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Verge Whitefield
SERMON TWENTY
THE MARRIAGE AT CANA
This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth His glory; and His disciples believed on Him.
THE CHIEF end that the apostle John had in view when He wrote the Gospel was to prove the deity of Jesus Christ against those arch heretics, the Ebionites and Cerinthians, whose pernicious principles too many follow in these last days. For this reason John is more particular than any other evangelist in relating our Lord's divine discourses and also the glorious miracles which He wrought, not by the power derived from another, but from a power inherent in Himself.
I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE MIRACLE.
A. It Was a Feast.
By our Lord's being at a feast we may learn that feasting upon solemn occasions is not unlawful. The Son of Man, we know, "came eating and drinking." Ifa Pharisee asked Him to come to his house our Lord went and sat down with him. Then, we find, His conversation was always such as tended toward edification. We may then, no doubt, go and do likewise.
B. It Was a Marriage Feast.
1. Christ's presence sanctions marriage. Our Lord graced a marriage feast with His first public miracle. It was an institution of God 'Himself,