Search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and they are they which testify of Me. John 5:39
It is striking that those who knew the Scriptures the best, the Pharisees, were the very ones who looked Jesus in the face and missed God completely. The veil on their hearts, which could only be taken away by turning to Christ, had blinded them.
Paul goes on to tell Timothy in 2 Timothy 3:15:
and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
There is benefit in knowing the Scriptures. They are not salvation in themselves but are able to make you wise unto salvation. Jesus is salvation and it is the revelation of Christ in the Scriptures that is needed. I like to say it like this:
Read where it is alive, pray where it is alive, worship where it is alive. When you read a Scripture, the life that reaches and quickens you is the Christ you experience. The Scriptures paint the picture in your heart, but the Person is the presence and expression.
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