John 18-21
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“Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his
disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the
Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.” (John 20:30-31)
That is what it is all about – believing in Jesus and having life in
Him.
The disciples all had a hard time believing at first that Jesus
really rose from the dead.
Wouldn’t you? Thomas who
wasn’t there when Jesus appeared to the rest kind of gets a bad rap as being
“doubting Thomas.” He wouldn’t
believe until he could see Jesus for himself. Jesus tells Thomas to touch his hands where the nails were
and his side where he was pierced and to stop doubting and believe. Jesus said, “Because you have seen me,
you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” (John 20:29)
We don’t get the privilege of putting our hands in the holes of Jesus’
hands, but we have the account of men and women who were there and experienced
Him first hand. We can believe
even though we have not seen.
I love this last verse of the book of John: “Jesus did many other
things as well. If every one of
them were written down I suppose that even the whole world would not have room
for the books that would be written.”
I think it is important to remember that this is all coming from someone
who was actually there with Jesus.
John was an eyewitness to it all.
Once again, this is what it is all about – believing. Jesus was real, He is God’s Son, He was
here, He died, and He rose again from the dead.
“If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in
your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you
believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your
faith and are saved.” Romans 10:9-10
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