I know people have a hard time believing this, but this is what is reported in John 2:1-11 and was heard in many churches today,
"On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’ And Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come.’ His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you.’ Now standing there were six stone water-jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to them, ‘Fill the jars with water.’ And they filled them up to the brim. He said to them, ‘Now draw some out, and take it to the chief steward.’ So they took it. When the steward tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward called the bridegroom and said to him, ‘Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.’ Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him."
I think that I have heard every argument that tries to explain how Jesus pulled this one off. The only one that holds water is that a miracle really did occur. That won't stop the scoffers, but try to understand the root of their problem with this and other miracles. They either do not believe in God, or they believe in a God that cannot or will not interfere with nature. Therefore, they probably don't believe a whole lot of other things that Christians believe. If they call themselves Christian, you may want to point out that to deny miracles is to deny God the power to perform them, and it means that Jesus was just a trickster.
As long as He doesn't change my shower water into wine, I'm okay with Jesus doing this one again.
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