“God wants you to know that you can take your needs – all your needs – to Him.”
Sermon Title: CANA: A QUIET MIRACLE
Scripture Text: JOHN 2:1-12
Sermon Notes:
JOHN 2:1-12 NIV
1 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”
4 “Dear woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come.”
5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.
7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.”
8 Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so,
9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside
10 and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”
11 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.
12 After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days.
Our experience with Jesus is limited most often by the limits we put on him! — Beautiful Outlaw by John Eldregde
JOHN 20:31 GNB
31 But these have been written in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through your faith in him you may have life.
“The challenge of the saint is to reverence what we have come to view as ordinary and see them as sacred.”
I. ASK
JOHN 2:1-2 NIV
1 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
JOHN 2:3 NIV
3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”
PHILIPPIANS 4:6 NIV
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
LUKE 4:40 ESV
40 Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them.
“God wants you to know that you can take your needs – all your needs – to Him.”
II. YIELD
JOHN 2:4 NIV
4 “Dear woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come.”
“Mother, your concern and mine are not the same.”
(The Expositor’s Bible Commentary)
JOHN 2:3-5 NIV
3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”
4 “Dear woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come.”
5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
“We must be willing to ask anything but yield everything.”
III. SEE
JOHN 2:6-8 NIV
6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.
7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.”
8 Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so,
9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside
10 and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”
11 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.
“Our ordinary experiences of beauty are given to us to provide a starting point….”
“……… a signpost, from which we move on to recognize, to glimpse, to be overwhelmed by, to adore …”
“…..… and so to worship, not just the majesty, but the beauty and glory of God himself.
MATTHEW 11:18-19 NIV
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’
19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and “sinners.”’ But wisdom is proved right by her actions.”
“Our Lord is a joyful God who takes pleasure in answering our prayers and in being with us every day. “