Jn2:1-11 The First Sign of His Glory

# The First Sign of His Glory
## John 2:1-11

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+ CECBC prayer: Grace (YA) in Dom. Rep.
  + 2wk w/Medical Ministry Intl dental
  + Ps. Calvin @First CRC: work vs study

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alternate title: The Path to Glory

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[Chloe Kim, 2018 US Olympic gold medalist, snowboarding State Dept / D. Woolverton / Sean M. Haffey / Getty Images](# "caption")

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+ 2018 Winter Olympics in S.Korea
  + Chloe Kim: 17yo Korean-Am
  + youngest woman gold snowboard
  + father's support
+ read about **paths** to glory

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# What is the **path** to glory?

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+ achieve **success**
  + **make** sth of lives
  + leave lasting **legacy**
+ **many** paths to glory?
  + **hard work**, determination?
  + **chance** happenstance?
+ what path did **Jesus** follow on earth?

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## Covenant: Creation to Christ
+ The Gift of the *Law* [(Ex 20, Dt 5)](# "ref")
+ Unless the Lord *Builds* [(Ps 127)](# "ref")
+ Prepare the *Way* [(Is 57)](# "ref")
+ *Worship* in Word and Deed [(Is 58)](# "ref")
+ **The Path to Glory** [(Lk 2)](# "ref")
+ Christ's *Coronation* [(Mk 15)](# "ref")

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[(img: Bida, "Nicodemus and Jesus", 1874)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicodemus_Jesus.jpg "caption")

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[1](# "ref")
On the third day there was a **wedding** 
at **Cana** in Galilee, 
and the **mother** of Jesus was there.

[2](# "ref")
Jesus also was **invited** to the wedding 
with his disciples.

[John 2:1-2 (ESV) (p.1/6)](# "ref")

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[3](# "ref")
When the **wine** ran out, 
the **mother** of Jesus said to him, 
“They have **no wine**.”

[4](# "ref")
And Jesus said to her, 
“Woman, what does this **have to do** with me? 
My **hour** has not yet come.”

[5](# "ref")
His mother said to the **servants**, 
“**Do** whatever he tells you.”

[John 2:3-5 (ESV) (p.2/6)](# "ref")

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[6](# "ref")
Now there were six stone **water jars** there 
for the Jewish rites of **purification**, 
each holding twenty or thirty gallons.

[7](# "ref")
Jesus said to the servants, 
“**Fill** the jars with water.”

And they filled them up to the brim.

[John 2:6-7 (ESV) (p.3/6)](# "ref")

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[8](# "ref")
And he said to them, “Now **draw** some out 
and take it to the **master** of the feast.” 
So they took it.

[9](# "ref")
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),

[John 2:8-9 (ESV) (p.4/6)](# "ref")

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the master of the feast 
called the **bridegroom**
[10](# "ref")
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**.”

[John 2:9-10 (ESV) (p.5/6)](# "ref")

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[11](# "ref")
This, the **first** of his signs, 
Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, 
and manifested his **glory**.

And his disciples **believed** in him.

[John 2:11 (ESV) (p.6/6)](# "ref")

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## First Sign of Glory [(John 2a)](# "ref")
1. Glory in the **Son of God** [(v4a)](# "ref")
2. Glory in **Obedience** to the Father [(v4b)](# "ref")
3. Glory in Showing **Mercy** [(v11)](# "ref")

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+ changed **relationship** w/Mary
  + from **mother** to **daughter**
+ own **timing**, **path** to glory
+ love/eager to show **mercy**

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On the third day there was a **wedding** 
at **Cana** in Galilee,

and the **mother** of Jesus was there.

[John 2:1 (ESV)](# "ref")

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+ Jesus **grew up** in Galilee
  + often to **Jeru** (2-3 days)
  + now **adult**, call 1st **discip**
+ Cana: likely **Khirbet Kana** (ruins)
  + close to **Nazareth** (13km NW)
+ **Mary**: stayed in Galilee
  + poss Naz or **Capernaum**: v12
  + **Joseph**: not mentioned, poss dead
+ **wedding**: Jesus willing to attend
  + cf **John** not eating (Mt11:18-19)

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When the **wine** ran out, 
the **mother** of Jesus said to him, 
“They have **no wine**.”

[John 2:3 (ESV)](# "ref")

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+ Jewish weddings: **7-8 days**
  + wine for celebration, **ceremony**
  + need a **lot** of wine!
+ Mary: prob **helper**, poss **relative**
  + felt **resp** for success wed
+ Jesus: **guest**, not helper
  + not asking him to **buy** more wine
+ what was **Mary** thinking?
  + expecting a **miracle**
  + but Jesus had **not yet** done any
  + until now, obedient **son**:

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"Didn’t you know I had to be 
in **my Father’s house**?”

[51](# "ref")
But his mother **treasured** all these things 
in her heart.

[Luke 2:49,51 (NIV)](# "ref")

[(img: Hofmann, "Der zwölfjährige Jesus im Tempel", 1884)](# "caption")

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+ 12yrs old at **temple**:
  + returned **home**, **obedient**
+ Mary **treasured** up in heart
  + Jesus: "my **Father's** house"
  + who His **real** Father is
+ mother anticipated **glory** of son
  + since **before** birth:

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Behold, you will **conceive** in your womb 
and bear a **son**, 
and you shall call his name **Jesus**.

[32](# "ref")
He will be **great** and will be called 
the Son of the **Most High**.

[Luke 1:31-32 (ESV)](# "ref")

[(img: Murillo, "The Annunciation", 1660)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bartolom%C3%A9_Esteban_Perez_Murillo_023.jpg "caption")

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+ real Father: the **Most High**
+ what would His **greatness** look like?
  + mother's **hope** for her firstborn
  + perhaps **impatient** to see His fullest **potential**
+ now: heard of Jesus' recent **baptism**
  + **temptation**, call first few **discip**
  + would **now** be the time?

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The **mother** of Jesus said to him, 
“They have **no wine**.”

[John 2:3 (ESV)](# "ref")

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+ not a **demand** or even **request**
+ gentle **reminder**:
  + tangible, immediate **need**
+ perhaps **nudge** to get Jesus going
  + start **flourishing** amongst **family**
+ what was Jesus' **response**?

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Jesus saith unto her, 
**Woman**, what have **I** to do with **thee**?

[John 2:4 (KJV)](# "ref")

[(img: Daniel Sarrabat, "The Wedding at Cana)](# "caption")

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+ **woman**: not disrespectful
  + cf to Mary on **cross** (Jn19:26)
  + but not **mother**: changed **rl**
+ KJV: **I** / **thee**: Τί  ἐμοὶ  καὶ  σοί
  + NIV: why do you **involve** me?
  + ESV: what does **this** have w/me?
+ Hebrew **idiom**: what to me and to you?
  + (Mt8:29) Gadarenes **demoniacs**
  + (Jo15:18) **Caleb** daughter springs
+ not about **request**, but **relation**
  + not doesn't **care** about wedding
  + not necc **harsh** or irritated
+ what is the **nature** of our rl now?
  + e.g., dating: "**DTR**"
+ in what capacity are you **addressing** me?
  + a mother's **command**
    + or a daughter's **petition**?
  + from mother to **daughter**
  + from son to **Saviour**

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By a pillar of **cloud** you led them in the day, 
and by a pillar of **fire** in the night

to **light** for them 
the **way** in which they should go.

[Nehemiah 9:12 (ESV)](# "ref")
[(cf Ex13)](https://mobile.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ex13:17-22&version=NIV "ref")

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+ growing up in Chr home
+ pillar of fire as **nightlight**:
+ take His **blessings** for granted
+ forgot His **majesty**

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# Do I address Jesus as my **servant** or my **Saviour**?

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+ **impatient** for God to show His **power**?
+ remember God's **promises**
  + but don't see them **fulfilled**?
  + God needs **reminder** / nudge?
+ in what **capacity** do I **address** Him?
  + master's **command**
  + or servant's **plea**?
+ what to me and to you?

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## First Sign of Glory [(John 2a)](# "ref")
1. Glory in the Son of God [(v4a)](# "ref")
2. **Glory in Obedience to the Father** [(v4b)](# "ref")
3. Glory in Showing Mercy [(v11)](# "ref")

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+ as Mary's **son**, obedient
+ as Mary's **Saviour**:
  + own **timetable**, own **strategy**
  + own way of revealing His **glory**

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

**My hour** has **not yet** come.”

[John 2:4 (ESV)](# "ref")

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+ what was Jesus' **plan**?
  + baptized ⇒ tempted ⇒ call discip
+ first **public** appearance:
  + cleanse **temple**, ch2b:

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“Take these things away; 
do not make **my Father's** house 
a house of **trade**.”

[17](# "ref")
His disciples **remembered** that it was written, 
“**Zeal** for your house will **consume** me.”

[John 2:16-17 (ESV)](# "ref")

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+ (1) **location**: Jeru, not Galilee
  + prophet w/o **honour**
+ (2) **method**: not **miracle** power:
  + not seeking **fame**, gain glory
  + personal **encounters**
    + Nicodemus, Sychar woman
  + forbade healed from **telling** others
  + but **authority** over Father's house
+ (3) demonstrate true **family**:
  + **my Father's** house (quoting 12-yo)
  + natural family didn't **understand**:

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"No one works in **secret** 
if he seeks to be **known** openly. 
If you do these things, 
**show yourself** to the world."

[6](# "ref")
Jesus said to them, 
“**My time** has not yet come, 
but **your** time is always here."

[John 7:4,6 (ESV)](# "ref")

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+ well-meaning: want his **success**:
  + flourish, show **power**, take glory
+ e.g., pastor **boast** SS kids Ivy League
  + what is defn of **success**?
+ v5 brothers didn't **believe**
+ **my** time vs **your** time:
  + what to you and me?
  + 7 world **hates**: testify works evil
+ appl: parents: release kids into **God's** idea of success
  + **suffering** for sake of name of Jesus

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Have this **mind** among yourselves, 
which is yours in Christ **Jesus**,

[6](# "ref")
who, though he was in the **form** of God, 
did not count **equality** with God 
a thing to be **grasped**,

[7](# "ref")
but **emptied** himself, 
by taking the form of a **servant**

[Philippians 2:5-7 (ESV)](# "ref")

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+ **grasp**: seize, prize, spoil of war / force
+ **equality** w/God: take God's **glory**
+ **servant**: obedient to God's **plan**
+ v9 then **God** exalted him

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**Humble** yourselves before the Lord, 
and he will **lift** you up.

[James 4:10 (NIV)](# "ref")

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# Do I seek to be **known** by men,
# or to **submit** to God?

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+ God's **timetable**
+ **wait** upon the Lord: trust, humility
+ **humble** thyself in sight of Lord

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## First Sign of Glory [(John 2a)](# "ref")
1. Glory in the Son of God [(v4a)](# "ref")
2. Glory in Obedience to the Father [(v4b)](# "ref")
3. **Glory in Showing Mercy** [(v11)](# "ref")

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+ check self: how I **view** / address Him?
+ Jesus' **path** to glory:
  + not by **seizing** it for self
  + **submitting** to God's plan
+ even in **midst** of follow God's plan:
  + desire to show **mercy**
  + bc of beloved's **plea**

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His mother said to the **servants**, 
“**Do** whatever he tells you.”

[John 2:5 (ESV)](# "ref")

[(img: Gaetano Gandolfi, "The Marriage at Cana", 1766)](http://art.thewalters.org/detail/29388 "caption")

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+ clear that Jesus will take **action**
+ despite not Jesus' **method** for glory
  + nor His **timing** or **location**
+ miracle done in **private**:
  + even **master** of ceremonies: v9
+ not **reluc**: desire to show **mercy**
  + **char** of God, **heart** of Christ
  + Lk18 unrighteous **judge**:

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+ [(Archeology finds stone jars)](https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/daily-life-and-practice/jewish-purification-stone-vessel-workshop-galilee/)

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"Though I neither fear **God** nor respect **man**,

[5](# "ref")
yet because this widow keeps **bothering** me, 
I will give her **justice**,

so that she will not beat me down 
by her **continual** coming."

[Luke 18:4-5 (ESV) (p.1/2)](# "ref")

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+ if even an **unjust** judge
  + is willing to give **justice**
+ what about our loving, **just** Father?

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Hear what the **unrighteous** judge says.

[7](# "ref")
And will not God give **justice** 
to his **elect**, who **cry** to him day and night?

Will he **delay** long over them?

[Luke 18:6-7 (ESV) (p.2/2)](# "ref")

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+ v8 will bring **justice**, and **quickly**:
  + but will he find **faith** on earth?
+ God **desires** to have mercy upon us
+ He does not **leave** us to **suffer** in sin
  + or **wander** searching for His will

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When he saw the crowds, 
he had **compassion** for them, 
because they were harassed and **helpless**, 
like **sheep** without a shepherd.

[Matthew 9:36 (ESV)](# "ref")

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+ **compassion**: bowels, deeply moved
+ 37 harvest plentiful, **workers** few
  + **invites** us particip in compassion
+ e.g., **5min** bball w/SS teens
  + even when **tired**
+ e.g., **share** w/those in need
  + hurricane Harvey (TX)
  + even when don't have much

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This, the **first** of his signs, 
Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, 
and manifested his **glory**.

And his disciples **believed** in him.

[John 2:11 (ESV)](# "ref")

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+ **2nd** sign in Galilee after Passover:
  + end of Jn4: **Cana** / Capernaum
+ **glory**: not just **power** for wine
  + **mercy** to His daughter's **plea**

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He has told you, O man, what is **good**; 
and what does the Lord **require** of you

but to do **justice**, and to love **kindness**, 
and to walk **humbly** with your God?

[Micah 6:8 (ESV)](# "ref")

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+ God has been **merciful** to us:
+ **communion**: Christ's
  + **obedience** to Father
  + **sacrifice** for our sins
  + **mercy** in forgiving us
+ now our turn to have **mercy** on others:

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# Am I **eager** to show **mercy** to others?

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+ even when not according to my **plan**?
+ He who has been **forgiven** much,
  + **loves** much (Lk7:47)

but to do **justice**, and to love **kindness**, 
and to walk **humbly** with your God?

[Micah 6:8 (ESV)](# "ref")

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+ what is the **nature** of my rl w/Christ?
  + what to you and to me?
+ do I seek to be **known**, grasp **glory**?
  + or to **submit**, let God exalt?
+ am I **eager** to show **mercy**
  + even when not my **plan** / timing?
  + bc **God's** great mercy to me?

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