A Brief Reflection on the first ending to the Gospel of John

 "Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples that are not written in this book.  But these are written that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through this belief you may have life in his name." John 20:30-31

This is the first ending of John's Gospel.  Chapter 21 goes on to recount the conversation between Jesus and Peter "do you love Me more than these..."

But I just want to reflect briefly on the end of chapter 20.

John implies that his Gospel is all that is needed to establish the Divinity of Jesus Christ, and that through belief in Jesus, we have life in Jesus' name...and recently that just struck me for the first time.