“These are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.”
John was one of Jesus’s closest disciples, part of his inner circle along with Peter and James. He refers to himself as ‘the disciple whom Jesus loved,’ indicating a particularly close relationship with Jesus. His Gospel is written specifically to help people understand what it means to have eternal life through faith in Jesus.
DAY 1
Jesus Christ
PIONEER AND PERFECTER OF FAITH
“For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of God.”
Jesus is the one who blazed the trail of faith before us and who brings our faith to completion. He endured the cross for the joy set before him, demonstrating how to persevere through suffering with eyes fixed on future reward.