This sermon, drawing on Isaiah 5 and John 2, explains that humanity was created to bear good fruit but failed—Adam and Israel rejected God’s word and produced bad fruit.

At the wedding in Cana, Jesus turns water into superior wine, honoring the bridegroom and illustrating justification: Christ’s perfect fruit is credited to sinners.

By his death and resurrection, Christ, the true Tree of Life, unites believers to himself, recreating them to bear good fruit in their vocations.

Hear the word and participate in Edenizing the world for God’s glory.

This sermon draws from Exodus 14–16 and the surrounding context to reflect on Lent: God’s costly work to restore fallen creation, Israel’s quick grumbling after deliverance, and God’s surprising provision in manna and quail, heavenly bread and meat.

It shows how Moses’ staff struck the rock Christ—crushed for sinners—whose life-giving work is received in baptism and the Lord’s Supper, calling believers to trust, live their vocations, and cling to the Bread of Life.

The sermon contrasts Israel’s barren, fig-leaf faith—fruitless, trusting false promises and worshiping idols—with Christ as the true living tree who bears fruit and fulfills God’s law.

Through his curse, death, and resurrection Christ becomes the source of life: pouring out Spirit and water, grafting sinners into himself so they may bear fruit and share in eternal life.