The Gospel: The First Miracle

What does it really mean to know who Jesus is? At a wedding in the obscure town of Cana, Jesus performs his very first miraculous sign: turning water into wine. As Jesus' first miracle, its a sign through which he reveals who he is. And remarkably, instead of choosing a large platform or a public performance, He instead chooses to reveal himself through a nameless couple in a nowhere place, showing us that God's salvation comes through the ordinary and the obscure.

In this message, Reverend Donny walks through three things: who Jesus is, what he did, and what we are supposed to do with it. We see Jesus as the true Lord of the feast, the one who saves the best wine for last. He wants us to not just know that God is good, but to taste and see it for ourselves. And we discover what it cost him: when he tells his mother his hour has not yet come, he is pointing ahead to the cross, where he would drink the cup of God's wrath and take on our curse so that we could taste his joy.

Finally, what we are supposed to do with it: like Mary, come to Jesus empty and desperate, bring him even our smallest concerns in prayer, and trust him, sitting amidst this world's sorrow while sipping the coming joy, because Jesus is saving the best for last.