Why Did JESUS Turn Water Into Wine? (It Wasn’t Life or Death) | John Giftah | Christian Sermon

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0:45 Speaker 2: Hello everyone, Welcome to this solution of the Fuel for

0:47 Speaker 2: the Soul with John Gifta podcast where we're going to

0:50 Speaker 2: look at another aspect from the incident in John chapter

0:54 Speaker 2: two when Jesus turns what it into wine. We've been

0:56 Speaker 2: talking about various aspects that we can inculcate in our

0:59 Speaker 2: life for the couple of episodes, and I really challenge

1:01 Speaker 2: you to go back and check with them. Today, I'm

1:04 Speaker 2: going to talk about one aspect from the same where

1:07 Speaker 2: you may be saying that, yes, God wants to do miracles,

1:10 Speaker 2: God wants to do great things. God did this miracle

1:12 Speaker 2: of turning water and wine. And the thing is this,

1:15 Speaker 2: sometimes we have this idea with our own life where

1:17 Speaker 2: we think that, you know what, there are certain miracles

1:20 Speaker 2: that are more important than the others. Now, what do

1:22 Speaker 2: I mean by that? When something is like a life

1:25 Speaker 2: in that situation, Like if somebody is sick and they

1:27 Speaker 2: need a miracle other ways they're going to die, or

1:29 Speaker 2: maybe somebody is in a lot of death and they

1:32 Speaker 2: if they don't clear the debts, you know, they could

1:35 Speaker 2: lose a lot of things, or they could even lose

1:37 Speaker 2: their life in that process, or their house or you know,

1:40 Speaker 2: a lot of people, especially in the recent times, I

1:42 Speaker 2: came to know that even in through the season of layoffs,

1:46 Speaker 2: a lot of people lost their houses because they couldn't

1:49 Speaker 2: pay off the you know, emis and another loan and

1:54 Speaker 2: all of those things. So here's the thing, you know, like,

1:56 Speaker 2: there are certain things which are life in that situation, right,

1:59 Speaker 2: but some things may not actually be a life for

2:02 Speaker 2: that situation. And that one of the miracles that Jesus performed,

2:06 Speaker 2: which was not exactly a life for that situation was

2:09 Speaker 2: this when Jesus turning what wine? What do I mean

2:11 Speaker 2: by that here's the thing, right, Like, nobody's going to

2:13 Speaker 2: die if there was no wine, you know what I mean.

2:16 Speaker 2: It's not like, oh my gosh, there's no wine, you know,

2:19 Speaker 2: like the wedding is canceled, you know, like I mean,

2:22 Speaker 2: the wedding can still go on because it's not like

2:24 Speaker 2: you know, the bridegroom passed away or somebody became sick

2:27 Speaker 2: or the you know, the couple had some you know,

2:31 Speaker 2: like problems or that crept up and Jesus had to

2:35 Speaker 2: intervene or you know, like it was not something like

2:38 Speaker 2: it's a life for that, Like you know what I mean,

2:40 Speaker 2: it's like somebody is sick, or they couldn't pay the

2:45 Speaker 2: rent for the place, or you know, or some things

2:48 Speaker 2: like that.

2:48 Speaker 1: You know what I.

2:49 Speaker 2: Mean, It's not a life for that situation in Jesus

2:52 Speaker 2: turning what a whine. But it was more about you know,

2:55 Speaker 2: the reputation and the embarrassment that's going to be cost

2:59 Speaker 2: because of this. Like people will always remember, oh, you

3:01 Speaker 2: know what, this is the wedding in which the wind

3:04 Speaker 2: ran out because it was such a significant thing culturally

3:07 Speaker 2: back in the day, right, you know, I still remember

3:11 Speaker 2: going to somebody's wedding and the rain was so bad.

3:14 Speaker 2: And later somebody was referencing that wedding and said, oh,

3:18 Speaker 2: that was the wedding where the rain was so bad.

3:20 Speaker 2: You know what I mean, Like, you get what I'm saying.

3:22 Speaker 2: It's kind of like a situation where like, you know,

3:26 Speaker 2: the sense of embarrassment or the sense of a talking

3:28 Speaker 2: point that people have with regard to that particular case.

3:31 Speaker 2: So it was more to do with embarrassment and societal

3:34 Speaker 2: expectation rather than a life of that situation. You know,

3:37 Speaker 2: sometimes we think that God casts more about the life

3:39 Speaker 2: of that situation. Miracles of people getting healed or you know,

3:43 Speaker 2: somebody like raised Lazarus being raised back to life, or

3:47 Speaker 2: feeding of the five thousands so that people will have

3:49 Speaker 2: money or foods and strength so that they will be

3:51 Speaker 2: able to go back to their homes. You know, it

3:54 Speaker 2: was a life for that situation again, or Jesus coming

3:56 Speaker 2: the storm again is a life for that situation. But

3:59 Speaker 2: this was nothing to do with the life of that situation.

4:01 Speaker 2: This was everything to do with this societial expectations and

4:05 Speaker 2: embarrassment for the couple and the family at large. Right.

4:09 Speaker 2: But here's the thing in this miracle. You see that

4:12 Speaker 2: Jesus cares about these embarrassing situations as much as he

4:16 Speaker 2: cares about life for the situations he shows up in

4:19 Speaker 2: embarrassment or situations that can lead to shame as much

4:24 Speaker 2: as he can show up in seasons or situations that

4:26 Speaker 2: can lead to you know, pain and death. So I

4:29 Speaker 2: want you to understand that God cares about those areas

4:33 Speaker 2: of life which feel like, oh, you know what people

4:35 Speaker 2: will say, Oh, I know you. For example, okay, you

4:38 Speaker 2: are in a situation where you're saying, I'm not having

4:42 Speaker 2: a job. Okay. For example, like maybe for somebody it

4:45 Speaker 2: may be in a situation of like I'm not able

4:48 Speaker 2: to pay my bills. It's a life in that situation.

4:50 Speaker 2: But for somebody else, they are able to sustain from

4:52 Speaker 2: now till they get another job. So right now, it's

4:54 Speaker 2: more to do with shame, like, oh, what will people

4:57 Speaker 2: think if I don't have a job, or let's say,

4:59 Speaker 2: for example, in ministry, right sometimes for me, I'll look

5:03 Speaker 2: back and you know, especially like I'm doing what I

5:07 Speaker 2: love to do, like you know, preaching through these podcasts,

5:09 Speaker 2: YouTube channel television, ministry, traveling and preaching all of these things.

5:13 Speaker 2: But in terms of numbers, especially on YouTube. I've been

5:16 Speaker 2: praying for a long time that God will bring a growth.

5:18 Speaker 2: And here's the thing. It's not a life for the situation.

5:21 Speaker 2: I'm not going to die if I don't get views,

5:23 Speaker 2: but it's more to do it like oh, you know,

5:26 Speaker 2: like people don't take you seriously if you don't have numbers,

5:28 Speaker 2: you know what I mean. It's like, so what I'm

5:31 Speaker 2: trying to say is God cares about those details as

5:33 Speaker 2: well that lead to embarrassment and shame. God cares about that.

5:37 Speaker 2: Sometimes we try to hide it and act super spiritual,

5:40 Speaker 2: like you know what, there are people who are in

5:42 Speaker 2: poverty and you're worrying about views, or there are people

5:45 Speaker 2: who are in you know, much difficult situations and you're

5:49 Speaker 2: you're worrying about not getting a job, or there are

5:53 Speaker 2: people who are going through divorce and you're worrying about

5:56 Speaker 2: still not getting married, you know, like you know what

5:58 Speaker 2: I mean, Like there's always going to be somebody who's

6:00 Speaker 2: going to say, you know what, like, come on, there

6:03 Speaker 2: are greater things that people are dealing with. Create a

6:06 Speaker 2: life of the situations people are dealing with, like harassment

6:09 Speaker 2: or you know, this human trafficking that's happening in some

6:13 Speaker 2: parts of the world, or even in terms of greater things,

6:18 Speaker 2: like people are you know that life is at stake

6:21 Speaker 2: and all of these things, and you're worried about these things,

6:24 Speaker 2: or it's it's you know, like people think that God

6:29 Speaker 2: doesn't care or you should not care. No, God cares

6:33 Speaker 2: about even those things that can lead to shame and embarrassment.

6:37 Speaker 2: God cares about it, and God wants to do something

6:40 Speaker 2: about it in your life. So I want you to

6:43 Speaker 2: commit that into into the hands of God and say, God,

6:46 Speaker 2: you know what, I feel embarrassed, Like, you know what,

6:49 Speaker 2: I'm still not having a job. I feel embarrassed that

6:53 Speaker 2: though I've been putting so much of effort into this,

6:56 Speaker 2: I'm not seeing the fruit that I should see. I

6:58 Speaker 2: feel embarrassed and shameful that I'm not getting the kind

7:02 Speaker 2: of you know, like maybe if you're a single for

7:06 Speaker 2: a long time and you're don't get getting married and

7:08 Speaker 2: people are like, oh, there's something wrong with you. That's

7:10 Speaker 2: not you're not getting married. No, like you commit that

7:12 Speaker 2: pain to God. God, I feel embarrassed and shameful. Or

7:16 Speaker 2: you're not getting a child. God, it's not like you're

7:19 Speaker 2: want to die if you don't get a child. You

7:21 Speaker 2: know what I mean. It's not a life for that situation.

7:23 Speaker 2: But God placed the desire in you. God has put

7:26 Speaker 2: that heart you know, like that that you know like

7:30 Speaker 2: you you really wish to have a child. Commit that

7:33 Speaker 2: to God and say, God, I feel embarrassed when I

7:35 Speaker 2: look at other people who are younger to me getting children,

7:39 Speaker 2: and here I am struggling to not even get wanted,

7:42 Speaker 2: or struggling to even get married in the first place.

7:44 Speaker 2: So commit that into God's sense today. I really challenge

7:48 Speaker 2: you to do that, because God cares about the things

7:51 Speaker 2: that you care about, even the things that feel like,

7:54 Speaker 2: oh they're just shame or embarrassment and they have nothing

7:58 Speaker 2: to do with life for their situations. No, because for God,

8:01 Speaker 2: he cares about your heart. He cares about those details

8:05 Speaker 2: as well as much as He cares about the life

8:07 Speaker 2: of these situations. Emmen, share this with someone and encourage

8:10 Speaker 2: him today. God bless you.

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