XPost: alt.bible, alt.christnet.christianlife   
   From: michaelmclean2021@outlook.com   
      
   On 30/01/2025 1:00 am, Christ Rose wrote:   
   > Jesus did not rebuke the Pharisees in John 5:38-40 for searching the   
   > Scriptures to find eternal life. He rebuked them for missing the very   
   > One to whom the Scriptures pointed. They treated the Scriptures as an   
   > end in themselves rather than the revelation of Christ. Jesus said, “You   
   > search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal   
   > life; and it is they that bear witness about me, yet you refuse to come   
   > to me that you may have life” (John 5:39-40, ESV). Their failure was not   
   > in seeking eternal life through Scripture but in refusing to believe   
   > what Scripture revealed—Him. The Scriptures do not grant eternal life   
   > apart from faith in Christ, but they are the means by which God brings   
   > people to faith in Him.   
      
   No, they are not.   
      
   "The scripture does not contain life."   
      
   You don't come to scripture for life, therefore, you come to Him, in   
   Person and in person.   
      
   You don't understand and don't know.   
      
   I am sorry that you don't, but I tried to help you.   
      
      
      
      
   In the Name of Jesus   
      
      
      
      
      
   >   
   > Over and over again, the Bible teaches that saving faith in Christ comes   
   > through the written and proclaimed Word of God. John wrote his Gospel so   
   > that people would believe in Jesus and have life through His name: “Now   
   > Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are   
   > not written in this book; but these are written so that you may believe   
   > that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may   
   > have life in his name” (John 20:30-31, ESV). The written Word testifies   
   > to Christ, and through it, God grants eternal life to those who believe.   
   >   
   > Paul declared that the gospel itself is “the power of God for salvation   
   > to everyone who believes” (Romans 1:16, ESV). How does this power work?   
   > The next verse explains: “For in it the righteousness of God is revealed   
   > from faith for faith, as it is written, ‘The righteous shall live by   
   > faith’” (Romans 1:17, ESV). The gospel does not merely contain saving   
   > power; it is the means by which God imparts saving faith. No one can be   
   > saved apart from the gospel’s message.   
   >   
   > Faith does not come from mystical experiences or subjective feelings. It   
   > comes through hearing the Word. Paul makes this unmistakably clear: “So   
   > faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of   
   > Christ” (Romans 10:17, ESV). God works through the spoken and written   
   > gospel message to bring sinners to faith in Christ. This is why Paul   
   > reminded the Corinthians of the gospel he had preached to them, the   
   > gospel that saved them: “Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel   
   > I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which   
   > you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—   
   > unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first   
   > importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in   
   > accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised   
   > on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures” (1 Corinthians   
   > 15:1-4, ESV). The gospel, proclaimed and received, is the means by which   
   > God saves.   
   >   
   > This is why Scripture is essential for salvation. Paul warned Timothy   
   > that evil men would deceive many, but he reminded him to hold fast to   
   > the “sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation   
   > through faith in Christ Jesus” (2 Timothy 3:15, ESV). All Scripture is   
   > “breathed out by God” and equips believers with the truth that leads to   
   > salvation (2 Timothy 3:16-17, ESV). Timothy had been raised on   
   > Scripture, and through it, he was led to saving faith in Christ.   
   >   
   > Paul also told Timothy to pay close attention to sound doctrine because   
   > it was the means of salvation for both himself and his hearers: “Keep a   
   > close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so   
   > doing you will save both yourself and your hearers” (1 Timothy 4:16,   
   > ESV). The proclamation of sound doctrine, rooted in the Scriptures,   
   > brings people to salvation. This is why Paul commanded Timothy to preach   
   > the Word “in season and out of season” (2 Timothy 4:2, ESV). Without the   
   > Word, there is no faith, no salvation, and no eternal life.   
   >   
   > God imparts saving faith through the proclamation of Scripture. The   
   > Pharisees failed because they approached Scripture as an academic   
   > pursuit rather than as the revelation of Christ. But those who hear the   
   > gospel and believe receive eternal life. The written and spoken Word   
   > brings sinners to faith. This is why we must proclaim it boldly, trust   
   > it fully, and never separate it from the Christ it reveals.   
   >   
      
      
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   God is God in all His Being. All the glory is His, for He is all glory.   
      
   Jesus is the everlasting Father, Jesus is God, Jesus is the Lord. John   
   10:30  I and Father are one. If you can't see that the Lord Jesus is the   
   everlasting Father you are not born again and can't see the Kingdom of God.   
      
   Colossians 2:9  For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.   
      
   Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were   
   YET sinners, Christ died for us.   
      
   Jeremiah 10:23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it   
   is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.   
      
   Psalms 53:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt   
   are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.   
      
   Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that   
   hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.   
      
   "To seek your own will is to seek your own glory."   
      
   "If God is not first in everything, He is not first in anything."   
      
   "What makes the bible the truth? The resonance (voice, the Person) of   
   God. When you find Him you have found the author."   
      
   "All men were born sinners. Why? Because all men were born not loving   
   God with all their heart, soul, and mind. An abomination. Therefore,   
   sin is not what you do; it is what you are."   
      
   "Compromise will condemn you."   
      
   "There are no sinners in Christ Jesus."   
      
   "My sons are born of Me. In them is no darkness at all."   
      
   "You can't learn righteousness. Haven't you had enough time already to   
   know that?"   
      
   "The way of truth is the testimony of life."   
      
   "I merely speak the truth, what is revealed to me, and the cards fall   
   where God intends."   
      
   "Nothing that is produced is produced without first being faith."   
      
   "You can only find proof of God through faith because that is how we all   
   live, by faith."   
      
      
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