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by GLENN PEASE
02/27/18
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PART 2 OF THE WEDDING OF CANA

IN JOHN 2:1-11

VERSE5 Mary is satisfied Jesus will do what is best and so submits to Him
and tells the servants to do the same. She understands his need to time things right and is content to leave him in control of the decision. She is no control freak who has to have it her way. She can let go and let God. Barclay writes, "Even when Mary did not understand what Jesus was going to do, even when it seemed that He had refused her request, Mary still believed in Him so much that she turned to the serving folk and told them to do what ever Jesus told them to do. Mary had the faith, which could trust even when it did not understand. She did not know what Jesus was going to do, but she was quite sure that He would do the right thing."   Mary did not read into what Jesus said, a no, forget it, I won't help, but rather, give me time to figure it out. She said, fine, you guys do what He says when He comes up with a solution.

John E. Large writes, "Among all the words ever recorded the whole human history of the worlds literature, can you conceive of a wiser command or of a lovelier valedictory?"

Obedience is a key idea here. The miracle took place in an environment of complete obedience to the will of Jesus. Obedience is a key subject all through the Bible. We see here-

PERFECT OBEDIENCE-WHAT EVER
PRACTICAL OBEDIENCE-DO
PERSONAL OBEDIENCE-HE TELLS YOU

PART 2 OF THE WEDDING OF CA

Whatsoever He bids you, do it,
Though you may not understand:
Yield to Him complete obedience,
Then you'll see His mighty hand;
"Fill the water pots with water,"
Fill them to the very brim;
He will honor all your trusting
Leave the miracle to Him!

Oh, ye Christians, learn the lesson!
Are you struggling all the way?
Cease your trying, change to trusting;
Then you'll triumph every day!

"Whatsoever He bids you, do it,"
Fill the water pots to brim;
But remember, 'tis His battle
Leave the miracle to Him!
Thomas Allan

The forces of nature obeyed Jesus:
At Cana first His power is shown His might the blushing waters own And, changing as He speaks the word, Flow wine, obedient to their Lord.
The servants would not see how filling these jars with water was relevant to the need. Everyone had already washed and that is why they were empty. Why do the irrelevant? All they had to do was obey Jesus and it would become clear that there was a purpose. Just do your best and let Him do the rest. Jesus could have done it without their help, but He always likes to have some human cooperation in all of His miracles. Jesus does not expect men to do miracles, but He does expect them to do what they can do, such as filling water pots.

When man's resources run out and come to an end the story is neve rover. Jesus can step in and supply what man cannot. The law could get man just so far, but only grace could get him into the abundant life. Water can only become wine by the grace of God: law can never do it.

VERSE 6                           Lloyd C. Douglas, author of the Robe, wrote an earlier book called Those Disturbing Miracles. In it he wrote, "Surely he is a very unfortunate reader of this epic who gets himself so distracted by all those stone water pots that he misses the real and only point at issue, which is the simple fact that Jesus bears a transforming power, that He turns water into wine, frowns into smiles, whispers of fear into anthems of hope, deserts into gardens, and sin-blistered souls into valorous saints by the catalyzing alchemy of a selfless love."

We read in Mark 7:3, "The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders." These six jars would hold anywhere from 120 to 180 gallons. This does not mean that Jesus made all of the water in these jars into wine. Some feel that as the smaller vessel was dipped into one of these jars it was changed to wine. Some feel it was only the vessel dipped into the well after the jars were filled that was turned to wine. The fact is nobody knows how much wine was created.

VERSE8 Draw out now=a debatable image. Did they draw out of the 6 waterpots or out of the well? If out of the well then it was only the wine in their small containers that was turned into wine. This would mean a very limited amount of wine. If out of the water pots it could mean Jesus changed all the water into wine in those six pots and this would be an enormous amount of wine. Most believe the wine was made just for that occasion to fill a need near the end of the celebration and that there was no need for an enormous amount.

VERSE 9 The ruler of the feast=not the master of ceremonies but the man in charge of the arrangement of the room and the food and drink. He was the wine steward or the hear waiter. He was responsible for tasting the wine.

Jesus could have made wine out of nothing, but He chose to change the lower to the higher. He takes what is and lifts it to what it can be. He takes the lowly life and transforms it into a higher life.

The master of the banquet did not know there was a problem being solved. The guests did not know there was a problem. If everybody knew Jesus did a miracle to supply wine the bride and groom would still be embarrassed which would defeat the purpose of the miracle.

VERSE 10 Drunk freely=Turner says the word here means to become intoxicated. They are now less alert to taste and so can take watered down wine and not notice is the point.

Barclay writes that he probably spoke in jest saying, "most people served the good wine first; and then, when the guests have drunk a good deal, and when their palates are dulled and when they are not in much of a condition to appreciate what they are drinking, they serve the inferior wine, but you have kept the best until now."

Barclay writes again, "Every story John tells us, not of something Jesus did once and never did again, but of something Jesus is forever and eternally doing. ...........and what John wants us to see here is not that Jesus once on a day turned some waterpots of water into wine; he wants us to see that whenever Jesus comes into life, there comes a new quality which it like turning water into wine."

Quesnel writes, "God gave at first the old wine of the law, without strength, spirit or taste; and in the fullness of time He gave the new wine, of a strong and powerful taste, which enables us to fulfill the law, which inebriates the heart in a holy manner..."


Dear Friend! whose presence in the house
Whose gracious word benign,
Could once, at Cana's wedding-feast
Change water into wine.


Come, visit us, and when dull work
Grows weary, line on line,
Revive our souls, and make us see
Life's water glow as wine.

Gay mirth shall deepen into joy,
Earth's hopes shall grow divine,
When Jesus visits us, to turn
Life's water into wine.

Transforming the commonplace into the glorious is the work Jesus loves to do. He takes moral waste and turns it into moral wealth, says Clovis Chappell. Luther Burbank said every weed is a potential flower and he proved it by turning many weeds into flowers. He made the cactus bloom. It is a godly work to take the commonplace and glorify it. Jesus took the churches greatest menace-Saul, and turned him into the churches greatest missionary-Paul.

THE WORST FOR THE LAST: There is a certain amount of social deception in all of life, and here is a case of economy and planning so as to use even the poor quality wine. If it is done at the right time nobody will notice. You hide the poor to give the impression there is no poor. Any good host wants to make a good impression. The problem is this is the world's system. It offers a lot of fun at the beginning and does not tell you of the worst for last. In contrast Jesus may call you to take up the cross at the beginning but He offers the best for the last. John Bunyan in Pilgrims Progress has Christian go through great trial, but at last he comes to the land of eternal bliss and cries out, "O Jesus, Jesus, Jesus thou hast indeed kept the best wine until now." Satan has the worst at last, but the Savior has the best.

Quality is important to our Lord. He does not make the good, or the better only, but He makes the best.
Such is thy banquet, dearest Lord;
O give us grace, to cast
Our lot with Thine, to trust Thy word,
And keep our best till last.

John Keble The Pulpit Commentary says, "It is a Christian act to increase the innocent pleasures of the world. Where the cup of gladness is not full, Jesus will fill it. The good of this miracle is made manifest as one considers what an effectual protest it is against those who would make religion the necessary enemy of deep-rooted social customs."
The Pulpit Commentary says, "God's grace is progressively revealed in the individual experience of Christians. The longer Jesus is known, the more are His benefits realized, and the more He is valued."

VERSE11

FIRST F.W. Robertson writes, "This was the "beginning of miracles"
which Jesus did, and yet He was now 30 years of age. For 30 years He had done no miracle; and that is in itself almost worthy to be called a miracle. That He abstained for 30 years from the expression of His wonder-working power is as marvelous as that He possessed for 3 years the power to exert. He was content to live long in deep obscurity.................................He could bide His time. He had the strength to wait."                                          "In all the works of God there is a conspicuous absence of haste and hurry." SIGN It leads the spectator's eye off from the deed to the doer. The signs point to Jesus.We are not to get so into the sign that we forget the one to whom it points.
Barclay writes, "To John miracles were the signs of the love of God. In any miracle, then, there are three things. There is the wonder, which leaves men dazzled, astonished, aghast. There is the power, which is effective, which can deal with and mend a broken body, and unhinged mind, a bruised heart, a power, which can do things. There is the sign which tells of the love in the heart of God who does such things for men."
Manifested his glory=(doxa) It occurs twenty times in John's Gospel. The verb to glorify is used 22 times, more than any other Gospel. This sign was to glorify Jesus, and that means to make him honorable in our sight. Origen, the church father says the main significance of this miracle is in its symbolizing that to the Christian Jesus is the source of joy.

Barclay writes, " it was in sympathy, in kindness, in understanding for simple folk that Jesus acted. Nearly everyone can do the big thing on the big occasion; but it takes Jesus to do the big thing on a simple, homely occasion like this. There is a kind of natural human maliciousness which rather enjoys the misfortune of others, and which delights to make a good story of them over the teacups. But Jesus, the Lord of all life, and the King of Glory, use His power to save a simple Galilaean lad and lass from shame and humiliation. It is just by such deeds of understanding, simple kindliness that we too can show that we are followers of Jesus Christ."
It is the glory of anything to be true to its nature. There is the glory of the Sun and the glory of the moon and the glory of the stars. Each is glorious as they are true to their nature. Jesus is glorified by being true to His nature. He is a caring, loving Savior who will do what He can in any situation to add to the joy of life. It is His nature to do so. We see in the next passage that it was also His nature to reject and resist injustice and do what he could to prevent it. He was glorified in anger as well as in this positive miracle. F. W. Robertson says it was also His glory to sanctify all things natural and all natural relationships.

Glory Of The Common Glory In His Concern Glory In His Control.The Pulpit Commentary says, "Does it seem to the reader of this simple narrative that this language is somewhat strained-is pitched rather to high? And obscure village, a homely festival, a peasant's party;-are these suggestive of, harmonious with, this great word "glory"?   Ah! let us not be deceived by outward appearances; but rather remember that, as the world judges, there was no glory in Jesus anymore than in His surroundings, His associates."

Beginnings are important for they contain the seed of all that is to follow. You can see some of the future by looking at the beginning. The Gospel is good news and so from the very beginning Jesus does what is good and joy producing. Jesus has some terrible things to say about judgement and hell, but these things were said to those who rejected his good news. They were not his message but rather the consequence of not receiving his message. They are valid truths of Jesus but they are not his Gospel. Jesus wins the lost with good news of salvation and only gives the negative warnings to those who will not receive the good news.

His disciples put their faith in Him. This was really very much a secret miracle. Nobody said, "Listen everybody, for your entertainment and pleasure Jesus is going to turn water into wine. It was a secret sign to the disciples and not to the crowd of wedding guests. Jesus was not a showman or opportunist who used His miracles like magic to make money or draw crowds for entertainment. The Apocryphal gospels have Jesus all sorts of things like making clay birds and then making them fly away, or lengthening boards that were too short as a carpenter. Jesus used miracles only for the benefit of others and to be signs of His deity.

Faith can grow. It is like all living things. Give it more evidence and it gets stronger. The disciples did not start with a full-grown faith and neither do we. Our faith is to see and hear more and more of what Jesus can do and get stronger and stronger. Faith is progressive and gets stronger as revelation progresses. The disciples were fairly new in their faith and this first miracle gave them strong confirmation they were truly following the Messiah. They were not just impressed with the gift but with the Giver.
12. After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and      brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days.

13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went      up to Jerusalem.

  14 In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and      doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money.
15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the
temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the      money-changers and overturned their tables.
16 To those who sold doves he said, "Get these out of here!
How      dare you turn my Father's house into a market!"
17 His disciples remembered that it is written: "Zeal for your
house will consume me." {Psalm 69:9}
18 Then the Jews demanded of him, "What miraculous sign
       can you      show us to prove your authority to do all this?"
19 Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and I will raise
it again in three days."
20 The Jews replied, "It has taken forty-six years to build
this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?"
21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body.
22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled
what he had said. Then they believed the Scripture and the
words that Jesus had spoken.
23. Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many
people saw the miraculous signs he was doing and believed in
his name. {Or and believed in him}
24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all      men.
25 He did not need man's testimony about man, for he knew             what was in a man.

VERSE13 PASSOVER: This was to Israel what Christmas is to us. A large part of the yearly income came from this season of celebration. A million or more people came to Jerusalem during this seven-day celebration. Wherever there is a lot of money to be made people come up with ways to do it. Greed takes over and people sell for five dollars what is worth five cents. Jesus lived in a world where religion was used as a racket to make money off people. History does not change. Jesus was angered by those who take advantage of others in the area of economics. Jesus knew this was a popular time for the masses and he chose this time on purpose for he knew the value of advertising and the appeal to the crowds. You have to get the attention of people to make an impact.

VERSE14 The second sign Jesus would show was here in the temple. First the home and then the temple. These two places are where all men need to sense the presence of God. The foundation for any nation is in the home and the church. The secular and the sacred life have this in common-they both need the power and the presence of God.

MONEY CHANGERS: The Roman coins with the image of the Emperor on them could not be used in the temple, and so they needed to be exchanged for Jewish coins. Morgan says they were also there to make religion easy and less expensive. You could change your large coins for smaller ones so you did not have to give as much. You could also buy a lamb or small pigeons there and not have to bring your own. This made religion much more convenient and less demanding.

VERSE 15 This is the only record of Jesus using force. It had to be an unusual situation calling for force to motivate this unusual response of Jesus. This act of anger was out of the ordinary for Him.
Arthur Pink writes, "We think of the Lord Jesus as the gentle and compassionate One. And such He was and still is. But this is not all He is.......................................Scripture speaks of "The wrath of the Lamb," And our lesson furnishes us with a solemn illustration of this. The unresisting money-changers and cattle-dealers, fleeing in terror before His flashing eye and upraised hand, give warning of what shall happen when the wicked stand before the throne of His judgement."

Whip=this was a whip commonly used to flog those being crucified. The Egyptian Pharaohs of the New Kingdom Period were sculptured holding across the chest a similar scourge as a symbol of their authority.
Sheep and cattle: You can imagine the noise and stench that people experienced as they entered this area. George Turner writes, " The temple "market' was indefensible whether from the standpoint of aesthetics, reverence, hygiene, or justice."

Adrienne von Speyr writes, "It was an elemental action; he gave no warning, preached no sermon, and gave no counsel: it was a storm that cleared the atmosphere. In other circumstances he was always ready to receive the sinner, but in this case there was no alternative. They were shopkeepers wanting in taste, in sense, in understanding, entirely preoccupied with material concerns and there was no point of contact with them. Jesus reveals that sometimes the negative must come before the positive can work. You have to get rid of the negative for the positive to make sense.

VERSE 16 DOVES C.S. Lovett writes," Cattle could be driven and later
collected, so nothing is lost, neither is there any hurt. Money thrown to the ground could be regathered. But loosed doves would fly away, so he merely orders them taken away. Even in anger, Christ acts prudently. He rebukes all, yet none is injured, nothing is lost. What an example! It was prophesied, "behold my servant shall deal wisely!" (Isa.52:13).
Ronald Ward writes, "Our Lord did not overturn the tables bearing the birds in their cages, for fear of hurting them. His anger against men did not include His other creatures. Even the animal creation benefits from His coming (Rom.8:19-22).   The priorities got all twisted around. It started as a convenience for worshippers to have the moneychangers there and the sacrifices, but this convenience came to be the primary business of the temple. Worship was put on the back shelf and especially for the Gentile. Business took precedence over worship and this is sacrilege to Jesus. The church is to make worship the first priority and be different from the world and its pursuits. When this is not the case materialism dominates spirituality and men lose the essence of worship and the sense of God's presence.

My Father's house. Here is a direct claim to his Messiahship. God, the God of this temple was his Father. This was the basis for his authority.
MARKET OR DEN OF THEIVES: Arthur Pink writes quoting Dr. Dods, "The poor was shamefully cheated, and the worship of God was hindered and impoverished instead of being facilitated and enriched. The worshiper who came to the temple seeking quiet and fellowship with God had to push his way through the touts of dealers, and have his devotional temper dissipated by the wrangling and shouting of a cattle market. Yet although many must have lamented this, no one had been bold enough to rebuke and abolish the glaring profanation."

George Hutcheson writes, "Things lawful, being done in a wrong time and place, become sin;..." Merchandise selling is perfectly legitimate but not in this context where it hinders worship which is the primary purpose of the temple.

Barclay writes, "He acted as he did because Gods house was being desecrated. In the temple there was worship without reverence. Reverence is an instinctive thing. Edward Seago, the artist, tells how he took two gypsy children on a visit to a cathedral in England. They were wild enough children at ordinary times. But, he tells us, from the moment he came into the cathedral they were strangely still and quiet: All the way home they were unusually solemn; And it was not until the evening time that they returned to their normal boisterousness. Instinctive reverence was in their uninstructed hearts. Worship without reverence can be terrible thing.

The court of the gentiles was the only place a gentile could worship in the temple. With all of the noise of the animals and the shouts of the hucksters and the racket of business there was no way a gentile could experience reverence. This angered Jesus because men who were seeking God were prevented from experiencing His presence. It is a severe evil to rob people of the chance to experience reverence.

VERSE 17 The quote is from Psalm 69:9. This is the most quoted Psalm in the New Testament. The references to vicarious suffering make it a distinctive messianic message. When the Messiah came He would be filled with zeal for the house of God. When they saw Jesus with such zeal it was confirmed in their mind that He was indeed the Messiah.

VERSE 18 The Jewish leaders were fanatics for signs, but they could not see one even when it bit them in the nose. Jesus was giving them signs all the time, yet they were forever asking him for a sign. After he healed a demon possessed man who was blind and mute we read in Matt. 12:38 Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him,'Teacher, we want to see a miraculous sign from you'" After he fed the five thousand they say to him in John 6:30, "What miraculous sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you?" They lacked the spiritual discernment to see that Jesus was the Son of God. They were ever seeking for that which was ever present before them. (See stories of those who seek far and wide for what is at their fingertips.)

Mark 14:58 says, "I will destroy this Temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands." Barclay writes, "Now clearly what Jesus really meant was that His coming had put an end to all this man-made, man-arranged way of worshiping God, and had put in it's place a spiritual worship; that he had put an end to all this business of animal sacrifice and priestly ritual, and had put in its place a direct approach of our spirit to the spirit of God which did not need an elaborate man-made temple and a ritual of incense and sacrifice offered by the hands of men...................................... I have come to destroy this temple in Jerusalem and to make the whole round earth the temple where men can approach and know the presence of the living God."

VERSE 19 The temple they thought he was talking about was the one nearby which Herod the Great had begun to build in 20 B.C. It had been under construction for 46 years and was not completed until 64A.D. just 6 years before it was destroyed in 70A.D.

George Hutcheson writes, "Christ did foreknow all His sufferings, and would not hinder, but willingly permitted them to come on, and under went them; for "destroy this temple, " is not a command of Christ, but a prediction for telling their malice, and a permission to them to do their uttermost." From the start of His ministry Jesus knew that the Cross was His destiny.

Jay Styles writes, "The dignity of our Lord's body. The bodies of believers are called temples because God dwells in them by a communication of grace, but the humanity of Christ is Gods temple by a substantial inhabitation, immediately and personally-"in Him dwelleth the fullness of the Godhead." God dwells in the church as a King among His subjects, in Christ's humanity as a King in His royal palace.

"The essential idea of a temple is that of a place where God manifests Himself to man." Jesus was the temple in which the fullness of God dwelt. His death and resurrection was the sign of His ultimate authority.
VERSE 20 C.S. Lovett writes, "their vision is restricted to the symbolical temple on Zion, whereas the body of Christ was the true dwelling of God. The shekinah glory, which formerly graced the most holy place of the tabernacle, now had two legs and walked among them. His glory was wonderfully manifested by this act of cleansing the temple, but they didn't get it."

The Jewish leaders were such literalists in their interpretation, and that is why they were not able to understand much of what Jesus taught. Interpretation must come up with the meaning the speaker had in mind or it is not really interpretation but mere speculation.

VERSE 21
George Hutcheson writes, "Christ's body is the truth of that type of the temple; for as God did declare the temple to be His dwelling place, so in Him dwelleth the fullest of the God head bodily."

VERSE22 RECALLED George Hutcheson writes, "even true disciples may be such babes in knowledge that for a long time they will little understand what Christ saith: for it was long before the disciples took up the meaning of this passage............................ Disciples may hear that at one time, the understanding and benefit whereof may be reserved to be gotten by them at another time, ........."

VERSE 23 Many believed= the masses of common people had more discernment than did the leaders. They saw the signs of Jesus and believed for it was obvious to them that he was who he claimed to be. There had been no miracles in Israel like his since the time of the prophet Elisha centuries before this.

VERSE 24 Jesus was skeptical of their belief, however, for he knew that faith that is based on the spectacular can wither fast when the miracles do not continue. People want bread every day or they will forget the miracle. What has he done for me lately will soon surface and they will look for another hero. Being popular was not the goal of Jesus. He could achieve this easily and that is what Satan tempted him to do, but this is not lasting commitment to get people to love you for the amazing. It makes you a performer and your popularity only last as long as you keep performing. People won by miracles need more and more miracles to keep them faithful.

Arthur W. Pink writes, "The Lord's example here is a warning for
us. We do well to remember that all is not gold that glitters. It is not wise to trust in appearances of friendliness on short acquaintance. The discreet man will be kind to all, but intimate with few.

George Hutcheson writes, "it is a clear evidence of unsoundness when Christ works are the chief thing drawing men to profess faith, and not His word." Jesus knew human nature and knew these people would soon be looking for another magic act to follow. He placed little confidence in people who only believe when there is a miracle to focus on. This kind of belief is based on emotion alone and is not an adequate commitment. True belief says that though I get no miracle and have to suffer I will say with Job, "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him."

Barclay writes, "He knew quite well there were many who would have followed him while he continued to produce miracles and wonders and signs, but if he had begun to talk to them about service and self-denial, if he had begun to talk to them about self-surrender to the will of God, if he had begun to talk to them about a cross and about carrying a cross, they would have stared at him with blank incomprehension and would have left him on the spot. It is the great characteristic of Jesus that he did not receive followers unless these followers clearly knew and definitely accepted that which was involved in following him. He refused-in the modern phrase-to cash in on a moments
popularity................................................He knew how human nature hungers for sensations. He wanted, not a crowd of men cheering they knew not what, but a small company who knew what they were doing and who were prepared to follow to the end."

Paul encountered this fickle faith of the crowd in Lystra. He healed
a man lame from birth and we read in Acts. 14:11 " When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in human form!" They were instant believers based on the miracle. But just a few verses later we read in verse 19, "Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead." He was a god one day and a man to be despised and killed the next. Faith based on miracles is not a very reliable faith.

VERSE 25 John stresses that Jesus knew human nature well and that is why he was skeptical and did not buy into the superficial. It is part of being Christ like to be skeptical of human nature. It is fallen and not to be trusted based on the superficial.

John tells the story of Nicodemus next because in contrast to those who had a superficial belief, Nicodemus had a deep desire to know Jesus and Jesus knew it and let him come and learn true faith. He knew the heart of this man was sincere and was not just an emotional thing caused by the miracles.

THE WEDDING OF CANA Based on John 2:1-11 BY GLENN PEASE

A WEDDING TOOK PLACE THE THIRD DAY,
IN CANA OF GALILEE.
MARY WAS THERE AS A MAINSTAY,
JESUS JOINED THIS GAIETY.

HE AND HIS DISCIPLES WERE GUESTS,
SUDDENLY THE WINE WAS GONE;
MARY CAME MAKING A REQUEST
TO HELP THIS GREAT FEAST GO ON.

SHE SAID, "THERE IS NOW NO MORE WINE."
HE REPLIED, "WHY INVOLVE ME?"
"DEAR WOMAN, ITS NOT MY DESIGN
TO REVEAL ALL THAT WILL BE."

HE SAID, "MY TIME HAS NOT YET COME."
THEN SHE DID THIS PLAN PURSUE.
HER ORDER WAS NOT BURDENSOME.
"DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU."

THERE STOOD SIX WATER JARS OF STONE,
USED FOR WASHING BY THE JEWS.
THEIR CLEANSING WAS A CORNERSTONE,
FROM THESE GALLONS THEY COULD CHOOSE.

JESUS SAID UNTO THE SERVANTS,
"FILL THESE JARS UP TO THE BRIM.
THEN DRAW SOME OUT AS OBSERVANTS.."
THEY COMPLETELY OBEYED HIM.

TAKE TO MASTER OF THE BANQUET
THEY OBEYED AND THEY DID SO.
HE TASTING SAID, "I MUST ADMIT,
WHERE THIS CAME FROM I DON'T KNOW.

THEN HE CALLED THE BRIDEGROOM ASIDE
SAYING, " MOST GIVE THE BEST FIRST,
BUT THIS CHOICE WINE YOU CHOSE TO HIDE
UNTIL GUESTS HAD QUENCHED THEIR THIRST.

"YOU HAVE SAVED THE BEST UNTIL LAST,
NOT THE USUAL WAY TO GO."
JESUS BY THIS BREAK FROM HIS PAST
DID HIS SECRET GLORY SHOW.

THIS WAS HIS FIRST MIRACLE SIGN.
HIS GLORY WAS THUS REVEALED.
THIS TURNING WATER INTO WINE,
HIS DISCIPLES FAITH CONGEALED.

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