John 2:11
This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.
John 2:18
So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?”
John 2:23
Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing.
Tag: Signs and Belief in Jesus
In these three verses we have the same English word, "signs" used to describe a miracle of Jesus. The first miracle was the water into wine. It was a manifestation of Christ's glory. The reason? Christ would take a simple thing of water and turn it into a useful thing of wine to celebrate the wedding. Christ work in our lives would be to turn our useless bodies into something for His glory. Christ was demonstrating the transforming power He has. The Pharisees would want a sign to know they should believe in Him. At the Passover He healed and changed people's lives. These "signs" would be the evidence that others needed to believe. The final sign was Christ's resurrection from the dead. That gives us the greatest sign we need. When we realized He overcame and defeated death, what more of a sign does anyone need? Later we would read from the words of the angel at the tomb, "He has risen!" That is the final sign. Today people want miracles. The only miracle we need is that HE HAS RISEN!
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