1. The Miracles of Jesus Lesson 2 – Water to Wine

2. Jesus Turns Water Into Wine John 2:1-11 Cana of Galilee

3. Valley Near Cana of Galilee

4. Jesus Turns Water Into Wine Prelude to the miracle (John 2:1-5)  Jesus had called several of His disciples on two previous days (John 2:1; 1:29, 40-42)  Mary, Jesus & His disciples are invited to a wedding feast in Cana.  Mary informs Jesus, “They have no wine.” Note the confidence of Mary in her Son’s ability to help (John 2:3, 5; cf. Luke 2:19, 51) Jesus gently rebukes Mary because His hour had not yet come; His work was on His heavenly Father’s timetable. (John 7:30; 8:20; 12:23, 27; 13:1; 17:1)

5. Jesus Turns Water Into Wine Particulars of the Miracle (John 2:6-10)  Six water pots of stone (each holding 20 to 30 gallons – a total of approximately 150 gallons)  The SERVANTS handled the water pots FILLED the pots to the brim Drew out some and took it to the Master of the Feast  The assessment of the Master of the Feast He did not know where the wine came from. He judged it to be BETTER than the wine set out at the first of the feast.

6. Jesus Turns Water Into Wine  Purpose of the Miracle (John 2:11) Jesus manifested His glory. His DISCIPLES believed.  Applications for us Jesus can provide for our needs even when we have used up all our resources. Jesus can change something that is common into something extraordinary!  He can change people with the POWER of the Gospel! (Rom. 1:16)  Like He changed the Corinthians, the Thessalonians and Saul of Tarsus

7. Jesus Turns Water Into Wine Does this miracle justify social drinking?  “Wine” can be either fermented or unfermented (Isaiah 65:8; Matthew 9:17; Revelation 19:15) The word “winepress” in Revelation 19:15 is translated from the phrase “ τὴν ληνὸν του ο ἴ νου ” which literally means “the press of the wine” The picture shows a wine press found in the Israel. It illustrates what Jesus described in Matt. 21:33 when He said that a land owner “dug a winepress”

8. Jesus Turns Water Into Wine Does this miracle justify social drinking?  Jesus lived under a law that forbade giving intoxicating wine to your neighbor (Habakkuk 2:15) or even looking at wine swirling in the cup (Proverbs 23:29-34)  Jesus made a law that forbade both drinking AND drunkenness (1 Peter 4:3; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10)  WOULD Jesus have made 150 gallons MORE of intoxicating wine to give to those who had already “well drunk”? (cf. John 2:10)