3.12.2007

We partied like 1999!

Yesterday at Four Corners we partied...I mean really partied. Disco Ball, DJ, cake, drinks, dancing...the whole nine yards. Not after church but actually during our service.

Ben talked about how Jesus' first miracle was changing water to wine at a wedding feast in John 2. We decided to shut down church to party...to celebrate what God is doing in this world. We have lost the perspective that Jesus is a guy we would enjoy being around and when we lose this, our journey is missing something critical.

He talked about how Jesus delivered an unbelievable amount of wine...roughly 120 gallons of wine, which equals about 3 bottles of wine per person at this party. It wasn't about Jesus making enough for people to get trashed...but it is showing God is not one of scarcity instead abundance. He can deliver far beyond what we believe he can.

He also talked about the quality of the wine. Traditional Jewish weddings served the more inferior wine toward the end of the celebration when people had already had quite a bit to drink. But Jesus delivers the best wine last that supercedes the expectations...and he delivered this great wine last, at the perfect time. He wanted the celebration to continue.

I love that our church loves to have fun...I'll have pictures and maybe some videos soon.

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