WATER To WINE—Declaring God's Anointed-II—John 2:1-12
Attention:
On Stage—
Need:
Jesus turned water to wine in order to initiate/call attention to/set apart His public ministry.
Jesus is set apart as God’s Anointed.
Declaring God’s Anointed can/may be accomplished thru particular signs.
Why turn water into wine?
*Where is Jesus set apart as God’s Anointed?
6 stages for heralding God’s Anointed.
Previously we found that God’s Anointed is heralded on the stage of....
1. INSIGNIFICANCE(:1)
2. PRESSURE(:1-3)
3—God’s Anointed is heralded on the stage of...
DESIRE(:4)
Explanation:(:4)Will/‘Want to’/Wishes/Push God’s hand
:4—“Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does your concern have to do with Me? My hour has not yet come.”
:3—“This group of disciples meant to her[Mary] that Jesus had begun his Messianic work. So she dares propose the miracle to him.”—RWP
Jesus called Mary by a polite(similar to Ma’am) but not endearing term(Mother/Mama/Mommy). Jesus addresses Mary in a manner which now distances Him from her authority, this being due to His entrance into public ministry rather than as her son.
Judging from Jesus’ response(:4) to His mother’s statement, more is to be read into her statement than merely running an errand would afford. She is directly or indirectly responsible for the “wine” if not for other aspects of the celebration.
Either Mary was expecting Him to perform a miracle or she expected Him to take charge & assert Himself in some way to reveal to others who He was. Mary knew what the angel Gabriel had told her(Lk. 1:26-35). She also obviously knew of Jesus’ disciples.
Jesus denounced his mother’s remark as expecting something from Him which He was not at liberty to do until a particular time had come. She needed a ‘miracle.’ He had a particular “hour” which God would make plain to Him, as well as a particular manner in which He would respond in that hour.
“What does your concern have to do with Me?—A Hebrew idiom—literally reads—ti emoi kai soi—=‘What to Me & to you?’
KJV & NASB—“what have I to do with thee?” & “What do I have to do with you?”
When God says, “NO!”—Some get downright mad at God(for not giving them their way)!
We simply need to back away from OUR Desire!
?Do we ‘have peace’ in that situation/decision? And—?Why do we have peace?—?Is it God’s peace or something else?
“Woman”—gunh—1) A woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow; 2) A wife—2a) Of a betrothed woman. Strong—A woman; specially--A wife.
“What/Why”—tiv—1) Who, which, what. Strong—an interrogative pronoun, Who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions).
“Your concern...with/Do you Involve”—Added for translational effectiveness—
“Your/You”—soi—Pronoun—1) To you.
“To...me/To me”—emoi—Dative(to/toward) Pronoun—1) I, me, myself, etc. Strong—To me.
“Hour”—wra—1) A certain definite time or season fixed by natural law & returning with the revolving year—1a) Of the seasons of the year, spring, summer, autumn, winter; 2) The daytime (bounded by the rising & setting of the sun), a day; 3) A twelfth part of the day-time, an hour, (the twelve hours of the day are reckoned from the rising to the setting of the sun); 4) Any definite time, point of time, moment. Strong—apparently a primary word; An "hour" (literally or figuratively).
“Not yet”—oupw—Adverb—1) Not yet.
“Come”—hkw—1) To have come, have arrived, be present; 2) metaph.—2a) To come to one, i.e. To seek an intimacy with one, become his follower: to come upon one(unexpectedly), 2b) To come upon one, of things endured. Strong—To arrive, i.e. Be present(literally or figuratively). Used 27X.
Argumentation:
Gen. 32:28—“And He said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled[contended] with God & with men, & have prevailed.”
Gen. 35:9, 10—“Then God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Padan Aram, & blessed him. And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, but Israel shall be your name.” So He called his name Israel.”
Prevailed in the sense of being the one thru whom God would be glorified.
Job 40:1-5—“Moreover the LORD answered Job, & said: “Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? He who rebukes God, let him answer it.” Then Job answered the LORD & said: “Behold, I am vile; What shall I answer You? I lay my hand over my mouth. Once I have spoken, but I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
In the same manner as God reminded Job in Job chapters 38-42, so Isaiah:
Isa. 40:12-15—“Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, Measured heaven with a span And calculated the dust of the earth in a measure? Weighed the mountains in scales And the hills in a balance? Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, Or as His counselor has taught Him? With whom did He take counsel, & who instructed Him, And taught Him in the path of justice? Who taught Him knowledge, And showed Him the way of understanding? Behold, the nations are as a drop in a bucket, And are counted as the small dust on the scales; Look, He lifts up the isles as a very little thing.
Isa. 45:8-10—“Rain down, you heavens, from above, And let the skies pour down righteousness; Let the earth open, let them bring forth salvation, And let righteousness spring up together. I, the LORD, have created it. “Woe to him who strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ Or shall your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’? Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What are you begetting?’ Or to the woman, ‘What have you brought forth?’”
1Cor. 10:23, 24—“All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful; all things are lawful for me, but not all things edify. Let no one seek his own, but each one the other’s well-being.”
Rom. 9:18-24— “Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, & whom He wills He hardens. You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?” But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor & another for dishonor? What if God, wanting to show His wrath & to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, & that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?”
This sovereign authority also plays into freewill & responsibility of man.
Rom. 11:33-36—“Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom & knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments & His ways past finding out! “For who has known the mind of the LORD? Or who has become His counselor? Or who has first given to Him And it shall be repaid to him?” For of Him & through Him & to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.”
Prov. 21:23-24—“Whoever guards his mouth & tongue Keeps his soul from troubles. A proud & haughty man-- “Scoffer” is his name; He acts with arrogant pride.”
1Sam. 2:2, 3—“No one is holy like the LORD, For there is none besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God. Talk no more so very proudly; Let no arrogance come from your mouth, For the LORD is the God of knowledge; And by Him actions are weighed.”
Js. 4:16, 17—“But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. Therefore, to him who knows to do good & does not do it, to him it is sin.”
Jn. 7:16-18—“Jesus answered them[His Jewish detractors] & said, “My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me. If anyone wants to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority. He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, & no unrighteousness is in Him.”
Heb. 13:20, 21—“Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever & ever. Amen.”
Mat. 16:21-25—“From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, & suffer many things from the elders & chief priests & scribes, & be killed, & be raised the third day. Then Peter took Him aside & began to rebuke Him, saying, “Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!” But He turned & said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.” Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, & take up his cross, & follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.”
Mat. 3:1-3—“In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, & saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the LORD; Make His paths straight.’”
Mat. 4:12-17—“Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, He departed to Galilee. And leaving Nazareth, He came & dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun & Naphtali, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: “The land of Zebulun & the land of Naphtali, By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles: The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, And upon those who sat in the region & shadow of death Light has dawned.” From that time Jesus began to preach & to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Mat. 10:5-7—“These twelve Jesus sent out & commanded them, saying: “Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, & do not enter a city of the Samaritans. But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’”
Illustration:
A manipulator—Maybe not even malicious—Parents are the usual culprits!—Steering their children do become MDs & Lawyers & CEOs, etc./Yet the parent’s way of doing this can placate the parent’s personal desires for their children rather than seeking their children’s betterment in the way they should go/Opposes Proverbs 22:6—“Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.”/Personal DESIRE—Oblivious to God’s desire
Similar to Satan’s tempting Jesus in the wilderness(Mat. 4:1-11; Lk. 4:1-13)— “If you are the Son of God, then...”—Make bread from stones, Throw yourself down, Accept my provision/Personal DESIRE—Opposed to Oblivious to God’s desire
Application:
?Your Personal DESIRE a stage upon which Jesus is heralded?
?You set the Stage for heralding God’s Anointed?
CONCLUSION:
Action:
God’s Anointed is heralded on the stage of...
3. DESIRE(:4)
1. INSIGNIFICANCE(:1)
2. PRESSURE(:1-3)
Pt. 3 only! Presented 03/15/2015am to:
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