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John 2-4 – Come Follow Me
There is so much great material in these three chapters,
but we are limited on what we can cover in this lesson.
We start off with one of the most famous miracles
performed by the Master. It’s the
turning of water into wine.
John 2:1-2 “And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the
mother of Jesus was there: And both Jesus was called, and his disciples to the
marriage.” Some
including, LDS apostles Orson Hyde, Parley P. Pratt, Joseph F. Smith, James E. Talmage have
taught that this was Jesus’ own marriage.
Several factors combine to suggest that this would NOT be the case. For one thing, in that culture, the marriage
would be held at the groom’s home town.
If it were Jesus’ wedding, it would have been held in Nazareth, not Cana. Another thing is that Jesus and His disciples
were invited to attend. This would be a
bit strange if Jesus were the groom. It
says, He left the wedding afterwards with His mother and the disciples, not
with a wife. And if it were Christ’s
wedding, one would expect the Gospel writers to mention it.
It does appear from the next verses that Mary, Jesus’
Mother, had a role in helping to host the guests at this wedding celebration. Perhaps she was a good friend of the
family. Whatever the case, she knew who
her Son was, and when they ran out of wine she requested His help. By-the-way, this was the last recorded words
of Jesus’ mother, Mary in the Bible.
John 2:6-8 There
were six water pots of stone with a total capacity of 100 to a, 150 gallons of
water which Jesus turned into fermented wine.
It was no small miracle! The LDS
want to believe that the word “wine” refers
to non-alcoholic grape juice because God would not want people to be
intoxicated. But Jesus, himself drank
wine during his ministry and had even been accused as being a winebibber (Matthew 11:19). John 2:11 “This beginning of miracles did
Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples
believed on him.” This
was a faith promoting miracle for His disciples.
Matthew, Mark and Luke don’t
include this story in their accounts. Why did John? John wanted to show that Jesus was equating the
red wine with his blood through this metaphor.
The message is – if you really want to get cleansed, it’s not about
water but about the blood of Jesus Christ that cleanses us from sin.
Though it was the “beginning of
miracles” recorded
of his mortal ministry, it is certainly not the Lord’s first miracle – the
first you recall, was when he created the heaven and earth.
Now we enter into the beginning of the Savior’s
three-year public mortal mission. John 2:13 “And the Jews’ Passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.” Three years from now, at this
time of Passover in Jerusalem, the “Lamb of God,” will present Himself to be
sacrificed that we might be saved.
But, here in John 2:14-23 we read about the first cleansing of the
Temple. He is about to do some “spring
cleaning.” He will cleanse the temple again in three years, during the last
week of His life.
Modern-day LDS temples are vastly different from the
Biblical temple. Not one LDS temple
ceremony was practiced in the ancient temple in Jerusalem. Solomon’s temple was built only for animal
sacrifice as stated in 2 Chronicles 2:6 “But who is
able to build Him a temple, since heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot
contain Him? Who am I then, that I should bui
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There is so much great material in these three chapters,
but we are limited on what we can cover in this lesson.
We start off with one of the most famous miracles
performed by the Master. It’s the
turning of water into wine.
John 2:1-2 “And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the
mother of Jesus was there: And both Jesus was called, and his disciples to the
marriage.” Some
including, LDS apostles Orson Hyde, Parley P. Pratt, Joseph F. Smith, James E. Talmage have
taught that this was Jesus’ own marriage.
Several factors combine to suggest that this would NOT be the case. For one thing, in that culture, the marriage
would be held at the groom’s home town.
If it were Jesus’ wedding, it would have been held in Nazareth, not Cana. Another thing is that Jesus and His disciples
were invited to attend. This would be a
bit strange if Jesus were the groom. It
says, He left the wedding afterwards with His mother and the disciples, not
with a wife. And if it were Christ’s
wedding, one would expect the Gospel writers to mention it.
It does appear from the next verses that Mary, Jesus’
Mother, had a role in helping to host the guests at this wedding celebration. Perhaps she was a good friend of the
family. Whatever the case, she knew who
her Son was, and when they ran out of wine she requested His help. By-the-way, this was the last recorded words
of Jesus’ mother, Mary in the Bible.
John 2:6-8 There
were six water pots of stone with a total capacity of 100 to a, 150 gallons of
water which Jesus turned into fermented wine.
It was no small miracle! The LDS
want to believe that the word “wine” refers
to non-alcoholic grape juice because God would not want people to be
intoxicated. But Jesus, himself drank
wine during his ministry and had even been accused as being a winebibber (Matthew 11:19). John 2:11 “This beginning of miracles did
Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples
believed on him.” This
was a faith promoting miracle for His disciples.
Matthew, Mark and Luke don’t
include this story in their accounts. Why did John? John wanted to show that Jesus was equating the
red wine with his blood through this metaphor.
The message is – if you really want to get cleansed, it’s not about
water but about the blood of Jesus Christ that cleanses us from sin.
Though it was the “beginning of
miracles” recorded
of his mortal ministry, it is certainly not the Lord’s first miracle – the
first you recall, was when he created the heaven and earth.
Now we enter into the beginning of the Savior’s
three-year public mortal mission. John 2:13 “And the Jews’ Passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.” Three years from now, at this
time of Passover in Jerusalem, the “Lamb of God,” will present Himself to be
sacrificed that we might be saved.
But, here in John 2:14-23 we read about the first cleansing of the
Temple. He is about to do some “spring
cleaning.” He will cleanse the temple again in three years, during the last
week of His life.
Modern-day LDS temples are vastly different from the
Biblical temple. Not one LDS temple
ceremony was practiced in the ancient temple in Jerusalem. Solomon’s temple was built only for animal
sacrifice as stated in 2 Chronicles 2:6 “But who is
able to build Him a temple, since heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot
contain Him? Who am I then, that I should bui
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