Having Life by His Name

Readings:
II Kings 19
John 20:19-31

Focus:
John 20:31:"Those written here have been recorded in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that through this faith you may have life by his name."

In this verse John writes down the main purpose of the Bible. God wants us to have life. He inspired the various writers of the Bible to put into words what he wants to communicate to us: that he loves us, that we are to obey him, and that when we fail, he will take the punishment for us--but that it won't end there; he will overcome death. All of this is so that, when we acknowledge that we have failed, and acknowledge what he has done for us by taking this punishment, and turn our lives over to him, then we can live life to the full and have eternity with him.

It is freedom to give our lives to him. It is happiness and peace. It is what I would want for everyone that I know.