"If I saw someone walk on water, I'd probably ask if they could teach me how to skip swimming lessons," says Landon, 8.
That could have been a request in Galilee too, when the word got around that Jesus had walked across the Sea of Galilee. But for the apostle John, Jesus' miracles weren't party tricks or swimming shortcuts. They were signs pointing to something far more important.
In the . nal verses of John 20, we . nd the apostle's own explanation for writing his Gospel: "But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name." Why did John write about Jesus' miracles? Because he wanted people to believe. Not just believe that Jesus existed, or that he was a good teacher, but that he was the Son of God, the Christ, the Savior.
