# The First Miracle - The Gospels

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 7 Feb 2024, 12 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 148. Andrew, after spending a day with Jesus, rushes to tell his brother Simon (who Jesus renames Peter) that they've found the Messiah. They, along with Philip and Nathanael, become Jesus' followers, amazed by His insight and wisdom. At a wedding in Cana, when the wine runs out, Jesus performs His first miracle by turning water into the best wine, amazing the guests and demonstrating His divine power. Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: Jesus said to them, fill the water pots with water.
[0:04] Speaker 1: So they filled them up to the brim. He said
[0:07] Speaker 1: to them, now draw some out and take it to
[0:10] Speaker 1: the ruler of the feast. John 2, 7 through 8.
[0:15] Speaker 1: Dear God, thank you that you are generous. You love
[0:19] Speaker 1: celebrations and you want to fill us with joy. Your
[0:22] Speaker 1: kingdom is one that overflows with your goodness and your love.
[0:27] Speaker 1: Thank you for loving us so much. Please teach us
[0:31] Speaker 1: more about your generosity in our story of Jesus' first
[0:35] Speaker 1: miracle today.
[0:36] Speaker 2: Thank you. We love you so much. In Jesus' name, amen.
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[1:16] Speaker 4: The first miracle. In our last story, Jesus was led
[1:21] Speaker 4: into the wilderness for 40 days.
[1:24] Speaker 2: To be tested. In this story... Jesus.
[1:27] Speaker 4: Will start to gain followers, and at a wedding, he
[1:31] Speaker 4: will turn water into wine, as inspired by the Gospels.
[1:39] Speaker 1: Hi, it's Julianne Thompson, guest hosting for Julia Jeffress Sadler
[1:43] Speaker 1: with the Kids Bible in Ear podcast. I am so
[1:46] Speaker 1: excited you're here today. In this story, we get to
[1:49] Speaker 1: hear what happened when people started discovering that Jesus was
[1:54] Speaker 1: the Messiah and the special way he introduced his coming kingdom.
[1:59] Speaker 2: Let's jump in.
[2:03] Speaker 4: John was preaching, as was normal, to a small group
[2:06] Speaker 4: of his disciples when he spotted Jesus walking by. John
[2:10] Speaker 4: pointed Jesus out to his disciples and said, That is Jesus,
[2:14] Speaker 4: the Lamb of God. This piqued the interest of some
[2:18] Speaker 4: of the disciples, and two of them went to follow
[2:21] Speaker 4: Jesus and spend the day with him. One of the
[2:24] Speaker 4: men's names was Andrew, and after the day he spent
[2:28] Speaker 4: with Jesus, he rushed to find his brother. He was
[2:31] Speaker 4: sure that Jesus was the Messiah. He ran home and
[2:35] Speaker 4: found his brother there, returning home for the day, and
[2:38] Speaker 4: Andrew blurted out,' Simon, we found the Messiah!' Simon was
[2:44] Speaker 4: confused but curious, so he agreed to go with his
[2:47] Speaker 4: brother the next morning to go with Jesus. The next
[2:51] Speaker 4: morning the brothers went to Jesus, and upon seeing Simon,
[2:55] Speaker 4: Jesus spoke, You are called Simon, but you will now
[3:00] Speaker 4: be called Peter. Peter had no idea how to react,
[3:04] Speaker 4: so he went along with it. They traveled for the day.
[3:08] Speaker 4: And after listening to Jesus speak, Peter was convinced that
[3:12] Speaker 4: this was the Messiah. The next morning as they were traveling,
[3:16] Speaker 4: Jesus found a man named Philip and simply said, Follow me.
[3:21] Speaker 4: Philip had heard talk around town of this Jesus and
[3:25] Speaker 4: was ecstatic that he was chosen to follow him. After
[3:29] Speaker 4: spending some time with Jesus, he too came to believe
[3:32] Speaker 4: that Jesus was the Messiah. He ran off to go
[3:36] Speaker 4: find his friend Nathanael and tell him that they found
[3:40] Speaker 4: the Messiah. Nathanael was skeptical when he heard about Jesus.
[3:46] Speaker 4: Jesus of Nazareth? Nothing good comes from Nazareth. But Philip
[3:51] Speaker 4: insisted that he come, and so he did. When Jesus
[3:55] Speaker 4: saw Nathanael coming, he stopped what he was discussing with
[3:58] Speaker 4: those around him and pointed him out, saying, Here is
[4:02] Speaker 4: a good man, a true Israelite, one with no hidden agenda.
[4:07] Speaker 4: Nathanael was shocked to be spoken of like this, for
[4:10] Speaker 4: he never remembered meeting Jesus, but Jesus continued. I saw
[4:15] Speaker 4: you under the fig tree before Philip spoke to you.
[4:18] Speaker 4: Once again, Nathanael was shocked. He said to Jesus, You
[4:22] Speaker 4: truly are the Son of God, the rightful King of Israel.
[4:27] Speaker 4: Jesus told him that this was only the beginning of
[4:30] Speaker 4: what he would see Jesus do. Jesus and his disciples
[4:35] Speaker 4: were invited to attend a wedding later that day. When
[4:38] Speaker 4: they got together at the party, and after the ceremony,
[4:41] Speaker 4: the reception was going on. It was a nice time
[4:44] Speaker 4: for all, but they had an issue. The host had
[4:48] Speaker 4: run out of wine. Mary, Jesus' mother, came to him
[4:52] Speaker 4: and told him the issue. Why do you come to
[4:55] Speaker 4: me with this? You know it is not my time,
[4:59] Speaker 4: Jesus said. But his mother thought nothing of it. and
[5:02] Speaker 4: told the servants,' Do whatever Jesus says.' Jesus spotted six
[5:07] Speaker 4: large pots, about 20 gallons each. He instructed them to
[5:12] Speaker 4: fill the pots with water. When they did it, he
[5:14] Speaker 4: then instructed them to take some water from the jugs
[5:17] Speaker 4: and bring it to the party manager. When the manager
[5:21] Speaker 4: of the feast received it, he drank from it and
[5:24] Speaker 4: claimed it was the best wine that he has ever
[5:27] Speaker 4: had at a party. He exclaimed,' Where have you been
[5:30] Speaker 4: hiding this?' Most hosts serve the best drinks at the
[5:33] Speaker 4: beginning and serve the cheaper stuff later. You saved the
[5:37] Speaker 4: best for last. This has been recorded as Jesus's first miracle.
[5:49] Speaker 3: Woohoo!
[5:50] Speaker 1: Today's story was fun, wasn't it? It was all about
[5:53] Speaker 1: the joy people felt when they met Jesus. One reason
[5:57] Speaker 1: for all that joy has to do with the name
[5:59] Speaker 1: Jesus's New Followers. Peter, Andrew, Philip, and Nathaniel kept calling him.
[6:05] Speaker 1: Do you remember what that name was? Yes, the Messiah.
[6:10] Speaker 1: You've heard the title before, haven't you? Messiah is a
[6:14] Speaker 1: Hebrew word that means anointed one.
[6:17] Speaker 2: Many of the.
[6:18] Speaker 1: Israel's prophets had told God's people about an anointed one
[6:22] Speaker 1: who would come and make everything that was wrong with
[6:25] Speaker 1: the world right again. You see, when Adam and Eve
[6:29] Speaker 1: first sinned, God promised them that one day someone special
[6:33] Speaker 1: would come and reverse the curse of sin. Then God
[6:37] Speaker 1: promised Abraham that this someone special would come from his
[6:41] Speaker 1: family and bless everyone in the whole world.
[6:45] Speaker 2: Later, God told Eli.
[6:47] Speaker 1: He'd send a true anointed priest who would have God's
[6:51] Speaker 1: heart and mind to serve forever and ever. And Nathan
[6:55] Speaker 1: told King David that someone special from his family would
[6:59] Speaker 1: be the anointed king whose kingdom would last forever and ever.
[7:04] Speaker 1: The anointed Messiah is the godly king in heaven. And
[7:08] Speaker 1: Daniel dreamed about the one who would rule over a
[7:11] Speaker 1: kingdom of people from every nation and language. And the
[7:16] Speaker 1: prophet Isaiah told Israel that the Messiah would heal broken
[7:20] Speaker 1: bodies and broken hearts. He would set people free.
[7:24] Speaker 2: Who felt trapped.
[7:26] Speaker 1: He would bring peace and hope and the greatest news
[7:29] Speaker 1: ever that the heavy veil which weighs on everyone on earth, death,
[7:34] Speaker 1: would finally be taken away and no one would be
[7:38] Speaker 1: sad again, ever. No wonder Peter, Andrew, Philip, Nathaniel, and
[7:44] Speaker 1: everyone else were so excited that Jesus might be the Messiah.
[7:49] Speaker 1: In fact, did you know that you also called Jesus
[7:52] Speaker 1: the Messiah? The word Christ isn't just part of Jesus' name.
[7:58] Speaker 1: It's the Greek word for Messiah. Today when you say
[8:02] Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, you're referring with all Jesus followers that he
[8:07] Speaker 1: is the Messiah. And since Jesus was the Messiah, he
[8:12] Speaker 1: could have announced that any way he wanted to. He
[8:15] Speaker 1: could have shown that God's kingdom is powerful because it is.
[8:21] Speaker 1: Or that God's kingdom is fair.
[8:23] Speaker 2: Because it is.
[8:25] Speaker 1: Or that God's kingdom has authority over every other kingdom
[8:29] Speaker 1: on earth.
[8:30] Speaker 2: Because it does.
[8:32] Speaker 1: But instead, he showed everyone that God's kingdom is generous.
[8:37] Speaker 1: You see, Isaiah had also said that when the Messiah's
[8:41] Speaker 1: kingdom comes, he will feed everyone with the very best
[8:46] Speaker 1: food and the very, very best wine. Do you remember
[8:50] Speaker 1: what happened at the wedding? Jesus and his followers were
[8:53] Speaker 1: invited to a wedding. That means people liked Jesus and
[8:57] Speaker 1: wanted to hang out with him.
[8:59] Speaker 2: He was fun.
[9:00] Speaker 1: And it wasn't just that people liked Jesus. He liked
[9:04] Speaker 1: them too. He enjoyed talking, listening, and laughing with people.
[9:09] Speaker 1: And because he liked the bride and groom, when the
[9:12] Speaker 1: wine ran out at their wedding, Jesus' mom knew that
[9:15] Speaker 1: he could take what was wrong and make it right again.
[9:19] Speaker 1: She had seen her son's generous heart before, and she
[9:23] Speaker 1: knew he wouldn't want the new couple to be embarrassed
[9:26] Speaker 1: on their special day. Celebrations and joy have always been
[9:30] Speaker 1: important to God, so they were important to Jesus too.
[9:35] Speaker 2: And she was right.
[9:37] Speaker 1: Even though Jesus wasn't sure he was ready to tell
[9:40] Speaker 1: everyone he was the Messiah, he still obeyed his mom,
[9:44] Speaker 1: and he let his secret out in the most wonderful way.
[9:48] Speaker 1: You see, Amos has also given a prophecy that when
[9:51] Speaker 1: the time of the Messiah had come, sweet wine would
[9:55] Speaker 1: drip from the mountains and flow from the hills.
[9:59] Speaker 2: So Jesus didn't Enough to make.
[10:15] Speaker 1: Everybody's joy that day drip down the mountains and flow
[10:19] Speaker 1: from the hills. I am so happy you joined me today.
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