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Eight Signs Miracles Jesus Performed and His Deity
EIGHT SIGNS MIRACLES JESUS PERFOMED AND HIS DEITY

LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
201330 SUMMER 2013
BIBL 160 – D01 LUO

WILLA AYCOCK
JULY 29,2013

The first sign miracles Jesus performed were when he had gone to a wedding in Cana John 2:1-12). Jesus and his disciples (6 of them) had arrived at the wedding, which was already in progress. This miracle symbolizes the Church’s (the bride’s) relationship to Christ (The bridegroom). Mary, Jesus mother was at the wedding as well. She went to Jesus and told him that they had run out of wine. Mary probable was related to the bride because a wedding in Galilee was a family affair, and female’s relatives of the bride were in charge of the kitchens. Mary and Jesus were related to the bride because commentators think sense she took the initiative to so something about the wine. So Mary told the servant to do whatever Jesus asked them to do. They were to ask no question just do whatever was asked of them to do. Jesus really didn’t need the help of the servant but he chose to use them. This is the same when it comes to us God expects us to what we can. Jesus performed this miracle maybe because one His stamp of approval on marriage as a divine institution by His presence. Two the first miracle communicates typical truths regarding Christ’s preeminence in His relation to the church as His bride. Three Jesus was setting the stage for His ministry. Four He knew that wine was a sign of Joy. Wanted the world to know that there was joy (grace) in his coming. These are just some of the reason why Jesus may have performed his first miracle by turning water into wine. The miracle points to the deity of Christ in that its display his power over creation and a new beginning. John show it like this where Jesus change water into wine meaning that He changed the water of Judaism into the wine of Christianity, the water of the law into the wine of the gospel, the water of Christlessness into the wine of the richness and the fullness of eternal

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