John 19–21: Believe & Have Life

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 38: Saturday

“Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.”
John 20:31–32

Saturday’s Bible reading is John 19–21. In my post on the first two chapters of John I gave you an introduction to the book and below is a table of things to look for as you read. Other than that, in light of John’s purpose for writing, if you’ve never read John’s Gospel about Jesus Christ, I want you to discover it on your own.

*“Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.”* John 8:58
The Signs and ‘I Am’ Statements of Jesus
	John 2:1–11	Jesus changes water into wine
	John 4:46–54	Jesus heals the royal official’s son
	John 5:1–15	Jesus heals the paralytic
	John 6:5–14	Jesus feeds the crowd of 5,000
	John 6:16–21	Jesus walks on water
	John 6:35ff	“I am the Bread of Life”
	John 8:12ff	“I am the Light of the World”
	John 9	Jesus heals the man born blind
	John 10:7ff	“I am the Door”
	John 10:11ff	“I am the Good Shepherd”
	John 11:1–46	Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead.
	John 11:25	“I am the Resurrection and the Life”
	John 14:6	“I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life”
	John 15:1ff	“I am the Vine”

Early on an Easter morning years ago, my husband woke up in his dorm room and starting with Matthew, he began to read. When he came to John 20, he believed.

John’s recorded these words and deeds of Jesus Christ for an express purpose—that those who read his words may believe, and believing, may have life in His name.

If you’d like to read my story of how I became a Christian, it’s in the heading titled, My Witness. I pray that you, too, will read, believe and have eternal life through Jesus Christ.

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