John's Purpose
The book of John is unique and very different from the other Gospel's. While Matthew was written primarily for the Jewish audience, and Mark and Luke for the Roman and Greek, John appears to have been aimed at a universal audience. His motive is clear, to an evangelistic view: calling on man to make a decision on Jesus. The writer states his purpose in chapter twenty verse thirty and thirty-one. "Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name." In these verses, the two that' words introduce John's clear purpose for the Gospel of John. The first is so that we might believe Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God through his miracles and testimony. That faith is not created by man. It comes from God. The writer tries to persuade that how or what we believe guides our daily lives. The......
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