20 Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them, the one who had been reclining at table close to him and had said, “Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?” 21 When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?” 22 Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!” 23 So the saying spread abroad among the brothers that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?”
24 This is the disciple who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true.
25 Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.
I really like verse 22, because it really reminds me to mind my own business. God wants me to live MY life for Him and not to worry about what other people are doing unless it's to help and encourage them. I often imagine this as a Pinochio moment. I tell kids, when they're being nosy, they are growing a Pinocchio nose. I know that story is about Pinocchio lying but I use it if someone is being nosy. How is your Pinnocchio nose today?? :)
And so John comes to a close in his witness about who Jesus is. I have learned that He is the WORD, my scapegoat taking all my sins on Him and that with His WORD He is transforming me every day, hopefully especially with my Pinocchio nose (I think I spelled that different every time :)
Does anyone have a suggestion for the next Bible book to take a look at and try to get to know God better?
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