JANUARY 11, 2013
Eyewitness
Account
Read: 1 John 1
Truly
our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. —1 John 1:3
When
the Day
of Discovery television crew
interviews people for a biography, we
especially enjoy talking with those who
knew the person whose life-story we are
telling. Over the years, we’ve talked
with a man who roomed with Eric Liddell in
an internment camp in China; a woman
who as a teenager lived in the home of
C. S. Lewis during World War II; and a
man who chauffeured Dr. George
Washington Carver on a speaking tour throughout
the southern US. They all
spoke freely and openly about the special person they
knew.
When
John, one of Jesus’ 12 disciples, was an old man, he wrote a letter in
which
his opening words established him as an eyewitness and close companion
of Jesus:
“The life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and
declare to
you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested
to us”
(1 John 1:2). His goals in writing were “that you also may have fellowship
with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus
Christ”
(v.3) and “that your joy may be full” (v.4).
The
eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ disciples help lead us to faith in Christ. Even
though we have not seen Him as they did, we have believed.
Thank You, Father, for the reliable eyewitness
accounts of Jesus’ life that we can read in Your
Word. And thank You for people in our lives
who know Him. They help us believe too.
Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.
—Jesus
Source:
Our Daily Bread 2012
