#1 THE BIG QUESTION

John ended his Gospel by informing the reader that the New Testament writers had an infinite amount of material to choose from. John 21:25 says, “Jesus did many other things as well. If everyone one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.” How did John choose from all of that material? He reveals his method in John 20: 30-31, “Jesus performed many other 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 Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” In John 17:3, Jesus defined eternal life: “Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Messiah, whom you have sent.” With life and eternal life at stake, it makes sense that the most important question in the world might be the one Jesus asked Peter in Matthew 16:15-17, “Who do you say I am?” According to Jesus, the correct God