John 20 & 21
NIV (20:28) ‘Thomas said to him, My Lord and my God!’
ESV (20:28) – ‘Thomas answered him, My Lord and my God!’
Today we are coming to the end of our brief look through the gospel of John. The statement that Thomas makes in 20:28 is the statement that the whole of this gospel should lead us to be declaring as we will have discovered all that John has 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’. (John 20:31) This was our commencing verse in these devotions back on July 5th.
In the 21st chapter and verse 25 we read ‘Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written’. Wow, what a library that would be! But more wonderful than that thought is the actual wonder that John has written sufficient in this gospel alone for us to get an understanding of who Jesus is and as to why he came and to bring us to a place where we can accept him as our Saviour and Lord, and instead of the world containing a library of books all about him, we can have a heart that contains him, as he comes to dwell in our lives! Christ in you, the hope of glory. What a wonder, the world could not contain all the books that could be written about him and yet our hearts can contain him because of Calvary! ‘What a wonderful change in my life has been wrought, since Jesus came into my heart . . .’
A couple of days ago I mentioned the misty gloomy morning, this morning was the same, as I looked out of the window it looked damp and misty, I couldn’t see very far, but over the last hour as I have been preparing devotions, the sun has burnt through the mist and it is now clear, I can see. John’s gospel is all about the Word who became flesh, and as we read through his gospel, and revel in the wonder and truth about the Lord Jesus Christ, John’s intention was that any doubt about him would be burnt away like the mist and we would clearly see the truth and wonder of the one who came, the Word who became flesh, the one who humbled himself, even to the point of death on a cross so that we could be lifted out of the miserable pit of sin and know such a wonderful salvation. To finish with the words of Thomas, ‘My Lord and my God’