The purpose of John’s gospel is
to bring us to believing in Jesus. He is not concerned with inspiring us or
making us better versions of ourselves. All he wants is to convince us that
Jesus is who He said. It God that must enter us that we can be born again.
Believing is the work that God
wants us to do. Repentance follows faith. Good deeds follow expectations. When
you see the goal in your mind, then you begin to go after it. It is simple. It
is the same in all of life. You believe in the words in your mind before they
leave your mouth. You believe the car will start before you turn it on. You
believe a link will take you to a website before you click it. Action follows
faith.
More important than sincerity is
the object of our belief. It is far better to have a little faith in thick ice
than a lot of faith in thin ice. You may move slowly on one but you will die on
the other. I have heard people negatively compare the faith of some Christians
to what I consider cults. “Look how dedicated they are. They fast more.
Sacrifice their lives. Give their time to go door to door or give a larger
amount of money.” But a dedication to something does not make that something,
something great. It is what it is. John is not moving us to more dedication. He
wants us to know the content of our belief. From there we cannot but give our
all. Do you believe? Do you know you have eternal life?
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