29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. 30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: 31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name (John 20:29-31).
One of the purposes of the word of God is to attest to the facts of redemptive history. Redemptive history is the total of the plan for salvation from the beginning of time. Verse 31 summarizes the condition for redemption. That condition is that through believing on the Son of God, life is granted. The life granted is eternal and it is eternal in the presence of God. So it is through the testimony of Word of God in human flesh (Christ), and through the testimony of the written word of God in scripture clarified through the work of Holy Spirit that we have life, and life abundant. This is the Gospel, planned from the beginning, spanning all the years of redemptive history. So then, the story of history from point of view of the Creator is the story of final redemption-planned, unchanging, and certain.
One of the purposes of the word of God is to attest to the facts of redemptive history. Redemptive history is the total of the plan for salvation from the beginning of time. Verse 31 summarizes the condition for redemption. That condition is that through believing on the Son of God, life is granted. The life granted is eternal and it is eternal in the presence of God. So it is through the testimony of Word of God in human flesh (Christ), and through the testimony of the written word of God in scripture clarified through the work of Holy Spirit that we have life, and life abundant. This is the Gospel, planned from the beginning, spanning all the years of redemptive history. So then, the story of history from point of view of the Creator is the story of final redemption-planned, unchanging, and certain.
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