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July 1 - John 2 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Monday.
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  It is the beginning of a new month.
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  It's the 1st of July. It's the beginning of a new
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  financial year. Welcome to the new financial
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  year. May it be a good one for you.
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  And it is the day that we will continue reading through the
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  book of John. Yes, we are into the second
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  chapter. Oh, it's so nice to be back into
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  the Gospels where we can walk along day by day with Jesus and
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  we can be a fly on the wall as we hear the things that went on
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  in his life. And in John, unlike the other
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  Gospels, we get to hear this through the lens of this deep
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  and profound reflection from someone who'd spent his life
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  reflecting on the teaching and the purpose and the mission of
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  Jesus. So thank you, John, for writing
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  this gospel. We will enjoy every ounce of it
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  and you will remember that we ended off last week where he had
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  just gathered his first group of disciples with him and off he
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  went and his ministry is about to begin and that is where we
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  pick up today. So you ready?
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  I am excited. Join me.
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  Let us continue reading as we read together John Chapter 2.
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  The next day there was a wedding celebration in the village of
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  Cana in Galilee. Jesus mother was there and Jesus
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  and his disciples were also invited to the celebration.
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  The wine supply ran out during the festivities, so Jesus's
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  mother told him they have no more wine.
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  Dear woman, that's not our problem, Jesus replied.
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  My time has not yet come, but his mother told the servants.
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  Do whatever he tells you. Standing nearby was 6 stone
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  water jars used for Jewish ceremonial washing.
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  Each could hold 20 to 30 gallons, Jesus told.
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  The servants filled the jars with water when the jars had
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  been filled, he said. Now dip some out and take it to
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  the master of ceremonies. So the servants followed his
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  instructions. When the master of ceremonies
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  tasted the water that was now wine, not knowing where it had
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  come from, though of course the servants knew, he called the
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  bridegroom over. Our host always serves the best
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  wine first, he said. Then, when everyone has had a
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  lot to drink, he brings out the less expensive wine.
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  But you have kept the best until now.
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  This miraculous sign at Cana in Galilee was the first time Jesus
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  revealed his glory and his disciples believed in him.
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  After the wedding, he went to Copernicium for a few days with
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  his mother, his brothers and his disciples.
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  It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration, so
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  Jesus went to Jerusalem. In the temple area, he saw
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  merchants selling cattle, sheep and doves for sacrifices.
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  He also saw dealers at tables exchanging foreign money.
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  Jesus made a whip from some ropes and chased them all out of
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  the temple. He drove out the sheep and
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  cattle, scattered the money changers coins over the floor
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  and turned over their tables. Then, going over to the people
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  who sold doves, he told them, get these things out of here.
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  Stop turning my father's house into a marketplace.
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  Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the
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  Scriptures passioned for God's house will consume me.
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  But the Jewish leaders demanded, what are you doing?
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  If God gave you authority to do this, show us a miraculous sign
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  to prove it. All right, Jesus replied.
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  Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.
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  What? They exclaimed.
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  It has taken 46 years to build this temple and you can rebuild
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  it in three days. But when Jesus said this temple,
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  he meant his own body. After he was raised from the
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  dead, his disciples remembered he had said this, and they
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  believed both the Scriptures and what Jesus had said.
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  Because of the miraculous signs Jesus did in Jerusalem at the
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  Passover celebration, many began to trust in him.
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  But Jesus didn't trust them because He knew all about
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  people. No one needed to tell Him about
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  human nature, for He knew what was in each person's heart.
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  Jesus, thank you that you don't just sit on your throne
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  dispassionately watching your creation roll on day by day.
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  But here we see your story coming down into ours to show us
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  who you are. You are passionate about your
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  Father. You are passionate about living
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  a life of holy service to Him, and you are passionate about
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  your people caring for them. And you know us in the deepest
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  part of our hearts. Thank you that even though you
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  know us, warts and all, you choose to love us.
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  Love us with this whole profound, incredible love that
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  transforms us. So we praise you and we thank
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  you for that love and for your provision today and every day
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  I'm in.