Some jottings for my sermon (in my series in John) on
Water into Wine (2:1-11).
The audio version should appear on the
Holy Trinity, Eastbourne sermon page in due course.
The text of my handout went like this:
Jesus at a party (10:10)
--> Christians should be cheerful & fun-loving
The significance of the sign (v11)
Our resources fail (v3) but Jesus satisfies (4:13-14)
Jesus the perfect Bridegroom (3:29), the Second Adam
Jesus’ amazing transforming power
generous, extravagant, abundant provision (v6)
“you have saved the best till now” (v10; 1:16-17)
An act of (New) Creation – transformation / resurrection (v1)
Jesus’ hour (v4; 7:6; 8:20; 12:23-24; 32-33; 13:1; 17:1) and glory (v11) – the cross
Jesus’ blood cleanses us from sin (v6)
The Wedding Supper of the Lamb (Rev 19:7-9)
Our response?
--> Invite Jesus
--> Accept Jesus’ invitation
--> his disciples put their faith in him” (v11) - trust
--> “Do whatever he tells you” (v5) – obedience
--> What do you want to drink? Water or wine?
2 comments:
That sounds strangely familiar. Almost like something one might expect DF to preach at wedding, wouldn't you say?
Mrs Lloyd and I re-listened to the tape the night before the sermon, actually.
I hope the good people of Eastbourne didn't find the Adam typology, Jesus is the True Bridegroom too much of a stretch of the imagination.
I can't remember whether David made the point that its the 3rd day, resurrection day. I suggested wine is a bit like resurrected (transformed and glorified, eschatological, end-time, rest, work-done, evening-time) drink too.
Would like to check the ancient Xian commentary and see if any of this gets a mention.
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