The Purpose of John's Gospel - Believe and Live

Well take your Bible and turn back with me to John chapter 20. John chapter 20, I know that is a familiar place in your copy of God's Word because we have been here for quite some time. That might have surprised you earlier when I said we've been in John since 2015. We started verse 1, chapter 1, back in the beginning of March of 2015. So we're just slowly, verse by verse, plugging away through John's gospel. Now this morning it is obvious that we have simply two verses. What I mean by that is usually I try to divide quite a few more verses so that we do not bog down.

If you look at the New American translation, the English Standard or the King James translations, you will see that this is really one sentence. If you take the time to count the wording, I believe it's 47 or 48 words. But we must not overlook the significance of this one sentence, 47 or 48 words. If we examine these verses in light of chapter 20, which we are finishing, and in light of chapter 21, which is right in front of us, we will see what I call an intermission. I believe most of you know what an intermission is. I remember my high school years back when I was at R.H. Watkins High School in Laurel, Mississippi.

I remember the music and drama department, they would have school programs and school musicals. Many times midway through these productions and performances, they would have what would be called an intermission, a break. In chapter 20, we have the risen Christ as he is revealing himself to his people. We have their reactions to the empty tomb and also their reactions to Christ himself as he has revealed himself to them. If we look over into chapter 21, we have Christ revealing himself to his disciples. As his men, his disciples, they go back fishing. We have their reactions and their responses as well.

And in between these two powerful chapters, we have this intermission, two verses, 47, 48 words. Not only do we have an intermission here, but we also have John's purpose statement. Here, John is stating why he wrote his book, his purpose behind his gospel. John is proving who Jesus is. He is all about proving that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the Living God. He is also about evangelizing those who would read or hear his gospel. If we examine this gospel written by John, we see a particular verb, this verb to believe, and it's used almost a hundred times. John uses this word more than twice as much as the other gospel writers.

And this observance here helps us see John's purpose in writing the gospel. We also see an overview. In these verses, we see an overview. In these two verses, it's like that John is stepping back and giving us an overview of all that he's trying to say and accomplish. John is pausing, and he's causing us to look back at all that he has written. But we really need to see that right here in these two verses, we have John's heart. We really have the Apostle John's heart. It is as if John is putting these events on hold, and he is sharing his heart.

You know, as we preach God's word as called ministers of the gospel, many times we just stop and share our heart. And that's what John is doing. Out of these verses, we see John's passion. Out of these verses, we see John's heart. And out of these verses, we see who John truly is, because these verses represent the man, the Apostle, the disciple, John. So let's go back to these verses. Verses 30 and 31. "Many other signs, therefore Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which were not written in this book.

But these have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name." Now, I have chosen a simple title to describe this message in these verses. I'm simply calling this "The Purpose of John's Gospel." The purpose of John's Gospel. And you see how we will divide these verses. Three major truths in our outline. It should be very easy for you to jot down in your notes, and easy for you to follow along as we will divide these verses. We see first the signs that Jesus performed, the witnesses of these signs, and then the purpose of John's book there in verse 31.

So let's start off in our message with our first major truth in our outline. Number one, we see the signs Jesus performed. Go back to verse 30. "With many other signs, therefore Jesus also performed in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book." Now, all throughout our study of John's Gospel, we examine the signs or the miracles which Jesus performed. Now, here in verse 30, Jesus is speaking of these previously written about signs. Now, the New Testament uses several different words which refer to the miracles or the signs or the wonders that Jesus performed.

One of the most common from the original, it means mighty works. It is only used in connection with the word "sign." And it is translated "signs and wonders," and we are familiar with that phrase. Now, this variation of signs and wonders, it is found only one time in John's Gospel, and that is in chapter 4, verse 48. But John uses a different word. His favorite word in describing what we would call miracles is the word "sign." The mighty works were signs to John, and we will see that John's choice in words or word, they have meaning. John's choice in his words, they had a purpose.

Now, there are two specifics I want us to see here, and it will help us see John's intention with this wording. First, notice the purpose of these signs. The purpose of these signs. Now, like I said, there was a purpose in John's choice of wording. John used the word "sign" because these signs, these miracles, they were meant to direct people's attention to something or to someone. Now, that someone or something was and is Jesus. These signs spoken of here in verse 30 were to point people to Jesus. These miracles were not to wow people. I'll refresh your memory. Remember back in John chapter 6, that was the "wow me" crowd.

They were always following Jesus for the miracle because they wanted to be wild. They wanted the hair on the back of their neck to stand up. So these miracles were not to wow people. These signs, these miracles, were not simply to meet physical needs. All through the Gospel of John, we see how Jesus met physical needs through miracles. But that was not the true purpose of these signs. These signs were not to simply draw a crowd. We learned that Jesus many times would repel the crowds. He would diminish the crowds. But these signs were to point people to Jesus as the promised Messiah of God. That was the purpose of the signs.

But the second observation I want us to see, that is the number of the signs. Go back to verse 30. "Many other signs therefore Jesus also performed in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book." Now I believe we see John stating that there are two categories of signs. He's referring to two categories of signs. First, there were many other signs which John does not record. Isn't that what the verse says? Many signs that John does not record. John's signs were primarily recorded in John chapter 2 to John chapter 12. We see, or we've learned of, the changing of the water to wine in John 2.

We saw and studied the healing of the official Son in John 4. We studied and learned of the healing of the paralytic there in Bethsaida in John 5. Then we took our time and studied the feeding of the 5,000 in John 6. We looked at Jesus walking on the water in John 6. Then we studied the healing of the man born blind in John 9. Then we learned greatly of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead in John 11. And then sign number 8. That is the resurrection of the dead that we saw right here in 20, the resurrection of Christ from the dead. But there were other miracles listed in the other Gospel accounts that John does not record.

And that's just the way the Spirit of God led John and these other Gospel writers. But there's another category, the second category. There were many other signs which were not in any of the four Gospel accounts. These were signs which God the Holy Spirit did not inspire the Gospel writers to record. We see scriptural evidence to support this statement or position. In John 21 verse 25, that verse reads, "Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Where every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written." John 2 verse 23 alludes to this fact.

John 4 verse 45 alludes to this fact. And John 12 verse 37 alludes to this fact. So in summary, what do we see here? Jesus performed many, many signs. Signs which were recorded by the Gospel writers. Yes, in Matthew and Mark and Luke. And in this Gospel, the Gospel of John. But there were many other signs and wonders which were not recorded. Now this leads me to a question. What is the significance of these signs? The signs that John's given us, the signs that the other Gospel writers have given us, and the signs that we know nothing about. What was the significance of these signs? We must remember John's purpose.

Oh, John used the word "sign" on purpose. He had a purpose in everything he did. John was communicating that the signs, or the signs and wonders performed by Jesus, were to point to who he was and why he came. I've used a simple illustration, and I think it might help some of you. I've seen the light bulb go off in some of you when I've used this illustration. But you know, when we get in our cars and we travel, maybe we go on vacation and we want to stop for a good lunch or a supper, you know when we see those familiar yellow Cracker Barrel signs, we know what the signs point to. Do we not?

Oh, it'll point to a very popular exit off of that interstate, and it'll be right there where it's easy to see. But you know, when we're hungry and we want those biscuits or that cornbread or whatever we might get from the Cracker Barrel, when we see the sign, we don't run up and park under the sign. No, the sign directs us to a particular location, which is the Cracker Barrel Restaurant. See, when we look at the signs and wonders that Jesus performed, many of those people parked under the sign. They just sat right there with the miracle.

And they didn't see that the sign, the miracle, the miraculous work, was to point people to Christ, the Son of the Living God, the promised Messiah of the Old Testament. But you know, we have a greater advantage. We're in a different place. We live on this side of the revelation of Christ. We live on this side of the full canon of God. We're not like these Jews. We're not looking for a miraculous sign to point us to Christ. Oh, we have so much more people. Now, an application, I want you to see that the Lord Jesus Christ and His love and grace and divine providence, oh, He has given us so many signs. What about the written Word of God?

How many people lived and died for a copy of God's Word in church history? Well, see, for you and me, we have the full canon of God's Word in our hands. We have many copies, accurate copies, very, very accurate, as they relate to the original language and what the Lord intended. And we have the sign of the written Word of God that points us to the Living Lord Jesus Christ. We also have the sign of godly examples around us. Many of you, especially you young people, you have godly examples, godly men, godly women that are before you, and they are signs to the Living Lord Jesus Christ. I have prayed this many times.

I pray that every young person that graduates from high school, and we stand them right up here in front of the church, and we celebrate that great accomplishment, I pray that they look out and they say, "My mom and dad pointed me to Jesus." "Oh, but those who taught me Bible drill pointed me to Jesus." "And those who taught my first grade class, they pointed me to Jesus." "Oh, those who taught me Bible study during my youth days, oh, they pointed me to Jesus." And I hope they just say, "Well, folks, the whole church pointed me to Jesus." But I also give you the sign of church leaders.

Now, look, I'm not putting myself or Brother Keith up on a pedestal, but God saved us and God's called us. You know, I've been hearing some of you edify us in our leadership, and you've been saying, "Brother Chris, yes, I see God using you and leading you." Look, I've been in a place where I had godly church leaders to look up to and emulate and love and learn from, and then I have been there where I couldn't look to godly church leadership. You pray for us. So please pray for us, because we want to model godliness as men of God and in our homes and as husbands and fathers, and as we lead God's church. But I thought about another sign.

What about the work of the church? God is unfolding for you and for me this wonderful work of the church. You ought to be able to look at the work of Noah Baptist Church and see the living Lord Jesus Christ. What about the sign of answered prayers? You know, God has answered many prayers in this room on Wednesday nights especially. What about the sign that you're right here this morning? The living Lord God who created the heavens and scooped out the oceans, gave you a beat in your heart and breath in your lungs and the ability to be right here and to be under God's word and to have a man explain to you God's word.

And what am I trying to show you? John has given us these signs that point to Jesus, but oh God has given us on this side, oh so much more. And when we stand at the judgment, do you know we will give an account for all that's been paraded right in front of us and all of our lives and all of our days? We have a lot to be accountable for. So let's move on, I want us to see our second major truth, our second major truth, the witnesses of these signs. Now right here we see this right in the middle of verse 30.

Go back to the verse, "Many other signs therefore Jesus also performed," and here it is, "and the presence of the disciples." Now honestly none of the eight or so resources that I use this week mention or focus on the witnesses of the disciples. Go back to the verse, it's tucked right there in the middle of the verse, "Many other signs therefore Jesus performed in the presence of the disciples." Jesus is saying that all of these miracles, all of these signs and wonders, all of these signs that John is talking about that point people to Christ, all of these disciples, they saw them. They witnessed all of this activity.

Now a question, what am I trying to say here? We do not simply have John's witness. We have many witnesses. We have Matthew's witness as he wrote his gospel. And if you know much about Matthew's gospel, his primary audience was a Jewish audience. We have Mark's witness. Mark's witness is short and it is clear and it is concise. It's like bullet points, boom, boom, boom. But we have Mark's witness. We have the physician Luke's witness, a very lengthy witness. But yet we have Luke's witness. And then we have John's witness.

And these are all witnesses of the signs, the miraculous signs, that pointed to the reality of Christ as the true Son of God, the Messiah, the risen One. And so they are witnesses of these signs. You know witnesses are extremely important to the Lord. They are. You know I have taught thoroughly about the workings and the goings on in the life of the church. You know when a brother or a sister offends us, what do we do? The Scriptures say we go to them. In Matthew 18, we learn in our peacemaker study how to resolve conflict in the life of the church. But yet if that cannot be resolved in love and grace and mercy, we take what?

Two or three witnesses. I learned the hard way of what happens in the life of the church when people address church leaders in an unbiblical way and they don't have two or three witnesses. Witnesses are extremely important. But let's go back to what John says. John is saying we have a whole host of witnesses here. But I want to add to that. I want us to see that we're on this side of the canon of God's Word and we have so many more witnesses to the reality of Christ through the church. And the Word of God as the churches rolled out and exposed and revealed to us in His Word. And I can call these signs of Christ's work in the church.

We have Luke's witness in Acts. Some of you might not know, but Luke the physician of the Gospel of Luke. And then he wrote the Acts of the Apostles or the Acts of the Holy Spirit. We have Paul's witness of Christ in Romans and in 1 and 2 Corinthians and Galatians and Ephesians and Philippians and Colossians and 1 and 2 Thessalonians. We have Paul's witness in his writings to 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus as they are pastoring. We continue with Paul's witness in the Little Book of Philemon. We have the witness from the writer, the unknown writer of Hebrews.

And then we have the witness of James and the witness of Peter in 1 and 2 Peter and the witness of John again in 1, 2 and 3 John and then over into the Book of Revelation. And then backing up 1, we have the witness of Jude in his little book called Jude. What am I showing you? We have the witnesses of the apostles, the disciples, but we on this side have so much more. So in summary, what do we see? We have first-hand witnesses, eye witnesses to these signs which Jesus performed. These witnesses prove that Christ was real. He is Jesus, the promised Messiah, the Son of God. And we have the work of Christ in and through His church.

And the recorded New Testament is nothing more but a giant sign of Christ working in His people. Now what am I trying to accomplish here? We must see that the witnesses of these disciples is valid. It is valid. Their words are true. Their words are true and their witness is valid. And we must see the witness of the New Testament church is valid as well. Now what is my point here? We have many, many witnesses to this miraculous work of Christ. Now I want to compare you to someone. Think about these poor Jews. Think about these poor Gentiles. And what I mean by poor? Who were lost and didn't know the one true God?

And they have one miracle or two miracles or three miracles. Yes, they looked at the living Son of God in flesh. Yes, they heard His words. Yes, they heard His sermons. And in the church we have oh so much more. We have many witnesses that point us to the risen Lord. He is Christ the Messiah, the Son of God. And again, I revisit what I just said earlier. We will give an account for all that's been given to us. Let's move on to our third major truth in our outline. We have the purpose of John's book. We have the purpose of John's book. We see this in verse 31. Look back at verse 31 with me.

"But these have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, and that believing you may have life in His name." Here in verse 31 we have the theme verse for the entire book. This could be seen as John's purpose statement in writing the letter in the first place. I like how the Bible commentator D.A. Carson describes these verses. He describes them in two ways this verse, verse 31. And I'm quoting, "This not only expresses the purpose of the book, but is the shortest summary of John's theology." Now as we break down John's purpose, we will look back at Carson's description.

This description really, really helps us. Now there's three specifics, three observations, this John's purpose that I want us to examine. First I want us to see the manner in which John writes. The manner in which John writes. If we go back to the beginning of verse 31, "But these things have been written." Now the Bible commentator Leon Morris helps me and helps us here. He notes, "The construction of the words have been written. They are constructed in such a way which communicates permanence." Permanence. I'll give you an example that will help you here. It sure helped me.

If we go back in John's Gospel to the crucifixion, remember the Jews complained to Pilate concerning the inscription that was above Jesus on the cross. The fact that Pilate had inscribed this inscription, it read, "Jesus, the King of the Jews, they did not like it, they opposed it." But in John 19 verse 22, responding to the Jews, Pilate said, "What I have written, I have written." Now what was Pilate saying? This is permanent and you can't change it. And that is exactly what John is saying with the construction of the language. John is emphatically stating that these things are written and they will stand.

Now with that in mind, the permanence of what John has said, let's venture on to our second observation, see that John writes that men may believe. Go back to the verse, "But these things have been written that you may believe." This is John's evangelistic heart. John the Apostle, the one who walked with Jesus and heard him preach and teach, this John hungers from men and women to believe and come to faith in Christ. He has not written a book of history. Oh, he has not written a book of wonderful events. He wants men and women to be converted to Christ. As a first-hand witness, he is pointing men to Christ.

So as to see them converted to Christ just like he was converted to Christ. Now a very important question. What does John want his readers to believe? What does John want his readers to believe? Now to answer that question, we must go into the verse. Go back to the verse. "But these things have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God." Notice, John wants his readers to believe that Jesus is the Christ. Now we must see the meaning of this word Christ. This word Christ, it means Messiah.

He wants his readers to see Jesus as the Messiah, the long-awaited and promised Messiah of God written about all through the Old Testament. Being the Messiah, he was the propitiation of God. That is the sinless sacrifice on the cross. Being the Messiah, he was man's atoning sacrifice. To believe in Jesus as Messiah means to believe in Him as the atoning sacrifice of God for your sin. So John wants his readers to believe that Jesus was the Messiah, the one spoken of in Isaiah 53. "Surely He is born our griefs and carried our sorrows, yet we esteem Him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted. But He was pierced for our transgressions.

He was crushed for our iniquities. Upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with His wounds we are healed." That is the Messiah, the promised Messiah, the promised sacrifice of God. And John wants his readers to believe that Jesus is the Messiah. Then notice John wants his readers to believe in Jesus as the Son of God. Go back to the verse. "But these things, they've been written, it's permanent, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God." Now all throughout John's Gospel we have seen the debate as to who Jesus truly was. That was the debate that followed Him all the way through the Gospel of John.

Of course we have repeatedly seen that Jesus declared Himself as the Son of God. Now we just covered this back in Thomas' confession. Verse 28 gives us Thomas and his confession. Now what did Thomas say? When he saw the wounds? When proof was brought before his eyes? What did Thomas say? "My Lord and my God." He confessed Jesus as God and Jesus did not rebuke Him. So John wants his readers to believe that Jesus was God, very God, God who came in the flesh. Not a prophet, not an Old Testament prophet, but God, very God, in the flesh. And then our third observation here. John writes that men may have life. Go back to the verse.

"But these things have been written, they're permanent, they're solid, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name." Oh, the Apostle John knew that life was found only in Christ. He knew that. He'd experienced that. Jesus had taught them that. If we go back in John 14 verse 6, Jesus taught them, "I am the way, the truth, and the life, and no one comes to the Father except through Me." And this is the sixth of the great "I am" statements here. And Jesus is saying that true life is only found in Him. Anything other than life is not life.

Anything other than life in Christ is not life. And John is saying that through this true belief, men and women and young people may find true life. So in summary, what do we see here? John establishes the permanence, the solidity of what he is about to teach. Oh, his words were true, they were solid, they were unchangeable. He declares his purpose and his theology concerning salvation. He desires that his readers believe in Jesus as their personal Messiah, their personal Savior, their personal Lord, their personal God. Isn't that what Thomas said?

"My Lord and my God." He is saying that by believing, they may have life, true life, life in Him. Now in application, I want to focus on three words here that will help us. First, this word "believe." Go back to the verse, "But these things have been written that you may believe." Now, what is this word "believe"? I'm sad to say that this word "believe" has been abused and perverted, and it's just been trampled underfoot in many churches because we have been inundated in our Southwest Mississippi Baptist culture. We've been inundated with easy believers and this dreaded profession of faith.

Now, there are many people who profess faith in Christ and truly be born again, but this is not this easy believers and just raise your hand and grunt when the preacher gives you truth. No, this is a belief that can only come from God. Remember what Jesus said to Nicodemus in John 3. He said, "Oh, Nicodemus, you're Israel's teacher, but you are blind. You can't even understand the kingdom unless you're born from God, born of the Spirit, born above." And men and women can believe the way John talks about when God the Holy Spirit performs the miracle of miracles and enables them to believe. But what about this word "Christ" or "Messiah"?

You might say, "Pastor, you've already covered that." Oh, it's extremely important for us to see that Christ is just not out there in the abstract. No, it's highly personal because Christ is my Messiah. Christ died in my place. Christ received the wrath of God in my place. He experienced my judgment. He experienced and received my damnation. See, He's not just the Messiah. He's my Messiah. What did Thomas say?

"My Lord and my God." So this term Messiah is extremely important because if you are outside of the blood of Christ, if you are not born of God, if you have not received the gift that only God can give you, He's the Messiah but not your Messiah. And then this next word, which is really "Son of God." What does He say? "But these things have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of God." Folks, we must say that Jesus was not some suffering, pitiful Savior. He was God in the flesh. God very God. Don't ask me to explain it. He was God and man, the God-man. Yes, fully God and fully man.

He was God the whole time He was on earth, but yet the Son of God, and He died on the cross in my place, in your place, suffering the wrath of God for the sin of man. And He is God. What did Thomas say? Oh, how patient was Christ Jesus with Thomas. He was out of His place, not with His disciples. And remember His pessimism, He said, "I will never believe. I don't care what you say. I got to see the wounds. I got to touch them." I love Christ Jesus and His patience. He never reviewed Thomas. He said, "Come here, Thomas. I'm paraphrasing. Touch my wounds. See them." What did He say? "My Lord and my God, He exemplified.

He lived out these verses." What does verse 31 say? "But these have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life." And oh, Thomas, although he was late to the party, he had life. Now, in conclusion, I want to go back over some information that I gave us in the introduction. And I want to make a few concluding comments that will apply to some of us. We saw that these two verses function in many ways. Very simple, a handful of words. First, we saw this intermission. We have a break. Jesus has been revealing Himself to His people.

He has been revealing Himself to people at the empty tomb. And then later in 21, as the disciples have gone back to fishing. But what do we have? We have this intermission. And so we have two verses tucked into these great events, but there is so much more that we can learn. We just can't overstep or go around or ignore these verses. We have John's purpose statement. We have John's theology. I think D.A. Carson is extremely, extremely correct. When he describes this as John's theology. And this is extremely important. If we read any of John's gospel outside of John's purpose in theology that is given here, then we are amiss.

We're perverting the gospel of John. And so this is important to see that this is the theological position and the theme and purpose that guides us through the book. Oh, but we have John's heart. We have John's heart. If we really think about these circumstances, we can feel John's emotions here. We can feel John's passion in these two sentences. These 47 or 48 words. We are touched and moved and seized by John's heart in these verses. You know, I've been thinking about a way to illustrate this passion, this emotion, this heart of John. You know, I think it's very important to share your heart with people.

The life of the church, we should share our heart with people. And at times, this really needs to take place. I'll give you a few examples that might help you. I remember the time in my life with Brother Keith back a few years ago, quite a few years ago when I really began to share my heart about my call. God's work in my life and the church. I think many of you know that God used me in an instrumental way to bring Keith to faith in Christ. Oh, I didn't save him. No, I was just a clay pot. And then after his salvation, God burdened me and showed me to really pour into him.

And I spent great deals of time with him, praying and giving him good resources and in God's Word. And God was just using me to pour into him and pour into him. And he can tell you the very time when he said, "I finally see Chris' heart." It's a very important time in his life and mind. Personally, I've been sharing my heart with some of the men of our church, just taking the time to express to them how I feel they fit into the life of Nola Baptist Church and expressing to them my heart and things that I'm praying for. And it's time in times like this where you need to see the pastor's heart and hear the things that he's praying over.

You know that we had Brother Jeff Noblet here from Grace Life Church and we're partnering with him. And I enjoyed all of this time when he shared his heart with me. Before he came, I asked him a question. I said, "Do you want to spend any time with our people?" He said, "No, I don't." "I'll visit with them at church and in a fellowship time." He said, "But all of my spare time I want to spend with you." "I want to pour into you." "I want to pour into you because if I pour into you, then you'll pour into your people and then I have done my job." And in that he shared his heart and I was able to share my heart with him.

And that was a wonderful thing for me and him and the work of God in the life of our church. But now I want to share my heart with some of you here this morning. Listen, I'm just like John. My heart beats that you may come to Christ. My passion, my heartbeat, my desire is that you would be converted to Christ just like I was converted to Christ. Your circumstances might be different than me. Your age could be different than I am. Oh, but I'm like John. I desired that you would come to faith in Christ. I urge you, whether you're young or old, to look at the great signs that he's put before you. You have so much to be accountable for.

Come to Christ. Humble yourself. Die to your pride and your sin and anything that you're holding on to. And come humbly to Christ and be forgiven of God. He'll save you. He will save you. I have full confidence that if he's drawing, you'll repent. He will save you. Now I want to do something that from time to time I do. If you look at the screens, you see the title of the message, "The Purpose of John's Gospel." But you know that's really not enough. The purpose of John's Gospel, and I would ask you to add to this. You're familiar with this term, "Believe and Live." We see that in the series title. What's the title of the series?

Christ the Son of God, Believe and Live. John's Gospel. All that he did. He is writing. The purpose of all that he's done from Chapter 1 all the way to Chapter 21. Oh, the purpose of John's heart is that we would believe and live. Let's pray, and then we'll continue in our worship service.