Session 47 John 2:6-3:5

Jesus’ turning water into wine is the first of 7 “signs the gospel writer uses to show Jesus’ divinity.  (Jesus has he power to create.)  He can create a new person in us, too, if we walk with him.

Jesus calling his mother “Woman” was not disrespectful:
Words and customs change meaning over time, (a term of respect(?)
Jesus (sinless)honored his mother and father , lived the Commandment.
In Garden of Eden, God said he would put emnity between Satan and the Woman.  (Mary is the new Eve; her “Yes” to God contradicted Eve’s “No.”
In Revelation 12 we see the “Woman” (not named, but Mary) with a crown of 2 stars.

The temple (“sanctuary”) building will be destroyed, but Jesus is the NEW temple....HE is there as  our Sanctuary.

“Born again” means a changed life once we walk with Christ.  The seeds are sown at our Baptism.  If we know we are to be Baptised and don’t do it, we are disobedient.  Baptism imparts grace which gives us strength! ( There is a connection between the intellectual assent and the physical act!!!)