ rituals.
• There is continuity between Jesus and Judaism, and between the Old and New Testaments.
• Jesus was taking the old rote or dry and dead religiosity of the Jews, and he was filling and fulfilling with an even _________________________ purification than they could imagine.

Grace Upon Grace

• The jars were filled to the brim with water.
• They could each hold 20 or 30 gallons.
• There were ____________________ of them.
• John 1:17 we have received “___________________ upon grace.”
• No one deserved for Jesus to care about a wedding party.

The True Bridegroom

• The steward, when he tastes this new wine, congratulates the bridegroom for this unusual breach of etiquette.
• John the Baptist refers to Jesus as the__________________________ later in John  3: 29, 30.
• Jesus is revealed as the Bridegroom, the only one who can provide new wine.

Pointing to Jesus’ Glory

• Jesus  “________________________ his glory.”
• John 1:14 “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
• One clear purpose of miracles was to authenticate the character and person of Jesus and his relationship with his heavenly Father.

My Hour Has Not Yet Come

• Jesus says “my hour has not yet come.”
• What does he mean here? Has his ministry not yet begun?
• What does Jesus mean by “_______________________”?
• ____________________________
• When Jesus speaks of his “hour” he is referring to the ___________________, to the journey to Golgotha, to Calvary, that he is going to take.

Responding to the Sign

• The whole point of this sign is so that his ____________________________ might be revealed and that we might _________________________.
• “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14:9).
• The greatest miracle is the _____________________________ of the disciples.
• The greatest miracle is not water into wine, healing of a sick person, but it is the miracle of Jesus ______________________________ one of his own.