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โข What is something nice someone did for you recently?
โข Have you ever been to a party where the food or drinks ran out? What happened?
โข Tell us about a time you had an urgent need and someone was able to meet it.ย
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๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ. ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฎ:๐ญ๐ญ
(Read also ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฎ:๐ญโ๐ญ๐ฌ.)
In his account of Jesusโ life, John the disciple wrote about seven signs, or miracles, that Jesus used to reveal His glory to His disciples and followers. Jesusโ first miracle was at a wedding in Cana, a weeklong event where the food and wine should not run out. At this wedding, however, the host ran out of wine. Jesus, moved by the need He saw, revealed His glory to His disciples for the first time by turning water into wine. Let us look at three qualities of Jesus revealed by this miracle.
๐ญ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐โ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒโ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐.
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, โ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.โ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ.ย ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฎ:๐ณ
When Jesus was told that there was no more wine left, He responded that it was not yet time to manifest His glory. The lack of wine was also not a critical event to anyone except the host, for it would bring great shame to the family. When Jesus turned the water into wine, the only ones who knew were His disciples and the servants, those behind the scenes. Through the miracle, Jesus met a need and revealed His power and concern for people. What do you think may have moved Jesus to respond?
๐ฎ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐โ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ (๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ), ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, โ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ.โ ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฎ:๐ต-๐ญ๐ฌ
Jesus did not only turn water into wineโHe turned it into excellent wine. He went beyond what was expected and upheld the hostโs honor and hospitality. Even if the wedding was not a critical life-or-death situation, Jesus abundantly met the need before Him. He used the imagery of wine as mentioned by the prophets (Joel 3:18; Amos 9:13โ14; Jeremiah 31:12) to show His blessed fruitfulness and provision. How does this miracle illustrate the grace of God as described in John 1:16?
๐ฏ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐โ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ (๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ), ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ . . .ย ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฎ:๐ต
Jesus did not seek attention for the miracle in any way. The servants did not tell the master of the feast about the miracle, and the host received the credit for the wine. Turning water into wine at the wedding of Cana was Jesusโ first miracle, but He manifested Godโs glory in the humblest way and only to those behind the scenes. Why do you think Jesus chose to reveal Godโs glory in this way?
The first sign points to the purpose of all the signs: to manifest the glory of Jesus Christ. The first sign shows us several things: it reveals Christโs power and authority; it shows His concern for people and their needs; and it shows His value for allโeven those behind the scenes.ย
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โข Do you believe that Jesus is a miracle worker? Based on the Bible story, what kind of miracle worker is He? How may He have been at work in your own life?
โข Jesusโ abundant grace is seen in how He meets the needs of the people. What would โabundant graceโ look like in your life today?
โข Is there a story of Jesusโ miracles and grace that you can share with your family members and friends this week? What is that story and how can you share it?
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โข Thank Jesus for His abundant grace and love that moves Him to work miracles in your life.
โข Pray that as you continue to believe in Jesus, you will also continue to see Godโs glory manifested in your life through miracles.ย
โข Ask God to show His glory to your family members and friends through miracles in your life and in their lives as well. Pray for an opportunity to share Godโs love and grace with them.ย