The Purpose of This Book
There's so much we never see. We don't know the half of what goes on with most news stories, but reporters summarize the events to give us an understanding of the most important people and newsworthy items. When you're telling someone about your day, do you tell them every little detail? Or do you summarize and capture the most important moments?
Likewise, when John is trying to tell you about the life of Jesus Christ, he summarizes. He would've run out of paper if he'd tried to tell you everything. All the parchment in the world couldn't contain that. But he tells you the most important things that you need to know, and we can trust that the things that are left out are similar enough to what is in there that it fits with the image of Jesus portrayed in the Gospels.
So we can believe based on what we have read, and trust that we'll know the remaining details someday.
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