Week 07 - The Wedding in Cana (2016)

Radical Relationship - Gospel of John

In the first six weeks of this class (Part 1), we focused primarily on John’s Prologue (1:1-18). As was mentioned in one of the earlier classes, the Prologue was like a pair of glasses that John is asking you to view the narrative through. So as we move forward in the next eight weeks or so (Part 2), we will walk through the Gospel of John and read it with the ‘glasses’ that John has given us.
In this first class of Part 2, we look at John 1 - 2:11. In chapter one, after the prologue, John introduces us to Jesus through how other’s see him. John the Baptist calls him the Lamb of God, Simon calls him the Messiah, and Nathaniel calls him the Son of God, the King of Israel.
In chapter 2:1-11, we examine Jesus’s miracle of changing water to wine at the wedding in Cana. We observe many aspects of the event that the text points out to us. And in turn, we see, how Jesus shows the Father to us.
Note: The last few minutes of the class are missing, and the recording stops abruptly. This last portion of the class was very brief and does not affect the overall message of this week’s class. Our apologies.