 Amen. So I guess if we're going to have a series on the miracles of Jesus, we should probably start with the first one. So we'll start with the first miracle of Jesus tonight. The water into wine and we'll go through that story and see what we can learn from that. There's a lot to say about this miracle. It was the first miracle that Jesus did. It's documented in John chapter 2 and it's used in a lot of, you know, strange ways today. I want to show you some, we're going to take a logical step through the Bible this evening and see what we can learn from this miracle. And we're also going to look at, you know, there's some points here on why we need to have a King James Bible as well. So I'll show you that as well. But let's just go ahead and get right into it this evening and look at John chapter 2 and verse number 1. So first of all, there's a wedding and Jesus' mother is at this wedding. So I'm going to point out the things that we need to kind of know I'm going into this. So it was the third day the Bible says there was a marriage in Canaan of Galilee and the mother of Jesus was there. And both Jesus was called and his disciples to the marriage. When they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus said unto him, they have no wine. So two things could have happened here. Either they ran out of wine or they didn't have wine in the first place. I think it's probably more likely as we'll see in further verses that they ran out. We'll show you that. I'll show you that. I'm speaking plural tonight. I'm not a wee. There's nobody standing next to me. I will show you that this evening. But I think that they probably ran out of wine here. So how could they run out of wine at the wedding? So first of all, I'll turn to Proverbs chapter 21. Proverbs chapter 21, they ran out of wine here and Jesus' mother said to him, they have no wine. Look at Proverbs 21 and verse number 17. Keep your place in Proverbs. We're going to be going back and forth to Proverbs throughout the entire sermon. But we're going to pick up some clues. You have to read the Bible in context. If you really want to understand what's happening and dispel a lot of these stupid things that people say about the Bible, you just kind of have to read the whole Bible in context. What's actually happening in the story? Where are they? Who's there? The who, what, when kind of thing, right? So first of all, there's a clue here. Look at Proverbs 21 and verse number 17. The Bible says, He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man. He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. So the Bible here says that somebody that loves wine and oil will not be rich. So first of all, this is kind of giving us an idea that wine is expensive. Wine is something that is kind of a luxury. The Bible says, you know, I mean, the same could be true today. Somebody that goes out, I don't care how much money you make. If you go out to a fancy restaurant and eat for every single meal, you're going to be broke. You know, if you just go out and you just eat at Ruth's Chris steakhouse, you know, twice a day, every single day of the week, you are going to be poor. That's the bottom line right there. Marriages in general are expensive. I mean, I've heard of marriages costing, you know, tens of thousands of dollars, maybe, you know, even more depending on how crazy you want to get. So look, wine is a luxury. Wine is something that was expensive. So they ran out. It wasn't something that they just had an infinite amount of. Okay, look at John chapter 2 and verse number 4. The Bible says, Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I done? What am I to do with thee? Mine hour has not yet come. Jesus' ministry has not started until this point. Okay, this is kind of the kickoff in this event right here. His mother saith unto the servants, whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. And there were sent six water pots of stone after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three ferkins apiece. So first of all, that's another clue right here in verse number 6. First of all, you have these big water pots of stones. This is what Jesus actually turns into wine. But this is something that is used for the purifying of the Jews. This is what the Jews use in a ferkin, you know, if you look it up. Look, there's several gallons of water in one of these things. You know, they're saying maybe it's 20 gallons apiece, 15 gallons apiece. Even if it's 10 gallons apiece in one of these vessels, these are big vessels of water. Okay, this is used for the Jews, you know, religious washings. All the washings that you see in the Old Testament, that's what these water pots are used for. So, I mean, we have a religious, you know, we have a religious group here is what we see. Okay, and so we see these water pots. And, you know, for the ritual washing, we have a wedding of religious Jews is what's happening here. Okay, look at verse 7. Jesus saith unto them, Fill the water pots with water. Then they filled them up to the brim. And he said unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast, and they bear it. And when the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine and knew not whence it was, he didn't know where it came from. That's what whence means. But the servants that drew the water knew. The governor of the feast called the bridegroom. And said unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine. And when men have well drunk, then that which was, then that which is worse. But Donald has kept the good wine until now. And then verse 11 ends the story saying this is the beginning of miracles. Did Jesus and Cana of Galilee and manifested forth his glory and his disciples believed on him. Go back to verse 10 and I just want to repeat verse 10 here because we're going to talk about verse 10 in some detail this evening. It says, when the men have well drunk, it did not say, you know, when everyone was drunk. Okay, we'll get to the definition of the word drunk. And we'll have a little English lesson here in a few minutes. But first of all, Jesus takes these huge water pots and turns them into wine. So first thing we need to know is what is wine? What is wine in the Bible? That's the question. Did Jesus make alcohol? That is the question. Wine in the Bible. Turn to Isaiah chapter 5. Let's just do a quick Bible study on wine in the Bible. The Bible uses all kinds of different words to talk about alcoholic drinks and Isaiah chapter 5 and verse number 11. We're not going to go to every single one of these verses, but I want to just show you a few so we can, you know, at least demonstrate the point that I need to make here. Look at Isaiah chapter 5 and verse number 11. The Bible says this. The Bible says, woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink. You'll see that those two words used a lot in the Bible. Warning against drinking alcoholic beverages. It says, woe unto them that they may follow strong drink and continue until night till wine inflamed them. So we see there that, you know, wine and strong drink, you know, those two things can be the same. Look at Hosea chapter 4 and verse number 11. Hosea chapter 4 and verse number 11. Hosea chapter 4 and verse number 11. The Bible says, so we see, I want to show you that wine is placed in the category many times of strong drink, but the Bible also differentiates certain kinds of wine. Look at Hosea 411. The Bible says, hold them in wine and new wine take away the heart. So now we see a difference between new wine. We see a more specific, you know, type of wine, if you will. Go back to Proverbs. You have your finger in Proverbs. Look at Proverbs 23. And just keep a place in Proverbs. Rate in Proverbs 23 for the rest of the sermon. We're going to be going back to that again and again. Proverbs 23, look at verse number 31. What is wine? That is the question. What is wine? Look at what Proverbs 23 and verse number 31 says. The Bible reads in Proverbs 23 and 31. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red. When it giveth its color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. Verse 32. At the last it biteeth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder. So here the Bible is saying, look not upon the wine when it is in a certain condition. The Bible is saying, when it's red, when it moves by itself, when it gives its color in the cup. So we see a difference, a reference to wine when it's in a certain state here. Turn to Numbers chapter 6. Turn to Numbers chapter 6. And then we're going to have to do a little science project and talk to you about how wine is actually made to have alcohol in it on purpose. Look at Numbers chapter 6. Numbers chapter 6. Talking about someone who's not to have no strong drink here. In Numbers chapter 6 and verse number 3, the Bible says, he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. And shall drink no vinegar of wine or vinegar of strong drink. Neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes nor eat moist grapes or dried. So this is talking about the Nazarite vow. This is talking about how someone is, you know, the Nazarite, someone that took a Nazarite vow was not even supposed to get near anything, any kind of juice or anything that came from a grape. Just in case, you know, something, you know, it may, you know, why even go near it? Kind of like this morning, right? Kind of like this morning. You know, to not touch a woman is to stay away from fornication. So don't even, don't even, you know, if we're all on the edge of a cliff, let's not be, you know, standing over the cliff with one leg taking a selfie, right? I mean, that's basically what the Bible is saying and it's the same philosophy in Numbers chapter 6 with the Nazarite vow. So we see that there's a differentiation made on different types of wine, strong drink, red wine when it gives its color in the cup, when it moves by itself in the cup. So first of all, how is wine made? Let's look at that. Now this is just a quote from like a website that shows how to make wine right here, okay? This is how it's made. It says first, this is how, you know, wine is made and how it ends up being alcoholic, okay? First, grapes are harvested from the vineyard either by human hands or by a machine. The moment the grapes are picked determines the acidity. Now I mean, this I've heard is pretty, this is really scientific. Some of these, you know, really fancy grapes, they have, they've hired people, they pay them tons of money to go out there and decide like the exact hour that the grapes are harvested. So that's what it's talking about here. The moment the grapes are picked determines the acidity. Sweetness and flavor of the wine. Once the grapes are harvested, they are taken to the winery and sorted into bunches with rotten or underripe grapes removed. So they take the bad grapes out and throw them away. Then the grapes are run through a destemmer then crushed by a mechanical press which increases the sanitation quality and longevity of the wine. They probably didn't have this, you know, in Jesus' day. This is a modern website here. This is where the white wines and red wines differ. So now listen to this. For white wines, the grapes are quickly crushed and pressed in order to separate the juice from the skins, seeds, and solids. This prevents any unwanted color or tannins from leaching into the wine. Grapes for red wines, however, are left in contact with their skins in order to acquire more flavor, color, and additional tannins which help make the wine dry and bitter. Stingeth like an adder? Sound about right? Next, next, still from the website, is the fermentation process. Fermentation is when the sugars in the grape juice are converted into alcohol. The juice can begin fermenting naturally within six to 12 hours when wild yeasts are in the air or on the skin of the grape. So have you ever seen a red grape that has all this white stuff around the end? That is the yeast on the outside that has just come from the air. It's natural yeast, and when that is crushed with the juice, it begins the fermentation process immediately as soon as it gets in there. And the fermentation is basically biological breakdown of the wine. It's basically, you know, rotting if you want to think of it that way. That's what fermentation is. So it begins fermentation naturally within six to 12 hours. Of course they can add sugar, like with white wines they would add sugar and yeast or they would add yeast, I'm sorry, from the outside to get it to ferment to make that white wine alcoholic, but otherwise white wines would not become alcoholic on their own unless some yeast from somewhere was put in there. By the way, leaven is yeast. Just for future reference, we'll talk about that in a few minutes. So fermentation continues until all the sugar is converted into alcohol. For sweeter wines, winemakers will stop the process before all the sugar converts. Depending on the wine, the fermentation process can last anywhere from 10 days to a month or more. So, a couple of things to note. There's a time element in the natural process here. So the longer this goes on, the more alcoholic the, you know, the more fermentation that happens and the more alcoholic it begins. Natural sugars begin fermenting right away as long as there's yeast present. Within hours you have alcohol forming. So especially if the skins were left in the mix, which is happening with what? What colored wine? With red wine. Which is why the Bible says it warns against the wine when it's red, when it moveth itself in the cup. That's that chemical process of fermentation actually happening. And you can see it happening. There's solids in there. It's helping break down. You can see it actually happening. So it seems that the Bible warns about this. It seems that the Bible warns about this actual process that I'm reading you. Now, remember, there's no refrigerators in Jesus' time. So how would they, you know, stop fermentation from happening? First of all, they could just not allow it to happen in the first place and seal things and seal things from the outside world. That would be one way. Or, you know, a common way that is just common throughout history is, you know, they didn't have, you know, they didn't have big distilleries where they could distill out alcohol and things like that. But what they could do is just simply boil the alcohol off. I remember my mother doing that. If she was ever using wine to cook with something she would simply boil it for a few minutes to get all the alcohol out of the wine and then she would use it as a cooking ingredient. So, I mean, it's a common thing that removes alcohol. So back to the point of the sermon. Did Jesus make alcoholic wine? The Bible warns against, number one, wine when it is red, which implies that there is wine that is not red. So, you have to remember that there's always another if the Bible is warning about wine that is red, that means that there is wine that is not red. Otherwise it would just say, don't ever drink wine. Just don't have wine. It says, wine when it moveth in the cup, meaning it's fermented, there's skins in there, there's yeast involved, means that there is wine that is not fermented. That's the second thing. And the third thing is the vinegar of wine. The wine that is already fermented means that there is such a thing as pure wine. Wine that has not been fermented. Wine that is not rotten, so to speak. Now, first of all, yeast in the Bible is the same thing as leaven. And the Bible uses we're not going to do a Bible study on this, but the Bible uses leaven as an analogy for sin. A little leaven in the church will leaven the whole lump. You can't just let sin come into the church and do nothing about it or it will spread throughout the whole church. Yeast grows. It spreads. You can just keep making more and more yeast and it just, a little leaven will leaven the whole lump. So, basically yeast symbolizes sin and yeast is what is used to make pure wine alcoholic wine. Kind of fits. It kind of fits. So, what did Jesus make is the question. What did Jesus make? So, in order because I have heard this miracle used for decades in my life to justify drinking alcohol. Well, Jesus turned water into wine. Are you better than Jesus? I mean, I've heard that so many times. I'm embarrassed to tell you how many times I've heard that. Did Jesus make alcohol? In order to believe Jesus made alcohol, let's take a logical journey here. In order to believe Jesus made alcoholic wine, you have to believe a few things. I'm not telling you what to believe. I'm just going to tell you what you have to believe if you want to be logically consistent and believe Jesus made alcohol at that wedding. The first thing you have to believe is you have to believe that people at the wedding were drinking alcohol. You have to believe people at the wedding were drinking alcohol. Look, he clearly wasn't going to make strong drink or wasn't going to make alcoholic beverages for a bunch of people that didn't drink. I mean, why would he do that? I mean, he clearly wasn't going to come to a bunch of religious Jews that were against drinking and against drinking alcohol and just make them a bunch of alcohol. That makes no sense. So, we know that. You have to believe that the people at the wedding were drinking alcohol. That's the first thing you have to believe. Look, the Bible doesn't say that. What do we know about the Bible and just connecting dots ourselves with the Bible? It's going to lead you to trouble every single time. Now look, here's why people have a problem with this. Here's why people have a problem with this. Because you're sitting here and you're thinking in your head and I know some of you are thinking this right now because your culture is messing with you. Your culture is wrecking how you think. Your culture is ruining how you read the Bible because you're like well, they're at a wedding, of course they're getting drunk. Because that's what people do at weddings in our culture. That's what people do in American culture at weddings is they get drunk. That's what Catholics do at weddings in American culture is everybody gets drunk. Including the priest. Why not? But that is your culture messing with you. When you read this and you say, oh the people are well drunk. You're like, oh yeah, everybody's drunk at this wedding because that's what people do. No, your culture is what's getting you here. Just because you grew up where a wedding equals everybody getting drunk doesn't mean that it is like that for everyone at any given time throughout history. That's ridiculous to think that. I mean, that's a bold belief. That's a leap and that's your culture messing with you. I remember when we moved, I grew up Lutheran. This was the culture in Lutheran culture is at weddings, there's a huge party afterwards. That's the culture that I grew up in. Now, we moved to Texas. We moved to Texas and I went to my first Texas wedding after we were in Texas for a year or two. One of my wife's friends or coworkers got married and we went to this wedding and it was a Baptist wedding because everyone in Texas is a Baptist. You don't know a lot of people in Texas are Baptist. It's the Bible Belt and we went to this Texas wedding and we went to the wedding in a church and we went to the reception and there was no alcohol there. There was no big events. There was no alcohol. There was just good food and people walking around talking. It was the weirdest thing I've ever seen. I told my wife, I was like, this is really strange. You know what? I was happy about it. I was just like, wow it's not like how I grew up everywhere and we went to this Baptist wedding. So look, your culture can mess with you when you read the Bible. Don't let it do that. You got to cancel this. You got to cancel your culture. Alright? Did I actually say that just now? You got to cancel your worldly culture and pick up this culture right here. That's what you got to do. That's the cancel culture that should happen. Cancel whatever the world has taught you and just whatever you read in the Bible, that's what you adopt. There you go. But here's the thing. People read the Bible and they're like, you know, these people are drunks just like me. No, they're not. Let me read you the NIV. Pull out your NIV right now. Modern Bible versions and look, this is wicked. I'm going to show you how subtle this is in the Bible. Look at verse number 10. This is why you have to have a King James Bible. These new Bible versions like it is brilliant. I mean, it is brilliant how subtle it is on just attacking the Word of God. Because look, this turning Jesus into a sinner is what it's doing. That's exactly what it is doing here. But it's so subtle. It's so subtle. I'm going to read for you the NIV. You look at verse number 9. The NIV says this, in the Master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom and said, everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guest had too much to drink. But you have saved the best till now. So look, the NIV basically said when everyone's drunk. That's what the NIV implied. It meant that King James says when everyone is well drunk. Look, drunk has three meanings. If you look it up in the dictionary. Drunk means first of all, it's a verb. Drunk meaning past participle. If you remember what a participle is. Past tense basically of the word drink. It's a verb. I had drunk too much coffee. We stayed at church until 11 o'clock. On Sunday night, I had drunk way too much coffee and I stared at the ceiling at my house until 2 in the morning. That's how you use drunk in the terms of the King James Bible in verse number 10. Or it could be a noun. That guy is a drunk. He's a drunk. Who drinks alcohol constantly. He's just a drunk. Or somebody who is, it could be an adjective describing that person. That guy, that guy he's drunk meaning he's had too much alcohol. Look, there's three meanings. Which meaning is used in verse number 10? Is it the past tense of the word drink? That's what it is. Meaning they had had enough. They were full. You go and have a big steak and you're full. You don't want another steak. And that's when you bring out the inexpensive food and drink and all those things. But this guy is like he brought out the best stuff when everybody had already been well drunk. They already had enough to drink. So first of all you have to believe, number one you have to believe that everybody was drinking alcohol at the wedding. The Bible does not say that. And then it gets even better. So Jesus made alcohol. That's what we're trying to prove here. We're trying to prove that Jesus made alcohol so we can all go out and be a bunch of drunks. That's what we're going to do. We're going to follow that path. So everybody had to be drinking alcohol at the wedding. Well, we've already got a problem there. The Bible doesn't say that. Here's the second thing. You have to believe that Jesus gave alcohol to already drunk people. I mean what in the world? I mean there's a bunch of people they've had too much to drink. What does that mean? These people are all drunk! And Jesus is like there's some more booze! I mean what in the world? Jesus turned out, you know water into wine, man. Turn to Proverbs chapter 20. Proverbs chapter 20. Proverbs chapter 20. You have to believe that Jesus gave alcohol to people that were already drunk. He's not going to give alcohol to people that don't drink. They're going to be like this wine is red. Get it away from us. Proverbs chapter 20 and verse number 1. Let's just be logical. That's all I'm asking you this evening. Let's just think this through. Proverbs chapter 20. The whole Bible has to make sense, right? The Bible can't contradict itself. If we find something like Jesus made alcoholic wine then we have to be able to fit that into the Bible. That can't like we can't have problems with the Bible. The Bible can't all of a sudden contradict itself because of what I believe. Or I believe the wrong thing. This is a perfect book, folks. If you find a problem with it, the problem's you. Proverbs chapter 20 and verse number 1. Wine is a marker. Strong drink is raging and whoever is deceived thereby is not wise. Let me read for you Isaiah 28. So I guess Jesus was not wise by giving alcohol to these people. Isaiah 28 verse 7. But they have also aired through wine and through strong drink or out of the way. The priest and the prophet have aired through strong drink. They are swallowed up of wine. They are out of the way through strong drink. They air in vision. They stumble in judgment. You think Jesus gave people a bunch of things so they could stumble in judgment? Look, alcohol will cause anyone that drinks it to air. That's what the Bible is saying here. The priests here. The priests aired. The priests were getting drunk. The priests were getting drunk. Adjective. The priests were drunks. Noun. The priests were well drunk. They were drunks in Isaiah 28. Look, go back to Proverbs 23. Are you there? Proverbs 23 is probably the best set of just overall verses in the Bible on why you should never touch alcohol. Proverbs 23. Anyone that, look, you will say things. You will say perverse things. If you are, you know, if you drink alcohol, you will be swearing. You will be doing things that you would never do when you drink alcohol. If you would drink alcohol, maybe that's what Jesus wanted. Maybe you wanted these people to swear and be perverse. You gave them a bunch of alcohol. Look at Proverbs 23 and verse 29. Look, here's why. I like this in your Bible. If you're like, man, I just struggle with drinking. This is all you need right here. Proverbs 29. I've led you astray. Let me check here. Proverbs 23. I'm going to check real quick. Proverbs 23. Look at verse 29. Proverbs 23 and verse 29. Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? Who hath babbling? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? Look, the Bible says here that you're going to have trouble. You're going to be sad. You're going to have contentions with people around you. Meaning you're going to get in fights all the time. Who hath babbling? You're going to say stupid things. You're not even going to make sense in what you're saying. Who hath wounds without a cause? Your eyes are going to be all red. They that tarry long at the wine. They that go to seek mixed wine. There we see again a different type of wine. Look not upon the wine when it is red. We've already read that. Look at verse 33. Thine eyes shall behold strange women. Thine heart shall utter perverse things. Things that you wouldn't even think about doing. You will do if you drink alcohol. Your heart will be your heart will utter perverse things. Meaning I have a heart towards the Lord. We talked about that this morning. You're looking for somebody, young people. You are looking for somebody who's not just going through the motions in this life. You're looking for somebody who has the heart to serve the Lord with their life. That's what you're looking for. But alcohol will change your heart. Alcohol will turn your heart to perverse things. To do things that you would never want to do. If you didn't drink alcohol. And then you'll end up in fornication. It says here. Think of all the stories in the Bible about people drinking alcohol. I mean what? Talk about perverse. Nothing good ever happened to anybody in the Bible that drank alcohol. And I'm telling you this. Right now nothing good will ever come from drinking alcohol. Only bad. Why would you want to do it? Because it makes me happy. No, it'll bring you sorrow. It'll bring you sorrow. Verse 34. He that lieeth down in the midst of the sea or he that lieeth upon the top of a mast. You'll just end up in strange places. You won't even know where you are. Verse 35. They have stricken me. I was not sick. I will seek it again. Boy, have you ever met anybody like this? It's like what are you doing to your life? What are you doing to your life? And then you just keep doing it again and again and again. They lose their job. They just keep going and going and going. Look, you have to think that Jesus gave people woe. To think that he created alcohol at the wedding. You have to think that Jesus gave people sorrow. And caused contentions amongst them. That's what you have to believe. He's like, you know what? I'm going to give some of these people, I'm going to make them fight amongst each other. I'm going to give these people wounds without cause. Look, nothing positive will ever come from it. Why would Jesus give it to anyone? It makes no sense at all. Turn to 1 Corinthians chapter 6. Look, it'll destroy you. It'll destroy you. It'll destroy your body. Look, it'll lead you to fornication which will give you the 3 D's. Disease, divorce and despair. I mean, it's horrible. It'll ruin you. It will actually ruin your health, ruin your body. So maybe Jesus wanted to ruin these people's bodies. Look at 1 Corinthians chapter 6. 1 Corinthians chapter 6. Look at verse number 19. The Bible says what? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you. Which ye have of God and ye are not your own. So, your body isn't even yours. The Bible says. If you're saved, the Bible says for your bought with a price. So, Christ purchased you. If I glorify God in your body in your spirit which are God's. Christ purchased you with his own blood. And he's going to want you to drink alcohol. Look, it doesn't make any sense. You can't make sense out of it in the Bible. He's just going to help them destroy their bodies. If he gave them alcohol, he made them drunk. And here's another one I've heard. Go to Proverbs 31 verse 6. This will be a quick one. Proverbs 31 and verse number 6. Because the Bible does say something about a certain group of people where it's just like, I just let them drink. You know, go to Proverbs 31 and verse number 6. Proverbs 31 and look at verse. Let's start at verse 3. The Bible says, So look, this is Solomon's mother teaching him. She's teaching him advice on how to choose a wife. This is of course the chapter on the virtuous woman. But before she gives him a little bit of advice on alcohol. She says, It is not for kings to drink wine nor for princes strong drink. She's like, it's not for you. She's like, alcohol is not for you. And then she says this. She says, lest they drink and forget the law. Because look, you drink, you're going to forget the Bible. You will forget what the Bible says. You will forget everything. And you will just do the perverse things that the Bible says that you will do. And then she says this. She says in verse 6. Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish. And wine unto those that be of heavy heart. She's like, look, all these unsay people, all these wicked people just let them drink. It's not for you. It's like for the saved people, it's not for you. Look, you're kings and priests. Revelation chapter 1 verse 6. We're kings and priests. You have a priesthood. We talked about this a few weeks ago. It's not for you. But all the reprobates and wicked people out there, let them drink. What are you saying here? So maybe Mary, Jesus' mother, was hanging out with a bunch of reprobates. No. No. And maybe Jesus is just like giving wine to a bunch of reprobates. That's dumb. Look, Jesus did not make alcohol at this wedding. Recap. You have to believe that people were drinking alcohol. And you have to believe that Jesus made them drunker. That's what you have to believe. And look, here's another thing. And if you have a bunch of people, here's why they weren't drinking alcohol at the wedding. Here's why they were religious Jews at a wedding and they weren't drinking alcohol in the first place. Because the governor in verse number 10, what did he say? He said, this is great. He said, this wine is great. What happens? I'll explain that if you don't know what happens, God bless you. But what happens when you have a bunch of drunks sitting around drinking and you bring them a bunch of fruit punch? Are they going to be like, this is great? You know what drunks who are drunk want? They want more alcohol. That's what the Bible says in Proverbs. It says they wake up and they want it again. And they want it again. And they want more. And they want more. And they want more. You bring a bunch of non-alcoholic stuff to a bunch of drunks. They're not going to appreciate it. And the governor was like, this is the best. This is pure wine. This is pure wine. He's like, this is expensive stuff. It's what he was saying. You have to believe that Jesus made them drunker and you can't give fruit punch to a bunch of drunk people. It's not going to work. And basically the biggest thing here is you have to believe that Jesus was a sinner. That's where it all comes down. Go to 1 Peter chapter 2. I mean, the NIV implies this. That's exactly what the NIV implies. The NIV is implying that these people, they had too much to drink. They were all drunk, the NIV says. And then Jesus gave them more wine. More wine from Jesus. Look, it's not just a small thing. The devil knows what he's doing when he's changing God's word. It's very pointed, very subtle attacks on the deity of Christ. Because look, if Jesus was a sinner, we're not going to heaven. That's how serious it is. Look at 1 Peter chapter 2 and verse 22. The Bible says, well, look at verse 21. For even here on 2 we are called because Christ also suffered for us leaving us an example. Example, he was pretty good, but he sinned sometimes. That he should follow his steps. Who did no sin? That was Gal found in his mouth. Look, he did no sin. He spoke no sin. He thought no sin. He had no sin. There was no sin in him. Turn to Hebrews chapter 4 and verse 15. I'll read for you 2 Corinthians 5 and verse 21. For he hath made himself sin for us. To be sin for us. Who knew no sin? Look, he became sin. He knew no sin. He became it. He didn't deserve it. He didn't have it. He became it for us. Is what the Bible says. It's a huge deal. It's a huge deal. That we might be made the righteousness of God in him. If Jesus sinned I'm not saved. That's how big of a deal it is. Some stupid idiot says that Jesus made a bunch of people drunk. Jesus made one. You're a moron. You don't get saved. We're not saved if Jesus had one sin. I mean, it's an attack on the gospel is what it is. These things are not small. Hebrews 4 and 15. For we have not a high priest. Jesus is the high priest. Which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities. Look, Jesus was tempted just like you. Jesus had the flesh just like you. Except he didn't sin. He didn't do it. He didn't fall for the temptation. He didn't sin. But in all points he was tempted as like we are. Yet without sin. Jesus did not turn water into alcoholic wine. You say no big deal. It's a big deal. It's an attack on the gospel itself. It is the biggest deal. And look, if Jesus turned water into alcohol either Jesus is a sinner or drinking alcohol is not a sin. And we know both of those can't be true. Because of what? Because of the Bible. The Word of God. The problem is it's much simpler than this. People don't have any problem turning Jesus into a sinner to justify sin in their life. That's really what's going on. I think I might even have heard save people say stupid things like this. Jesus made wine. When you read the Bible you have to take it for what it says. That's another thing. Remember what we said at the beginning. You have to forget the corrupt culture that you came from. It's a hard thing. If you can't get that culture out of yourself when you read the Bible when you listen to preaching it's going to stunt your growth in your Christian life. The quicker you can recognize the effects of your culture and recognize oh that's how I grew up. That's how I was taught how to do things. That was wrong. The Bible says this. The quicker you can do that the faster you're going to grow in this Christian life. It's the people that can't get that culture out and can't admit that bad culture in their life. Those are the people that are just stunted. They're stunted in their Christian life for years and years and years. We don't have that much time here. You have to make logical connections when you read the Bible. You can't fill in blanks. Don't make the Bible say what it doesn't say. You know, it's a wedding. It must all be drunk. No, you said that. Not the Bible. No, no, no, no, no. You just said something where your corrupt culture came in and changed the word of God. You know, red flag. You got to catch that stuff. The more you're able to catch those things the more you're able to just really completely look at your life. You can completely look at your life and just say, you know what, everything I was ever taught is pretty much wrong. And just go completely with what the Bible says. The faster you are going to grow. Just take the Bible by itself, leave your culture behind. This is Jesus' first miracle. He didn't get a bunch of people drunk.