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“The First Miracle”
Categories: Author: Paul Earnhart, Faith, JesusThe First Miracle
By Paul Earnhart
The first miracle of Jesus was performed at a wedding feast. He and His five companions left Judea and came to Cana in Galilee just in time for a wedding. Apparently, more guests came than were expected and perhaps Jesus and his companions contributed to the problem. But the supply of wine gave out before the feast was finished. You can imagine the embarrassment.
Mary, the mother of Jesus, seems to have been involved in the serving, because she came to Jesus with the news that the wine was exhausted. He told her that the time was not yet right for Him. She believed, however, that He could help, and she told the servants to do whatever He said for them to do.
Jesus instructed the servants to fill some large waterpots with water. The fact that they were filled with water meant that nothing could be added to make the water taste like wine. The servants knew they had placed only water in the pots, but when it was drawn out it was wine, and the master of the feast pronounced it better than the wine they had previously drank.
Jesus could have used His powers to do many amazing things which would have had no real value to anyone. Instead, Jesus chose to use His powers to do things that were beneficial. In this instance, He relieved the embarrassment of the host. But the temporal physical benefits were not the primary reason for the miracles. John said that His miracles were recorded “that you might believe that Jesus is the Son of God.” (John 20:31) Turning water into wine is something which God does every year as water from the ground passes through the vine and becomes grape juice, but man cannot do it. Jesus accomplished it without a vine and in a moment of time, proving that His power was more than the power of any man or natural process…it was the power of God.
Turning the water into wine fulfilled its purpose. John 2:11 says, “This beginning of His signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.”
