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Significant Verse:
20:3-8
What does the verse say?
John noted several quirky details about Jesus' resurrection. When
he and Simon heard Jesus' body was missing, John noted that he outran
Simon to the tomb (guys always care about who's wins a race).
John stooped and looked in seeing strips of linen, but didn't go
in. Simon went on in, noticed the strips of linen as well as the
cloth that was on Jesus' face lying neatly folded beside the
linen. As a result of what they saw, John believed in Jesus.
What is God saying to me?
A person who is making up a story or writing mythology doesn't take
care to note quirky details such as those John records. An
eyewitness does. And the details John noticed suggest that no one
stole Jesus' body (who would unwrap a rotting, stinky body before
stealing it?). Jesus came back to life and folded the cloth that
was around his head. I believe because John believed and recorded
with such care quirky details he remembered. As I read through
John, I noticed how many times the word "believe" or "faith" (both the
same in Greek) were used as the proper response to Jesus. It was
86 times. The message of John is BELIEVE in JESUS. A person
becomes a child of God by receiving Jesus through believing
(1:11-12). Lord, I believe. Thank you for making me a child
of God.
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