Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. 40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. 41 I receive not honour from men. 42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. 43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. 44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. 46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. 47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? (John 5:39-47)
Do you consider yourself a Bible-believing Christian? Then this passage may be for you. The Pharisees were Bible-believing but they rejected the Messiah because he was not what the theologians expected. Jesus gives a clue to discovering him: look in the writings of Moses: the first five books of the Bible. Theologians today (even good ones) are like the Pharisees of old: citing and quoting each other to build their arguments. This does not make them bad. But the theologians will be far away when you answer to God. Your only safety is to know, love and serve Jesus, especially by reading and obeying his law recorded in Moses writings: the ten commandments.
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