John Chapter 2

Why did Jesus did a miracle although it was not His time yet?

I don't know about it, but I just imagine and apply it to this case that may happen in my life.

I'm a member of a Church and give worship service regularly. One day, there is an announcement that Sunday school does need teachers for the children. One of my friends or my fiance(hopefully) tells me, "they need teachers for the children." and I say, "My time has not yet come." (No, I might not say like that, I would say, "I'm not yet prepared.") However, if he/she gives me some kids and let me teach them, I would do that. No matter I'm good at it or not, I will do my best. It's me.

 

How could Mary be sure that Jesus would perform a miracle?

Jesus revealed his being as God to her already.

But... it doesn't make a sense that she was sure though she hadn't seen any miracle before. It said it was the miracle. Because Jesus said, "My time has not yet come." so it's not that God had her be sure of it and ask Jesus. Then, Mary got the assurance through her time with Jesus. What was it? His deity? She could be sure because she believed Jesus as almighty God.

Never seen a certain thing, we can believe it by whom He is.

Chapter 2

On the third day, a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to Him, "they have no more wine." "Dear woman, why do you involve me?" Jesus replied. "My time has not yet come." His mother said to the servants "Do whatever he tells you." Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from 20 to 30 gallons. Jesus said to the servants "fill the jars with water" So they filled them to the brim. Then, he told them, "now draw some out then take it to the master of the banquet." They did so. And the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He didn't realize where it had come from. though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside and said, "Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink. But you have saved the best till now. This was the first of his miraculous signs Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed his glory and his disciples put their faith in him. After this, he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days. When it was almost time for the Jewish passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts, He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area both sheep and the cattle. He scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. To those who sold doves, he said "get these out of here, how dare you turn my father's house into a market?" His disciples remembered that it is written "Zeal for your house will consume me." Then the Jews demanded of him. "What the miraculous sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this? " Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days." The Jews replied "It has taken 46 years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?" But the temple he had spoken of was his body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said, then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken. Now, while he was in Jerusalem at the passover feast, Many people saw the miraculous signs he was doing and believed in his name. But Jesus would not entrust himself to them. For he knew all men. He did not need man's testimony about man for he knew what was in a man.