Epiphany, Part 3

Jesus’ first miracle of turning water into wine at the wedding in Cana reveals His power to transform lack and unmet expectations into overflowing abundance, symbolizing the new covenant and the abundant life He offers. This act demonstrates that in surrendering to Jesus’ guidance, even the emptiness of human effort is filled with His joy, grace, and transformative power.

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John 2:1-3
On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.”

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John 2:4
And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me?

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John 19:26
When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”

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John 2:4
And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.”

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John 2:5
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

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John 2:6-10
Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it. When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.”

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John 2:11-12
This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him. After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.

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John 1:14-18
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. (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.

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1. Are you posturing as a follower of Jesus or pursuing Him?
2. Are you king of your life or is Jesus?
3. Is your heart open or closed to the transforming power of Jesus?

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John 2:5
“Do whatever He tells you.”

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John 10:10
…I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

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“John notes these details to signify that the old covenant has been exhausted. Water jars used for the keeping of the regulations of the old covenant are filled, pointing to the fulfillment of the allotted time and intended purpose of the old covenant and its purification rites. Out of the old is drawn something new and better: the best wine. John does not call these supernatural things Jesus does “mighty works,” as the other Gospel writers do. Calling them “signs,” John has carefully selected and framed his presentation to bring out the ways in which Jesus is effecting the shift of the ages, the movement from old covenant to new, from water to wine.”

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Revelation 19:6-9
Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure”— for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”

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