A Mother, A Son, and A Wedding in Cana

It is this early indication the new covenant is a fulfillment of the old. It is richer and deeper and better. And friends, we, in spite of all our fallenness, in spite of our sins through his forgiveness, through the blood shed on the cross, we are the recipients of the new wine, the new covenant, the better wine. And then we're called to live accordingly. And and I'll close with this, friends. Here's what I think is the great opportunity for us today, to demonstrate beauty in the midst of mess. [01:10:50] (42 seconds)  #NewCovenantBetterWine

But I'm watching our graduates go in and solve the problem, and I get to stand back and say, look at, blessed are the peacemakers. They themselves were once people of violence and disruption. And now, by the grace of God, they're the new peacemakers. We'll never be called to places that aren't disruptive. We are anointed and called to be the new peacemakers, to do that through our love and through truth and through the word and witness of Jesus Christ. There's a lot in this passage, but I hope what we take the most is that call to community, not an excuse for what people do, but an understanding that they have no wine. [01:12:26] (57 seconds)  #CalledToPeacemakers

We are a community. The highlight of my week is every Wednesday, we have a coffee house where we sing worship music. And I love looking around. I'm seeing men that I know have come out of prison. I'm seeing women that were on the streets. I'm seeing people who are broken and addicted. I'm also seeing business executives and people with high educations in one room, fellowship with each other, singing praises to Jesus Christ. And I sit back and say, lord, thank you. This is so beautiful. [00:57:02] (30 seconds)  #WorshipUnitesAll

Now the crowd is swelling and he comes back because he's this great showman. Right? He says, now who believes that the great blond dean can put a man on his back and walk across the falls? And the people say, we believe. We believe. And he says, who will be that man? And the crowd goes silent. They see they did believe. They didn't wanna see him fall. They believed that he could put a man on his back and walk across the falls. But there's a difference between believing it and getting on the back. [01:08:56] (34 seconds)  #BeliefVsAction