At the end of the Bible book that he wrote,
John has this interesting little statement
that he throws in there.
He says that,
he supposed,
that if he would write down everything
that Jesus ever did and said,
it would probably fill more than there are books
in the entire world.
Now, that is an incredible thing to think about.
Don't you wonder the other things that Jesus did?
Well, other things that we do have recorded
that Jesus did,
some of the most famous things are His miracles.
So this week, we're going to talk about
some of the most famous miracles that Jesus performed,
and think about...
Well, what do these mean for me today?
So let's start with maybe the easiest one,
one of the more famous ones
is actually His first miracle,
when Jesus turned water into wine.
You can find that story in John chapter two
if you want to read it sometime.
So quick summary here,
Jesus and His first four disciples,
go to a village in northern Israel called Cana,
they go to a wedding reception.
Well, when they arrive,
Jesus' mother, Mary,
tells them, "Well there's no more wine".
That might sound like no big deal,
but understand in those cultural days,
this was a big deal because wedding celebrations
weren't just a few hours,
they would last up to an entire week.
This was a catastrophe, so to speak,
for their celebration.
So Jesus told some of the servants,
to take these big six stone jars,
and to fill them with water.
Maybe about 120 to 180 gallons worth of water.
So then they drew this water,
and they took it to the headmaster of the banquet,
and sure enough, it was wine
and not just any wine,
it was really, really good choice wine.
This is an incredible thing
to think about how Jesus would do this
and there's some very good take home points
that easily come to mind.
First of all, God is so good
in graciously providing for us.
Again, this would have been,
sort of an embarrassment
for the bride and groom and their families,
maybe even a sign of poverty,
to run out of wine at their own wedding celebration.
And so not only did Jesus provide,
but point two,
pours open the floodgates of blessings.
Maybe some 750 bottles or so of wine,
and again, really, really good wine.
But there's one more point
that we really don't want to overlook with this miracle.
And I'll say that a lot this week,
there's a lot of things
that Jesus has with the miracles
that are very personal touches,
very specific points that He is making.
So as we read at the beginning of this chapter,
we actually see that they went there on the third day,
it says.
Well, that might seem like an insignificant detail,
but we have to understand, Peter, Andrew, James and John,
this was their second day of being a disciple.
They probably had all kinds of questions swirling like,
"What am I doing here?,
"I dropped everything to follow Jesus.
"Is He even worth following?"
Well, sure enough,
they go to this wedding
and Jesus performs this miracle,
and guess who knew about it?
It wasn't the bride and groom,
It wasn't all the people at the reception at the party.
It was a few servants,
his mother, Mary,
and Peter, Andrew, James and John.
And so the story concludes by saying this,
You see this specific point,
for His disciples and for us,
is that with this miracle,
Jesus was just starting to open the door,
to reveal His glory and show who He really is,
our Almighty powerful God.
So come back this week,
as we talk about miracles
and we see who our powerful Savior Jesus really is.
Do you have a favorite miracle
that Jesus performed that really touches your heart?
Share it in the comments below
so that we can hear from one another and,
who knows,
maybe it'll make the list of miracles
we talk about this week.
So come back tomorrow
and join us for the rest of this wonderful week.