Beloved Jesus was talking to the Religious Leaders of the day and said to them ‘ You just study the scriptures to get eternal life, but it’s not how many scriptures you know, but your relationship with God.’’
Much love and blessings,
Julie
‘You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.’
– John 5:39-40 (NIV)
Today’s commentary
by Dave Whitehead, Senior Pastor, GraceNYC.org
Jesus was speaking to the religious leaders of His day when He said this. The implications are startling: you can be a Bible expert and still not know Jesus! So the goal in reading the Bible is not to read the Bible. The goal of reading the Bible is to get to know and interact with the God of the Bible. To lose sight of this can cause us to miss the very life and peace that God offers through His word.
by Dave Whitehead, Senior Pastor, GraceNYC.org
Jesus was speaking to the religious leaders of His day when He said this. The implications are startling: you can be a Bible expert and still not know Jesus! So the goal in reading the Bible is not to read the Bible. The goal of reading the Bible is to get to know and interact with the God of the Bible. To lose sight of this can cause us to miss the very life and peace that God offers through His word.
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