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Message: Unshakable; Pt.3 It’s not about the wine.
Speaker: Pastor Steve Adams; Interim Teaching Pastor; StoneRidge Fellowship
Date: June 14, 2020
Passage: John 2:1-11
Introduction
The French wine industry was nearly devastated in the mid-1800s by a vine disease caused by Phylloxera, an aphid that came over from North America. In what became known as “The Great Wine Blight”, many if not most of the vines in France (and much of Europe) were completely destroyed due to the disease. Since France’s economy was so dependent upon the wine industry, the government desperately sought for solutions to this epidemic. Fortunately the innovation of two French vintners, Leo Laliman and Gaston Bazille, helped stem the tide of this disaster. They developed a method in which European vines were grafted to resistant American rootstock which was not susceptible to the Phylloxera. Thanks to this breakthrough discovery, France was able to rebuild its wine industry (literally) from the ground up by planting these disease-resistant vines.
In John 2 we find Jesus early in his ministry faced with a similar crisis of much smaller
proportions: the wedding wine has run out and the host is panicking! This isn’t life or death; but it is embarrassing! Jesus has a way of surprising people. The wedding at Cana seems an unlikely place to begin his ministry. Jesus spares the host his embarrassment by becoming the world’s greatest vintner – the best wine produced instantaneously at no cost! Granted, it’s not about the wine. Jesus here proves his divinity – he IS the long promised one. But at this point, only a few know this for certain.
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