There are also many other things that Jesus did
Sun, 31 December, 2006: Today’s Bible readings.
25 Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.
John doesn’t pretend to have written a full documentary of everything Jesus did. He was very selective of what He has chosen, for John was working with a specific purpose.
30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
What do we learn from this?
John’s desire for us, as we come to the end of this book (and the end of the year) is for us to believe in Jesus Christ and gain eternal life. The things we have read in his account of Jesus’ life were selected, by the guidance of the Holy Spirit, to explain who Jesus is, and how we should come to Him in faith for eternal life.
Where is Christ in this passage?
There are many other things that John could have written, but these are selected for the purpose of teaching us what we need to come to faith in Jesus Christ.
