LESSONS FROM OUR LORD'S FIRST MIRACLE
John 2:1-11

Don Fortner

1. THE OMNIPOTENCE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST - Our Savior turned the water into wine, not by his touch, or even by his word, but his will. No prophet or apostle ever did such a thing. He who can turn ordinary water into extra ordinary wine by a mere act of his will is the omnipotent God! If he wills my salvation, none can prevent it. If he wills my safety, none can harm me. If he wills my everlasting inheritance in heavenly glory (And he does - John 17:24) I cannot fail to attain it.
2. THE HIGH HONOR OUR LORD PLACES UPON MARRIAGE - By his presence at the marriage feast, the Son of God said, "This is an honorable thing" (Gen. 1:28; 2:18-25; Heb. 13:4). One of the first steps toward moral decadence in any society is a low esteem for this ordinance of God. Where there is no sanctity of marriage, there is no regard for God or his law, no regard for moral decency, and no regard for human life. These things stand and fall together!
3. THE PROPRIETY OF FEASTING AND LAUGHTER - In this passage of Scripture, the Son of God gives his approval both to the party and to the moderate use of wine. "A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry" (Eccles. 7:19). Christianity was never meant to make people miserable. On the contrary, true christianity increases real joy among men and makes people happy in this world, as well as in the world to come.
4. THE BLESSEDNESS OF OBEDIENCE TO CHRIST - "Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it." He could have supplied all the wine that was needed without employing these servants. He did not need them! But they would have missed the blessed benefit of being instruments by whom the Son of God brought his miraculous boon of mercy to the wedding guests.
5. THE CHARACTER OF CHRIST'S GIFTS - The Son of God always saves the best wine until the last. Marvelous as his grace is, it is only the earnest of our inheritance, a mere foretaste of the glory that is to be revealed in us!