Reasons to Believe! Part 1: Someone to Believe In!

John 20:30,31 (NIV) —

Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. ³¹ But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

[1] Believe in the God who goes to !

John 2:1-2 (NIV) —

On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, ² and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

John 10:10 (TLB) —

The thief’s (Satan’s) purpose is to steal, kill and destroy. My purpose is to give life in all its fullness.

Matthew 11:18-19 (TLB)
John the Baptist doesn’t drink wine and often goes without food, and you say, ’He’s crazy.’ ¹⁹ And I, the Messiah, feast and drink, and you complain that I am ’a glutton and a drinking man, and hang around with the worst sort of sinners!’

[2] Believe in the God who about all your cares!

John 2:3 (NIV)

Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”

• We need to take our crisis to !

Mark 6:3

1 Peter 5:7 (NLT)
Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.

• We need to surrender our crisis to Jesus’ !

John 2:4,5 (NIV)

“Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.” ⁵ His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

John 19:25-27 (NLT)

Standing near the cross were Jesus’ mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary (the wife of Clopas), and Mary Magdalene. ²⁶ When Jesus saw his mother standing there beside the disciple he loved, he said to her, “Dear woman, here is your son.” ²⁷ And he said to this disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from then on this disciple took her into his home.

John 7:30; John 12:27; John 17:1

[3] Believe in the God who can miraculously !

John 2:6-11 (NIV)

Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons. ⁷ Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.

⁸ Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so, ⁹ and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside ¹⁰ and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”

¹¹ What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

• Jesus can be trusted to meet our needs!

• Jesus can be also trusted to meet our needs!

2 Corinthians 5:21 (NLT)

For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.