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Monday, April 29, 2013

The Sixth Sunday of Easter (GA)


John 20:29-31
29 Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
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.


I have not seen a lot of things. There are a lot of things that I do not believe. But there is amazingly a lot of things that I do believe. Some of us have not traveled to other countries or around the world. Are there times when you question whether the world is truly round or spherical? I say this so that you can think about all the things you believe that you have not proven, or seen. I have never proven my parents are my actual parents, but I believe it.

 All these things here are written so that you may believe in Jesus Christ. It is interesting how John does not write all these things are written to prove that Jesus Christ is Lord. All these things are not written to prove beyond all possible doubt. But they are written so you may believe. How about that? It is not about the words on the page proving something, but it is about the Word of God used by the Holy Spirit to establish something in your heart and mind.

 John wrote these words along with the Revelation to St John. He writes these words on paper so that people will believe. Jesus is coming quickly and John does not want anyone to be caught with their preverbal pants down. God desires for all people to be saved. St John likewise desires to bear witness to this love of God. It is therefore not about us searching the scriptures to prove Jesus. It is about us listening and believing in the one who died for your sins.

We can either desire to be skeptics and have to have everything proven to us. Or we can trust that there are many things we can believe without seeing. We can believe these things based on eyewitness accounts. We can believe these things in listening to people who know more than we do. You can even listen to the Word of the LORD. Either way the important thing is Jesus Christ died for your sins. He died so that you would have life and life everlasting. 

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