Wednesday, November 13, 2013

John 2:9&10



John 2:9&10 ... the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now. When Jesus was just beginning His ministry, He and his family were invited to a wedding at Cana in Galilee, near where they lived. Weddings in those days lasted several days with much feasting and drinking. The family usually hired a governor of the banquet, who inspected and approved the food and wine as it was served. Sometime into the banquet, the family ran out of wine. Jesus’ mother knew that Jesus had the supernatural power to do something about the wine problem, so she asked Him to get involved. In the New Testament, there is no word for grape juice. The word wine could be used for alcoholic wine or for grape juice. Since drunkenness is forbidden and wine is spoken against twice in Proverbs, Jesus probably made grape juice and not wine. Jesus asked the servants to fill the huge water storage tanks with fresh water. He then asked the servants to draw out the water and serve it to the guests. Either in the storage tanks or in the serving pitchers, the water was turned into grape juice. When the governor of the feast sampled the wine that Jesus had just made from water, the governor thought that it was the best that he had ever tasted. Jesus makes only the best! Jesus is not only interested in your spiritual condition, He cares about every little detail of your life. You can ask Jesus about toys and books and trips and friends. He cares about your every need – even the little ones.

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