Panorama of the Life of Christ VII. The first miracle and the beginning of His ministry – John 2:1-3:36 A. The wedding in Cana (John’s first sign) – John 2:1-12 1. John 2:1a – The third day probably referred to the third __________ of Jesus’ journey with His six disciples. a) John 2:1b – Cana was a small village __________ miles west of the Sea of Galilee. b) John 2:1c – Jesus, His disciples, and his mother, ____________, attended the wedding. 2. John 2:2 – The miracle at the wedding would have strengthened the faith of Jesus ____ disciples. 3. A QUICK OVERVIEW OF A JEWISH WEDDING a) The Arrangement – The fathers of the groom and bride negotiated the _____________ to be paid for the bride. 1) Bride of Christ application: God the Father decided the price to be paid for His bride, the ______________. Christ paid that price in full on the cross. Ephesians 5:25 2) Gods ____________ motivated Christ’s payment. John 3:16 b) The Betrothal – The betrothal lasted at least __________ year but could last much longer while the bride underwent preparation and an evaluation of her purity. 1) Bride of Christ application: The church is betrothed to ____________. 2 Corinthians 11:2 2) The church has been set _____________ unto Christ and will ultimately be purified at the Rapture (1 John 3:2) and judged at the Bema Seat (the Judgment Seat of Christ). 1 Corinthians 3:11-15, Ephesians 5:26-27, Revelation 19:7-8 c) The Consummation – On the day of the wedding, the groom joyfully took his bride from her home to his home, specially prepared in his ________________ house. 1) Bride of Christ application: At the Rapture of the church, Christ (the _____________) will leave His heavenly home to get the church (the Bride) and take her to His Father’s home. John 14:1-3 2) Knowledge of the Bridegroom’s imminent return should motivate the _____________ to live in purity (without sin) during the waiting period. Titus 2:11-13 d) The Ceremony – The marriage contract was signed at the groom’s home with only the immediate family and __________ witnesses present. 1) Bride of Christ application: This marriage ceremony of the ____________ and the Church will be in Heaven followed by the second coming of Christ. Revelation 19:6-8 2) Having been glorified, the Bride of Christ will be _____________ for the marriage. Ephesians 5:23 3) The Bride of Christ will be dressed in fine _____________, signifying that she has been made pure. Ephesians 5:25-27 e) The Wedding Feast – Many received invitations to the wedding feast, which often lasted _____________ days. 1) Bride of Christ application: God will issue the invitation to the marriage _____________ of the Lamb in connection to the second coming of Christ. Revelation 19:9 2) The Feast will take place on _____________, possibly to begin the Millennium. Matthew 25:1-13 4. John 2:3a – Running out of ________ was a humiliating social problem that might result in fines. a) John 2:3b – Mary turned to _____________ to solve the lack-of-wine problem. b) John 2:3c – In the Old Testament, wine symbolized __________ and celebration. Psalm 104:15. Although, the wine ran out, the ultimate Source of joy (Creator Jesus) was present and could solve the problem. 5. John 2:4a – Woman was a ____________ of respect. Jesus politely distanced himself from Mary by using this term. a) John 2:4b – Jesus’ statement reminded ____________ that their relationship had changed. Jesus was beginning His public ministry. b) John 2:4c – In John’s Gospel, the phrase the hour refers to the ____________ leading up to the crucifixion. 6. John 2:5 – Mary’s statement to the servants showed her _____________ and confidence in Jesus. 7. John 2:6 – The water pots were for the ceremonial cleansing of _____________ for the feast. 8. John 2:7a – According to Jewish tradition, filling the ____________ for another purpose rendered them unusable ceremonially. a) John 2:7b – During His ministry, Jesus consistently went against legalistic _______________, those not commanded in the Mosaic Law. b) John 2:7c – The servants obeyed Jesus’ command and filled the pots to the ____________, leaving no room for anything to be added. 9. John 2:8 – The head ______________ was not aware of the miracle when he received the water-now-turned-to-wine. 10. John 2:9 – The servants recognized the miracle; however, the miracle was _______________, intended only for a select audience. 11. John 2:10 – The head waiter discerned a noticeable difference between the _____________ and second wines. He was surprise at this reversal of the custom of serving the best first. 12. John 2:11a – The miracle was a sign (Greek: SEMEION). God designed sign miracles to point to something ____________ important. This sign announced that Messiah, the Creator, had come to save His people. John 20:30-31 a) John 2:11b – Jesus began revealing the _____________ that John declared he and the other disciples had beheld in Him. John 1:14 b) John 2:11c – Since the disciples had already believed in Him for salvation, this miracle strengthened their _____________. c) John 2:11d – The apostle John shifted from the testimony evidence of John the Baptist to the testimony evidence of the ____________ miracles. 13. John 2:12a – Jesus made Capernaum, an important ____________ on the northeastern shore of the Sea of Galilee, a center for His ministry. 14. John 2:12b – Why did Jesus _____________ His ministry in Galilee and not Jerusalem? a) By centering His ministry in Galilee, He fulfilled the ________________ of Isaiah 9:1-2. b) In Matthew 4:15-16, this same prophecy was applied to Jesus’ ministry in Galilee. c) Although John 1:9 seems to refer to the Isaiah 9 prophecy, John did not focus on Jesus’ Galilee ministry but rather on His ministries in _____________ and Jerusalem. B. The first cleansing of the temple – John 2:13-22 1. John 2:13a – Soon after His baptism, Jesus went to the temple for Passover. a) John 2:13b – Each year, ____________ from all over the world came to Jerusalem for Passover as required by the Mosaic Law. b) John 2:13c - Jewish men were required to attend _____________ annual feasts in Jerusalem, Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles. c) Passover clearly pointed to the Messiah’s ____________ of redemption. John 1:29 1) Exodus 12:1-12 – The Passover memorialized God’s redemption of Israel from _______________ in Egypt. 2) The details of that event unmistakably typified Christ’s work on the _____________. 2. John 2:14a – These events occurred in the _____________ of Gentiles of the temple. a) John 2:14b – Here, Gentiles could _____________ about Creator/God; however, the money-making businesses of corrupt religious leaders had destroyed that opportunity. b) John 2:14c – The sacrificial animals had to be without blemish. To get money for themselves, corrupt temple inspectors found problems with every animal brought from the outside and forced people to buy temple animals at ____________ higher prices. 3. John 2:15a – Jesus first displayed His Messianic _________________ by using a whip to drive the moneychangers from the temple, His house. a) John 2:15b – Malachi 3:2-3 taught that Messiah would manifest Himself in the _______________in a spectacular manner. b) John 2:15c – This event showed that Jesus was a physically ______________ man with divine authority. No one tried to stop Him. 4. John 2:16a – Jesus did not ______________ the sacrifices; He opposed the loss of purpose for the sacrifices. They had become rituals without reality. a) John 2:16b – Through both His words and _______________ in taking authority over Gods house, Jesus made a Messianic claim to equality with God the Father. b) John 2:16c – Later, the religious leaders used this incident to _____________ that Jesus was a lawbreaker. 5. John 2:17a – The disciples recalled Jesus’ ____________ for the temple and connected it to Psalm 69:9, a Davidic psalm about unjust suffering for obedience to God. a) John connected Jesus to several prophecies in Psalm 69. 1) John 15:25 connects Jesus to Psalm 69:4. They hated Me without a cause. 2) John 7:3-5 connects Jesus to Psalm 69:8. I have become estranged from my brothers and an alien to my mother’s sons. 3) Matthew 27:34 and 48 connect Jesus to Psalm 69:21. They also gave me gall… b) John 2:17b – The Lord’s zeal was not misplaced ________________ but biblical understanding of God’s plan for Israel. 6. John 2:18 – In His magnificent entry into the temple, Jesus gave the sign of His Messianic authority, but the rebellious religious leaders did not want to believe He was Messiah. They sought _______________ to blame Him. 7. John 2:19 – Jesus answered them with an __________ prophecy that they were powerless to prevent or deny. He would die and be resurrected. 8. John 2:20 – Since the religious leaders were _______________ by religious pride, they did not understand His statement about the destruction and resurrection of the temple. 9. John 2:21 – John clarified the Lord’s statement, noting that He referred to His _____________ and resurrection. 10. John 2:22 – After the resurrection, the disciples _____________ was strengthened by remembering this events and Jesus’ prophecy three years earlier. WATCH: vimeo/106654088 SLIDES: deanbibleministries.org/dbmfiles/slides/2014-DM2-LifeOfChrist-009-Slides.pdf 2014 Disciple Makers Multiplied (DM2) West Houston Bible Church in conjunction with Disciple Makers Multiplied (DM2) hosted a workshop to train men and women in the DM2 Panorama of the Life of Christ - Part 1 curriculum. The purpose is to prepare men and women to be disciple makers in the spirit of 2 Timothy 2:2 The goal of this workshop is to equip the saints for effective service whether it be at home or within your family, in a Bible study or Sunday school, or even on the mission field. This workshop is for everyone! Whenever our Lord calls for your service, will you be ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you? 1 Peter 3:15 DM2 was originally designed to give sound Bible teaching to pastors and leaders in the developing world and facilitate these leaders to pass on this teaching. Due to the tremendous effectiveness of DM2’s strategy overseas, these workshops have been introduced here in the USA where they’ve been met with great enthusiasm. On the surface, a DM2 workshop might seem like just another Bible conference, but its much more than that. In a very short period of time, DM2’s teaching methodology takes people from one level of Biblical understanding to the next, while at the same time equipping and encouraging them to teach others in the spirit of 2 Timothy 2:2 The workshops are intensive with multiple hours of teaching each day, but because teachers are rotated and because of the format of the workbooks, and the intense fellowship in the Word, time flies! The result is a group of enthusiastic, prepared disciple-makers who can easily go on to teach others what they’ve learned.
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