The Good Wine by Emile Wolfaardt
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The Good Wine by Emile Wolfaardt
John 2:1-2:11
Journeying with John, It’s a Trip (JWJ-11)
The Good Wine
John 2:1-11
This morning my heart is burdened with a rather unusual subject -
and it flows directly out of a rather intriguing passage in Scripture.
Our text is the account of Jesus’ first sign in Cana of Galilee - at the
wedding where He turned the water into wine. While there are
many different legitimate areas we can go as we look at this passage,
this morning I would like to speak with you about what I believe is
one of the most important concepts for the Church in our day to
understand. My title is “The Good Wine.” Please open your Bible
with me to the Gospel of John and the second chapter.
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While you are turning there allow me, if you will, to point out an
important biblical and spiritual principle that I think is worth
reminding us of. It is ‘The Law of First Mention.’ When God does
something in the Scriptures for the first time, or reveals something
for the first time, or says something for the first time - we do well to
look at it very carefully! Why? Because He is laying a foundation
that the rest of that line of though or season of activity or
development of an idea. It is foundational - and God is setting in
place some revelation that holds a key to understanding the rest.
That is what is known as ‘The Law of First Mention.”
Well our passage is one of those Scriptures - it is has some ‘first
mention’ in it - and it holds some keys that if we miss we may
misunderstand many other things in this flow of truth. We do well
to listen carefully as we study this passage together.
John 2:1-11 - Read - Pray (I prefer to cut this passage off at verse 11
and not 12, I think it better fits the sense of the passage.
Water - The Religious Spirit - A form of religion but denying the
power thereof.
Poor Wine - Saved - but Just
Good Wine - Kingdom Christianity -
1. The Religious Spirit
Intoxicated with Religion
Legalism is an over-strict adherence to the law. In theology it is
salvation by works; the attempt to achieve righteousness by
religious acts as opposed to salvation by grace through faith. "For by
grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves;
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it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast" Eph.
2:8,9
Legalism is characterized by zeal which can be mistaken for
commitment, piety and true holiness. Paul was burdened for his
Jewish brethren whom he said, "Have a zeal for God, but not
according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God’s
righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness
have not submitted to the righteousness of God. For Christ is the
end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes." Rom
10:2-4
Eccl. 7:16 says, "Do not be overly righteous"
A religious spirit (mindset) seeks to substitute religious activity for
the power of the Holy Spirit and the grace of God in the believer’s
life.
Performance oriented with self and others
Relies on religious activity rather than the Holy Spirit
High on truth and low on grace
Rooted in religious competition and pride
Thrives on legalism
2. Poor Wine - Saved - but Just
Intoxicated with Self
Phil. 2:12 “For they all seek after their own interests, not those of
Christ Jesus.”
It has been said that the greatest obstacle to the coming of the
kingdom of God is the church, preoccupied with her own existence.
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The danger for all of us is unbridled self-concern. We can drown in
our narcissism---our incessant need to focus on self, to turn the
attention back to ME.
As somebody once said, “I’m tired of talking about me. Let’s talk
about you. What do you think of me?”
The center of self centered Christianity is pride.
Isaiah 14:12-15 “For you have said in your heart: ’I will ascend into
heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit
on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north;
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most
High.’”
Jesus came to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many
Intoxicated with Pleasure
Abraham Call - 2 Parts
To bless you
That you might be a blessing
Paul warned Timothy in II Timothy 3:1-5 of the “perilous times”
that would come upon the earth. In his list of some of the horrible
traits that would characterize the people of these times he speaks of
those who are - “lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.” (2
Tim. 3:4)
3. The Good Wine - Kingdom Christianity
The Life of Christ
The Fulness of the Spirit
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