Jesus Changes Water Into Wine
2 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”
4 “Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.
7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.
8 Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”
They did so, 9 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 10 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.”
11 What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
John 10:22-42
22 Then came the Festival of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was in the temple courts walking in Solomon’s Colonnade. 24 The Jews who were there gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”
25 Jesus answered, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify about me, 26 but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”
31 Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him, 32 but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?”
33 “We are not stoning you for any good work,” they replied, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.”
34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you are “gods”’? 35 If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be set aside— 36 what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’? 37 Do not believe me unless I do the works of my Father. 38 But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.” 39 Again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.
40 Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing in the early days. There he stayed, 41 and many people came to him. They said, “Though John never performed a sign, all that John said about this man was true.” 42 And in that place many believed in Jesus.
Jesus never told us or taught that man could do the all things He did, while He was on earth...He can do things no other man or men have ever done...
Jesus and His mother were once at a wedding in Cana and the wedding party ran out of wine...Jesus did a miracle and turned water into wine...Here is how He did it...Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons...Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim...Then He told the servants, “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...The servants are very important here...They were participants in the actual miracle...They knew what happened...
The servants knew as eyewitnesses that Jesus had turned water into wine...But I am sure there might have been others at the wedding, who did not believe that water was turned into wine...They probably thought that there was already wine in the six stone water jars...And there might have been a few that did not even notice that there was a miracle going on around them...Some people find it difficult to believe in miracles...They find it difficult to believe what Jesus claims to be...Pascal said, “In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadow for those who don't.”...
Jesus never said everything done in nature is explainable to man, such as His miracles...Jesus asked this, "Why then do you accuse Me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I AM God’s Son?"... He tells us "Do not believe Me unless I do the works of My Father...But if I do them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father."...
Jesus asks us to have faith in Him...He asks us to believe that He is, in fact, the Son of God, and He does the work and works of God...He wants us to have faith and believe in Him and the miracles He did and does...