These Are The Days Of Jesus’ Life

How long do you have to know a person before you really “know” a person? Can you truly figure out person’s character in just one meeting? How long till you know if a person is a good honest soul? A week? A month? A lifetime? How big a sample of a person’s life to need to have to know if they are someone worth of emulation?

As you ponder those questions, consider this. The ministry of Jesus is believed to have lasted for around three and a half years. If you count all the days mentioned in the Gospels, you have about a month of events. Not even all the events mentioned about Jesus in Scripture are recorded. Luke 10:10-14 tells about miracles that were performed in Chorazin but we are never given the details of those miracles.

In fact, Scripture tells us that we don’t know all the events of the life of Jesus. In John 21:25 we read, “And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that would be written.” Many foolishly use the lack of mention of certain topics by Jesus as an assumption that Jesus accepted these topics.

The truth is we don’t know everything Jesus said and taught about, but we do enough about him to understand his character and values. The principles that we have recorded teach us the truths we need to know about his mission and morals. As John comments, “Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.”(John 20:30-31) God has given us everything we need in his word to know how to live right and follow Him. We may not know everything but we know enough to know who we was!

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