And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that would be written.
Message: The Infinite Gospel
Time: John most likely wrote between A.D. 85 and 90. John's purpose in writing was, "that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name (John 20:31)."
What the Lord is Saying: Well, here I am at the end of my study of the book of John. I made it. I started on July 4, 2023 and now I am at the end. It has been a good study and yet not complete. I think on any given day, any given verse, there is more to understand and study, but in the time that I have, it has been good.
This is another interesting verse - for the writer - admits that while He has recorded the events of Jesus, he has picked the events and story of Him that He believes is most important. The Devotional that I follow - Tabletalk - says we have only scratched the surface of what Jesus did. Meaning we have studied, but not completely - only in bite size portions the ideas of:
- Jesus as the Son of Man (3:1-15)
- The One with Life in Himself (5:26)
- The Bread of Life (6:35)
- The Living Water (7:38)
- The Light of the World (8:12)
- The Good Shepherd (10:11)
- The Resurrection and the Life (11:25)
- The Savior of the World (12:47)
- The Way, the Truth, the Life (14:6)
- The Giver of the Holy Spirit (14:16)
- The True Vine (15:1)
- The Great Intercessor (17)
- The King of the Jews (19:19)
- The Creator Himself incarnate (1:1-18; 8:58)
While He was born to this earth, He has always been and while He died He rose again, so He will always be. So therefore there is no book that could contain all that He has done or maybe life should not only be about books. Life should also be about living. John has given us enough about Jesus that we should be able to live and follow Him.
The King James Version of this passage has an Amen at the end of this passage. NASB does not which I am using. It seems to be a word that was added naturally to mark the ending.
When i am in the company of people and praying, I will voice an "Amen" to show that the prayer is over. But, often in these lessons, when I am writing I do not record an Amen. I do this to show that my life continues to be about prayer and talking to God.
Summary: The last verse of John states that much has been written of Jesus but it is not all of what He did, but it is enough to know Him and now live.
Promise: Our duty is to keep reading these words and keep going back to them, again and again, while we also continue to live our lives and Follow Him.
Prayer: Thank you for this Gospel, these words that You inspired John to speak and that they are spoken to me, even now. There is truths here that I believe are truths even for me today. John described to me Jesus who is God in flesh and has all the authority that God had. God you have been great in this study to reveal truth to me. I have been amazed of the application of Your Word and these words as I have studied them and their application to me today. There is great joy in Your word and what it says. Thank you for this gospel and help me now to be true to it, and pass it onto others.
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