Good Morning Friends,
“This is the disciple who testifies to these things
and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true. 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.” (John
21:24-25)
John’ s Gospel concludes with an assertion of
the truth of what has been written and a declaration that much more could have
been written.
John and the other Gospel writers were
selective. They didn’t write everything that Jesus did, they couldn’t. There
are gaps in the record of Jesus’ life that we don’t know about. There are places
He went that are not recorded, miracles that He performed that are not
mentioned. It would be interesting to know what else Jesus did while on earth.
But that is information locked away until we see Him face to face.
Why did John and the others choose the
particular incidents from Jesus’ life that are recorded by them? They were
guided by the Holy Spirit with one principle in mind, the goal God had for their
writing. John mentions it in the previous chapter: “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)
What is written about Jesus’ life is written
so that we might believe, and by believing that we might have life. The Gospels
are not meant to be biographies. They weren’t written as history lessons. They
have one purpose: to proclaim Jesus and draw people to Him.
We don’t know everything from the life of
Jesus, but what we know is enough. It’s enough to prove His identity. It’s
enough to cause us to bow before Him in worship. It’s enough!
His, by Grace,
Steve
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