[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":52},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Fdevotions\u002Fthat-you-may-believe":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"date":35,"description":36,"extension":37,"featured":38,"image":39,"meta":40,"navigation":41,"path":42,"scripture":43,"scriptureText":44,"seo":45,"stem":46,"tags":47,"__hash__":51},"devotions\u002Fdevotions\u002Fthat-you-may-believe.md","That you may believe","Christy Morrow",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":31},"minimark",[10,14,19,25,28],[11,12,13],"p",{},"According to the NIV study note, The writer's purpose was to draw them to belief in\nChrist; he uses the verb \"believe\" 98 times. In all the gospels and in all letters, you hear\na lot of about belief. It must be pretty important to God that we believe that Jesus is the\nChrist.",[15,16,18],"h4",{"id":17},"god-tells-us-in-john-316","God tells us in John 3:16:",[20,21,22],"blockquote",{},[11,23,24],{},"\"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only\nSon, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.\" God loves us\nand sent his Son to die for our sins. Sin separated us from him. By sending his Son, he\natoned for our sins. In other words, we no longer have to be punished for our sins. We\nare no longer separated from God.",[11,26,27],{},"But it is our choice to believe. He won't force it on us. He lets us know that by believing,\nwe get to be in connection with him again. We will spend eternity with him. He gives us\nthe gift of eternal life. He also gives us this gift in John 1:12: Yet to all who received him,\nto those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. Think\nabout that! By believing in him, we get to become God's children! All he asks, is that we\nbelieve.",[11,29,30],{},"God knew we would struggle with belief at times. So, the NIV note on John 20:31 says\nthat some manuscripts have: But these are written that you MAY CONTINUE to believe\nthat Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his\nname. So, if you are struggling with unbelief because of your current circumstances,\nreading the scriptures will help you believe again.",{"title":32,"searchDepth":33,"depth":33,"links":34},"",2,[],"2025-09-18","But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.","md",false,"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fbahamas.jpg",{},true,"\u002Fdevotions\u002Fthat-you-may-believe","John 20:31","31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.",{"title":5,"description":36},"devotions\u002Fthat-you-may-believe",[48,49,50],"faith","belief","foundation","o4CHzWsoOTjKCT_Fp1fDYoC0D6UhZn78tgA7e92E6v8",1782405175050]