New Wine John 2:1–11 (NLT) 1 The next day there was a wedding celebration in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration. 3 The wine supply ran out during the festivities, so Jesus’ mother told him, “They have no more wine.” 4 “Dear woman, that’s not our problem,” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come.” 5 But his mother told the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” 6 Standing nearby were six stone water jars, used for Jewish ceremonial washing. Each could hold twenty to thirty gallons. 7 Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” When the jars had been filled, 8 he said, “Now dip some out, and take it to the master of ceremonies.” So the servants followed his instructions. 9 When the master of ceremonies tasted the water that was now wine, not knowing where it had come from (though, of course, the servants knew), he called the bridegroom over. 10 “A host always serves the best wine first,” he said. “Then, when everyone has had a lot to drink, he brings out the less expensive wine. But you have kept the best until now!” 11 This miraculous sign at Cana in Galilee was the first time Jesus revealed his glory. And his disciples believed in him.
The Outpouring of the New Wine. Acts 2:11–16 (NLT) 11 …We all hear these people speaking in our own languages about the wonderful things God has done!” 12 They stood there amazed and perplexed. “What can this mean?” they asked each other. 13 But others in the crowd ridiculed them, saying, “They’re just drunk, that’s all!” 14 Then Peter stepped forward with the eleven other apostles and shouted to the crowd, “Listen carefully, all of you, fellow Jews and residents of Jerusalem! Make no mistake about this. 15 These people are not drunk, as some of you are assuming. Nine o’clock in the morning is much too early for that. 16 No, what you see was predicted long ago by the prophet Joel…
Wine speaks of: 1. Influence
A. He influences the things we say.
Romans 15:13 (NLT) I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.
B. He influences the way that we are.
Galatians 5:22–23 (NLT) The Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!
C. He influences the things we do.
I Corinthians 12
2. Intelligence Job 32:8 (NLT) There is a spirit within people, the breath of the Almighty within them, that makes them intelligent.
3. Indulgence. Romans 14:17(NLT) For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit,
Psalm 16:11 (NIV) You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
Receiving the New Wine:
Ezekiel 36:26 (NIV) I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
1. Loosen up Luke 5:37–39 (NLT) 37 “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the new wine would burst the wineskins, spilling the wine and ruining the skins. 38 New wine must be stored in new wineskins. 39 But no one who drinks the old wine seems to want the new wine. ‘The old is just fine,’ they say.”
“Stiffness Stifles”
1 Thessalonians 5:19(NLT) Do not stifle(quench) the Holy Spirit.
“The Holy Spirit is not going to do His work on your terms.”
2. Drink deep 1 Corinthians 12:13 (NIV) We were all given the one Spirit to drink. Ephesians 5:18(NLT) Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit.
John 20:22 (NLT) Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
