Water Into Wine

While Jesus and His disciples  were attending a wedding feast in the Galilean town of Cana , He preformed His first recorded miracle, that of turning ordinary water into wine.

The Wine Runs Out

Wine was always an important part of any celebration but here in Cana , unbeknown to the guest at large, it was ,during the festivities  discovered that the wine had run out.When Mary ,the mother of Jesus , became  aware of the need she approached her Son instinctively knowing that He would solve the problem.

"On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”John:2:1-3

It seems that at first Jesus is a little reluctant to act, yet His mother acts none the less , seemingly with the faith that Jesus would do what ever is needed in the situation.

" Dear woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come.”

His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”John:2:4-5

Stone Ritual Jars

Now there was on hand six stone ceremonial  washing pots for the purification rituals that the Jews were careful to observe. These stone vessels could hold up as much as twenty or thirty gallons of water. 

"Jesus said to them, Fill the water pots with water. And they filled them up to the brim" John:2:7

The servants  follow Jesus' instructions and fill jars full, He then tells them to draw some of the water out and take it to the Master of the feast. When they draw it out , they find that it is no longer ordinary water but wine, and not just wine but the best of wine.

"Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”

They did so,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 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.” John:2:8-10

 Transformed

What filled the jars, was more than what any could of thought or even hoped. These jars were no longer vessels of a ritualistic uses, but became, through the word of Jesus receptacles of His grace and power.  It was not just water to quench a thirst ,but wine to gladden the heart and reflect the blessing and joy of  God.

"So shall your barns be filled with plenty, and your presses shall burst out with new wine" Proverbs:3:10

 "And wine that makes glad the heart of man" Psalm:104:15a

What Jesus is showing through this miracle, is,  that He is the one Who transforms  us , brings us out of  the stone dead ritualistic religion symbolized by the stone jars,   into a new and joyful relationship of being  vessels of His grace , filled with the new wine of a new life that is better than the old.. "but you have saved the best till now."

 This speaks of  new life we have in Christ, this relationship in which we are transformed , is far above any  religion, which was as the Old Covenant. He has done this for us ,making us vessels of His mercy and grace.

"And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared to glory," Romans:9:23

The wine used at the start of the Cana wedding which ran out, that is,  it will not last, this world and any and all that it offers is only temporary and will fade away, that is,  it will run out.

 Fermentation

Wine naturally is the result of a process, which is known as fermentation,it makes mere juice, wine. This new life is the result of process of the Holy Spirit changing us into new creations. It is this water into wine miracle that is presented in the Gospel of John at the very beginning as foretaste of the entire mission of Jesus, He came to bring humanity new life,  now and forever more, a life that is transformed and new.He is inaugurating a spiritual fermentation for us. 

This speaks to us that this is not just a past miracle, at Cana alone  but an ongoing one in the lives of any and all who will but freely receive it.

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."2Corinthians:5:17

Wedding Supper to Come

 We are filled with this new life, this new wine,which is cause for us to be filled with His Joy , looking forward with anticipation of Eternal Celebration of the Wedding Supper, that all weddings even the one at Cana is but a faint copy at best.
 "And he said to me, Write, Blessed are they which are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true sayings of God." Revelation:19:9

 This is the one that we all will rejoice in for all eternity in the eternal life in Jesus.That is a message of Jesus turning water into wine. Amen

Rev.Todd Crouch, Pastor

The Fountain of Life Church a Congregation of Grace Communion

Washington, Pa 

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