Believing is a major theme in the Gospel of John, he uses some form of the word “believe” 99 times in his Gospel. Near the end of the book, John gives the purpose behind writing this Gospel: “these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” (John 20:31). The Gospel of John is punctuated with stories of people who faced different obstacles to faith.