Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and bestselling author Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life. Every sign in the Gospel of John

points not just to Jesus' power, but to his grace, mercy, and the life-transforming truth of who he is.

Today, as we continue the gospel one sign at a time, our year-long study through the

gospel of John, Paul unpacks John 20, 30, and 31, where the apostle reveals his purpose

for writing, so that we might believe Jesus is the Christ and find life in his name.

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Now here's Paul Tripp, teaching from John 20.

You could argue that the Gospel of John is the most evangelistic book in all of Scripture.

What John wrote, the details he pointed out in those events,

were all done to give you a reason to place your life in the hands of Jesus.

Music in the hands of Jesus. So we're in John 20, 30, and 31, and it really addresses the question, why spend all this time for us 52 five-minute

Bible studies studying the Gospel of John?

Well, we're going to read the passage where John really does give us his intentionality, his purpose for writing this gospel.

Now, Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book, but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing

you may have life in his name. You could argue that the Gospel of John is the most evangelistic

book in all of Scripture. What John wrote, the events he included, the details he pointed out

in those events, the editorial comments he makes about those events were all done to give you a reason

to place your life in the hands of Jesus. John reminds us here of his use of the

word signs as a replacement for the word miracle. Remember, a sign is not the thing, but point you to

the thing, the thing to but point you to the thing.

The thing to celebrate in all the miracles of Jesus that John records is not the miracle.

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