When the Wine Gave Out

The miracle at Cana means two things. First, the wedding feast can continue. Second, the disciples who followed Jesus start to see the “greater things” Jesus promised they would see.Purification is required before sacrifice can take place. At the beginning of His ministry, Jesus blesses the wedding guests with wine of His own making drawn from pure vessels.For Christians today, faith often begins with a blessing, a foretaste of eternal life, followed by a dry spell, a time of testing, followed by consummation, a time of delight.Jesus bestows His glory on the time of testing. The miracle’s setting at a wedding feast also makes it a foretaste of the consummated glory still to come. In between, He must face His hour, the cross.Likewise, between the blessing and consummation, we all must face our own hour. The Church plays a part in each. She ministers the blessing in evangelism and baptism. She ministers during the testing with fellowship and communion. She will be ministered to at the consummation when she is presented as the bride herself.Follow Pastor Jake on X at https://x.com/jakedell73.Subscribe to Experimental Sermons at https://jwdell.substack.com/.Join us for Sunday worship at https://firstchurchwoodbury.org/.Epiphany 2Isaiah 62:1-5; 1 Corinthians 12:1-11; Psalm 36:5-10; John 2:1-11 Get full access to Experimental Sermons at jwdell.substack.com/subscribe