That you might believe

And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.  - John 20.30-31

We only get a glimpse what Jesus did while He was here. There were a lot of things they were not written here. At the end of the book we find out that all the books in the world could not contain what Jesus had done.

But here we find out why He did what He did.

All these things are written down (I love that by the way. It is all written day. It was not just oral tradition. It is all there in black and white) so that the readers would believe that Jesus is the Christ, that He is the Son of God, and that the belief would be life in His name.

What a blessing to see that not only did Jesus die for us, He lived for us and did all Him marvellous works for us as well. When He turned the water into wine He did that so that we would believe and be saved. When He healed the sick and raised the dead He did that so that we would believe and be saved. When He walked on water and calmed the storm He did that so that we would believe and be saved.

‘Living He loved me, dying He saved me, and buried He carried my sins far away. Rising He justified freely forever. One day He's coming, oh, glorious day, oh, glorious day.’