Eastside Missionary Baptist Church

Delivered By
Dr. Tom Hover

Delivered On
September 26, 2021

Subject
Jesus’ First Miracle  With A Message! / John 2 The Overview

Description

AM SERMON
Jesus’ First Miracle 
With A Message! 
Text: John 2:1-11           
Introduction: 
1.) Why did Jesus perform miracles? 
2.) What was Jesus’ first miracle?  
I. THE PRACTICAL LESSONS WE LEARN
A.) The Best Advice Ever Given 
John 2:5
1. For Our Good     
2.For Other’s Gladness    
3.For God’s Glory
B.) The Message of The Miracle 
John 2:6,9-10
1. A Picture of Joy  Psalm 104:15
2. A Mirror of Mankind Revelation 13:18,II Corinthians 4:7
3. A Ritual Rut John 2:6, Mark 7:1-6
4. An Example of Fullness “to the brim” John 2:7
5. The Salvation Well  John 2:8, Isaiah 12:3
6. The Abundant Provision We Have in Jesus Ephesians 3:20 
II. THE PROPHETIC LESSONS WE LEARN
A.) The Marriage You Don’t Want to Miss 
John 2:1“the third day.”, John 1:29, 35,II Peter 3:8,Rev. 19:9
B.) The Best Is Yet to Come. 
John 2:10,Pro. 20:17,Heb. 11:25
III. THE PERSONAL LESSONS WE LEARN
A.) Jesus Can Change My Disappointments into Delights. 
1. Joy in place of my family disappointments
2.Joy in place of my financial disappointments
3.Joy in place of my physical (health) disappointments
4.Joy in place of my spiritual disappointments
B.) I Can Be Transformed by The Power of Christ.  
Romans 10:13

PM SERMON
John 2 The Overview
John 2:1-25
Some of the early days and incidences of Christ's earthly ministry are recorded in this chapter. John 2 may be divided into three major parts as follows:
I. The Changing of Water into Wine           
 John 2:1-11
1. The Place of the Miracle John 2:1, 2, 11
2. The Problem for the Miracle  John 2:3-5
3. The Precepts in the Miracle   John 2:6-9
4. The Praise for the Miracle    John 2:9-10 
5. The Products of the Miracle   John 2:11
II. The Cleansing of the Temple
John 2:12-17
1. The Diary Before the Cleansing   John 2:12
2. The Devotion for the Cleansing   John 2:13, 14
3. The Dwelling for the Cleansing    John 2:14
4. The Defilement for the Cleansing John 2:14
5. The Deporting in the Cleansing   John 2:15-16
6. The Denouncing in the Cleansing   John 2:16
7. The Deliberations After the Cleansing  John 2:17
III. The Challenge by the Jews
John 2:18-25
1. The Demeaning in the Challenge   John 2:18
2. The Darkness in the Challenge John 2:18
3. The Defilement in the Challenge  John 2:18 
4. The Destruction for the Challenge John 2:19
5. The Dumbness in the Challenge   John 2:20-21
6. The Disciples Remember the Challenge  John 2:22
7. The Dynamic After the Challenge John 2:23-25