WELCOME- HAPPY 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND
START NEW SERIES
START SERIES ON FEBRUARY 22, 1980
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USA HOCKEY
- UNDERDOG USA TEAM- COLLEGE PLAYERS
- SEMI-FINALS VS SOVIET UNION
- RUSSIA WAS THE 4 TIME DEFENDING CHAMP
- RUSSIA TEAM CONSIDERED FINEST IN WORLD
- THEY HAD WON 4 IN A ROW
- AL MICHAELS ANNOUNCER SAID “WE PRAYED ON WAY TO GAME ONLY LIKE a 3-1 LEAD”
- 10,000 LIVE FRENZIED SPECTATORS
- 35 MILLION PEOPLE WATCH ON TAPE DELAY
- 3 DAYS BEFORE OLYMPICS-SOVIETS BEAT THEM 10-3
- USA WAS SEEDED 7TH– TRAILED IN GAME 3 TIMES
- SOVIETS OUTSHOT US TEAM 39-16.
- THEY BEAT THE SOVIETS AND 2 DAYS LATER BEAT FINLAND TO CAPTURE GOLD MEDAL.
MIRACLE DEFINITION
EXTRAORDINARY WORK PERFORMED DIRECTLY BY THE POWER OF GOD IN OUR NATURAL WORLD FOR HIS GLORY AND TO ATTEST TO HIS WORD, PRESENCE AND LOVE.
BRIAN CHARETTE
THOMAS JEFFERSON
- 3rd PRESIDENT IN OUR COUNTRY
- BORN IN SHADWELL VA- DIED IN MONTICELLE VA
- AGE OF 83
- JEFFERSON-WAS A DEIST- GOD YES-ME NO
JEFFERSON BIBLE
- JEFFERSON CREATED HIS OWN BIBLE
- HE ON PURPOSE CUT OUT MIRACLES
- HE BELIEVED WASN’T INTELLIGENT TO BELIEVE
- TITLE GIVES AWAY JESUS IN HIS LIFE
DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES? WHY? NOT?
MATTHEW 4:23
23. “JESUS WENT THROUGH GALILEE, TEACHING IN THEIR SYNAGOGUES, PROCLAIMING THE GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM, AND HEALING EVERY DISEASE AND SICKNESS AMONG THE PEOPLE.
MATTHEW 4:24
24. NEWS ABOUT HIM SPREAD ALL OVER SYRIA, AND PEOPLE BROUGHT TO HIM ALL WHO WERE ILL WITH VARIOUS DISEASES, THOSE SUFFERING SEVERE PAIN, THE DEMON-POSSESSED, THOSE HAVING SEIZURES, AND THE PARALYZED; AND HE HEALED THEM.
MATTHEW 4:25
25. LARGE CROWDS FROM GALILEE, THE DECAPOLIS, JERUSALEM, JUDEA AND THE REGION ACROSS THE JORDAN FOLLOWED HIM.”
- WEDDINGS ARE INCREDIBLE EVENTS/DAYS
- BRIDES DREAM THESE DAYS MORE THAN GROOMS
- LOTS CAN GO WRONG AT A WEDDING
WEDDING
- JUNE 28TH-2003. EASTON MD
- RUTH RODRIGUEZ IS SUPPOSED TO MARRY ME
- PICTURE TAKEN BEFORE WEDDING
- TOOK MOST BEFORE SO WE COULD FELLOWSHIP
- PACKED OUT CHURCH-EARLY AFTERNOON
- BIGGEST MOMENT OF THE WEDDING IS?
- REHEARSAL WENT WELL – PICTURES BEFORE
- PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER
- FOOD IS PREPARED
- MUSIC STARTS “HERE COMES THE BRIDE”
- IT’S THE BIGGEST MOMENT- WHEN SHE ENTERS
- PACKED OUT CHURCH IS STANDING
- LOOKING ME-LOOKING DOWN THE AISLE-NOTHING
- PLAY SONG AGAIN- GROOMSMEN IN PLACE
- BRIDESMAIDS ARE IN PLACE- NOTHING
WHAT WE HAVE IN THIS MIRACLE IS WORSE
THIS WAS A TRAGEDY AND EMBARASSMENT
COULD GET SUED- EVEN BE A GUEST
JOHN 2:1
- “ON THE THIRD DAY A WEDDING TOOK PLACE AT CANA IN GALILEE. JESUS’ MOTHER WAS THERE, AND JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES HAD ALSO BEEN INVITED TO THE WEDDING. WHEN THEY WINE WASA GONE, JESUS’ MOTHER SAUD TO HIM “THEY HAVE NO MORE WINE”
- 3RD DAY IS TUESDAY- DAY OF DOUBLE BLESSING
- GOD DECLARES IT IS GOOD TWICE ON 3RD DAY
- NAZARETH ABOUT 500 PEOPLE-CANA SMALLER
JOHN 2:4-5
4. “WOMAN, WHY DO YOU INVOLVE ME? JESUS REPLIED. “MY HOUR HAS NOT YET COME.” HIS MOTHER SAID TO THE SERVANTS, “DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU.”
WOMAN- “MAAM”
JOHN 2:6-7
6. NEARBY STOOD SIX STONE WATER JARS, THE KIND USED BY THE JEWS FOR CEREMONIAL WASHING, EACH HOLDING FROM 20-30 GALLONS. JESUS SAID TO THE SERVANTS, “FILL THE JARS WITH WATER”; SO THEY FILLED THEM TO THE BRIM.
STONE WATER JARS
- NOT SURE THEY ALL 30 GALLON CONTAINERS
- PICTURE HAS DIFFERENT SIZES
- PERSPECTIVE- THIS IS 30 GALLON DRUM
- 6 IS EITHER 120-180 GALLONS OF WINE
LETS ADDRESS THIS WHILE WE ARE HERE
JESUS DOESN’T DO THIS TO MAKE THE PARTY BETTER
HE DOESN’T DO THIS BECAUSE HE WANTS TO SIGN OFF ON WINE CONSUMPTION FOR ALL TIME
PEOPLE SERIOUSLY AND JOKINGLY POINT TO THIS PASSAGE AND USE IT FOR THE JUSTIFICATION OF THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL.
THERE ARE ONGOING DEBATES ABOUT HOW FERMENTED THE WINE ACTUALLY WAS, OR IF IT WAS EVER FERMENTED AT ALL. (THIS MUCH WE KNOW- IT WASN’T LIKE OUR CURRENT WINE AND CERTAINLY WHAT MADE IT THE MOST AMAZING WINE THEN WASN’T HOW FERMENTED OF THE PERCENTAGE PROOF IT WAS.
AT FACE VALUE THOUGH- WE TAKE IT THAT THIS WAS WINE.
JESUS DOESN’T USE HIS POWER HERE TO INCREASE THE CHANCES PEOPLE WOUD GET HAMMERED.
SCRIPTURES FROM BEGINNING TO END HOLD VERY CONSISTENT PROHIBITION OF INTOXICATION FROM ALCOHOL (BE INSTEAD FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT IN FACT IT SAYS) JESUS ACTIONS HERE DON’T CONTRADICT THAT.
IN ADDITION TO THE WITNESS OF THE SCRIPTURES, OUR LIVED EXPERIENCE WITH LOVED ONES, FRIEND- NEIGHBORS OF THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL, SHOULD IMPACT HOW WE APPROACH ANY DRINK WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND RESPECT FOR THE POWER THIS SUBSTANCE HAS IN OUR HUMAN EXPERIENCE.
OUR CHURCH TAKES A POSITION OF TOTAL ABSTINENCE FROM ALCOHOL- WE BELIEVE IT’S THE MOST FAITHFUL RESPONSE WE CAN HAVE AS JESUS SANCTUARIES.
WE DO NOT BELIEVE A DRINK IS GOING TO KEEP A PERSON OUT OF HEAVEN
YOU CAN DISAGREE WITH OUR POSITION SURELY AND YOU ARE MOST WELCOME HERE- BUT WE DO COMMIT TO TAKE IS SERIOUSLY.
JOHN 2:8-9
THEN HE TOLD THEM, “NOW DRAW SOME OUT AND TAKE IT TO THE MASTER OF THE BANQUET.” THEY DID SO, AND THE MASTER OF THE BANQUET TASTED THE WATER THAT HAD BEEN TURNED INTO WINE. HE DID NOT REALIZE WHERE IT HAD COME FROM, THOUGH THE SERVANTS WHO HAD DRAWN THE WATER KNEW. THEN HE CALLED THE BRIDEGROOM ASIDE
JOHN 2:10
AND HE SAID, “EVERYONE BRINGS OUT THE CHOICE WINE FIRST AND THEN THE CHEAPER WINE AFTER THE GUESTS HAVE HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK; BUT YOU HAVE SAVED THE BEST TILL NOW.”
JOHN 2:11
11. WHAT JESUS DID HERE IN CANA OF GALILEE WAS THE FIRST OF THE SIGNS THROUGH WHICH HE REVEALED HIS GLORY; AND HIS DISCIPLES BELIEVED IN HIM.
JOHN 20:30-31
“ THE DISCIPLES SAW JESUS DO MANY OTHER MIRACULOUS SIGNS IN ADDITION TO THE ONES RECORDED IN THIS BOOK. BUT THESE ARE WRITTEN SO THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS THE MESSIAH, THE SON OF GOD, AND THAT BY BELIEVING IN HIM YOU WILL HAVE LIFE B Y THE POWER OF HIS NAME.”
MIRACLES
THIS IS THE FIRST OF 8 “SIGNS” JOHN CALLS THEM
FITTING JESUS CHOSES A WEDDING- 1ST MIRACLE HE AFFIRMS COVENANT OF A WEDDING
- WHY DOESN’T HE JUST BLINK AND OR “POOF” AND HAVE THEM CHANGED?
- TAKES ORDINARY AND MAKES IT EXTRA ORDINARY
- HIS GRACE OVERFLOWS IN THE MIRACLE
- 5 LOAVES- 2 FISH ( END OF WITH 12 EXTRA BASKETS)
- WHEN HE SUPPLIES- ITS NOT SPARINGLY
- 37 MIRACLES INVOLVING JESUS DIRECTLY
THE GREATEST MIRACLE IS THAT GOD BECAME A MAN
AND THAT MAN DIED AND ROSE AGAIN
TOP 10 CREATION OF ALL THINGS- MIRACLE
THE FLOOD. PARTING OF THE RED SEA- JERICHO ELIJAH AND FIRE ON MT CARMEL. JESUS FEEDS 5000. JESUS WALKS ON WATER
LAZARUS RASIED FROM DEAD JESUS RAISED FROM DEAD
QUOTE BILLY GRAHAM
“GOD IS NOT LIMITED, AND HE IS CERTAINLY ABLE TO WORK IN MIRACULOUS WAYS TODAY JUST AS HE DID IN BIBLICAL TIMES, IF HE SO CHOOSES.” B GRAHAM
WHAT WE BELIEVE STATEMENT
WE BELIEVE IN THE BIBLICAL DOCTRINE OF DIVINE HEALING AND URGE PEOPLE TO OFFER THE PRAYER OF FAITH FOR THE HEALING OF THE SICK. WE ALSO BELIEVE GOD HEALS THROUGH THE MEANS OF MEDICAL SCIENCE.
- THIS IS THEIR INTERPRETATION OF WHAT HAPPENED
- NOBODY REALLY KNOWS THE MOMENT CHANGE TOOK PLACE
THE CHOSEN
- GOD DOESN’T NEED TO INVOLVE US- YET HE DOES
- HE INVOLVES THE SERVANTS- THEY KNEW
- JESUS TAKES WHAT IS THERE- AND USES IT
- THIS ISN’T A SHOW- IT’S NOT A MAGIC TRICK
- JESUS BRINGS OUT BETTER THAN THEIR BEST
JOAN GWALTNEY- BREAST CANCER
- DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?
- DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU
- BELIEVE
THE POTS WERE USED FOR CEREMONIAL CLEANSING
DOESN’T ASK THEM CLEAN THE POTS
POTS WERE FOR HANDS AND FEET CLEANING
- HE DOES THAT- WATER CLEANSES THE OUTSIDE
- HIS BLOOD (THE WINE- CLEANSES WITHIN)
When did I start to forget
All of the great things You did?
When did I throw away faith for the impossible?
How did I start to believe
You weren’t sufficient for me?
Why do I talk myself out of seeing miracles?
You are more than able
You are more than able (You are, You are)
You are more than able, yeah
(We’ve seen it) You are more than able
Who am I to deny what the Lord can do?
It’s easy for You, oh
And now I see all that I have
Oh, I’ve got my confidence back
I put my trust in the One who still does miracles
You do miracles (come on, sing)
23The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.