Man's Two Greatest Needs
I. The Satisfaction of Life in the Body
- A. Resurrection life signified by "the third day" - John
2:1 (cf. vv. 20-22)
- B. The Body signified by "marriage" - John 2:1; 2 Cor. 11:2-3
- 1. The organic union of Christ and the church - Eph. 5:29-32; Rom.
7:4; 1 Cor. 6:17
- C. The sense of need in our human life signified by "when the
wine ran out"
- John 2:3; Eccles. 1-2
- D. The failure of religion under the old covenant - John 2:6-7; Gal.
4:4-6; Rom.7
- 1. Christ fulfills the law and lives in our spirit - Matt. 5:17
and Rom. 8:3-4
- E. The enjoyment of Christ as the life-giving Spirit under the new
covenant (signified by "wine") - John 2:8-10; John 7:37-39; 1
Cor. 15:45
- 1. The glory is manifested in the resurrected Christ - John 2:11;
2 Cor. 3:17-18
II. The Experience of Life for God's House
- A. The counterfeits in God's house - John 2:12-16
- 1. Merchandising Christ in God's house - John 2:16
- B. Being consumed for God's house - John 2:17; Psa. 69:9
- C. Death and resurrection as the way to produce God's house - John
2:18-22; Matt. 16:16-23