Have you noticed our world has a fascination with both credentials and endorsements? When you are searching for help from a particular professional, such as a doctor or dentist or even a car mechanic or home builder, which is more important to you… the framed credentials and certificates hanging on their walls or referrals from a well satisfied customer? It’s one thing to recommend a car mechanic because your car is running well, it’s another thing to hear a person point to another person saying, “she saved my life”!
Have you ever thought about the credibility challenge which faced the disciples in those years after Jesus left, returning to heaven? John was probably given the greatest credibility, after all he was the only one of the disciples who stood at the cross of Jesus while the others ran to hide, and John was the disciple Jesus asked to care for His mother Mary. (John 19:15,16) John was called by many ‘the beloved disciple’, sitting next to Jesus in the upper room that Passover evening. (John 13:23)
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