The purpose of The Book

We can get so distracted in life. 

We are kids and all we get focused on is becoming "grown ups", we get to be an adult and all we think about is getting married, we get married and have children and get sucked into the daily routines and demands and forget what the real point is.....what is the real point of all that anyway? 

I was thinking about this and read something that really took life back a step for me.  As a Christian, I get focused on being like Jesus.  We are supposed to be continually sanctified after all (which basically means changed to be more like Him).  This is a good and Biblical principal.  However, we can become focused on being more like Jesus and I am not convinced that is the point of the Book.

In John 20:30-31, the subtitle in the NKJV is: The Purpose of this Book.  Then, it goes on to explain that
(after telling the gospel story of Jesus' life and death and resurrection), there were many other things Jesus did that weren't written down in the Book.  The purpose (or the MAIN POINT) was so that through what was written down, you would a) know that Jesus was the Christ, b) believe in Him, and c) have eternal life in His name!

So, the whole point of the Book can be summed up in those three points.  However, the one that really stuck out to me this time is that there is nothing in there about us becoming more like Jesus....  I don't think He is up in heaven gauging as to how far we have come along in life...
I see from this that he is only concerned with three things.  Do we know Him?  Do we believe Him?  Are we enjoying the eternal life he offers, which starts now?  Being like Him will follow these three things but if we get our focus on trying so hard to be good (like Him), the enjoyment of eternal life gets lost...

Enjoy Him, know Him, and believe Him today!