John 21:24–25
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
How an author chooses to conclude his work tells you a great deal about his central purpose. Some books end with a question, leaving you unsettled. Others end with a neat little bow, tying up every loose end. But the Gospel of John ends with a thunderclap. It concludes not by shrinking the subject down to a manageable size, but by blowing the doors off our capacity to contain Him. It finishes with two foundational pillars: the gritty reliability of historical testimony and the glorious, infinite immensity of Jesus Christ. Our modern world is allergic to both of these things. It despises the idea of an authoritative, historical testimony. We want a Jesus of our own imagination, not the Jesus of the apostolic witness. And second, our age cannot stomach a Christ who is truly uncontainable. We want a domesticated savior, a pocket-sized Jesus who fits neatly into our political agendas, our therapeutic needs, and our self-improvement projects.