THE WITNESS OF SCRIPTURES
“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
There are things we assume we’ll never need to correct—holy things, sacred practices. But the sinful nature has a way of distorting even what was set apart for God’s glory.
Jesus speaks to the Pharisees, men well-versed in Scripture and committed to religious life, and He tells them something sobering: they’ve missed the point entirely. In exalting their knowledge of the Word, they missed the One the Word points to. The Scriptures had become their idol. This is a danger for all of us. We can turn even our faith into a self-focused pursuit when it becomes about what we can do for God, instead of being rooted in who He is and what He has done for us.
This is why so many serve to the point of burnout—because they haven’t learned to behold Him. To abide in Him. To draw near to the One who gives rest to the weary, heals the broken, and binds up the wounded. Beloved, don’t settle for knowing everything about the Lord, and miss the invitation to truly know Him. It is Christ who makes the difference. He is joy in mourning. He is peace that surpasses understanding. He is the one who restores you even when the church wounds you. He is the life the Scriptures testify about.
Paul understood this. His heart’s cry was simple, yet everything: “I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection” (Philippians 3:10).
That is the heartbeat of true faith—not information, but intimacy.
He is the difference.
Prayer: Father, I thank you for this truth. I thank you for the gift that is Christ and the fellowship of being in Him and Him in me. May I never receive this grace in vain, and always carry the consciousness of your finished work through my Lord and Savior, to the glory of your name. Amen!
CI.
RELENTLESS PURSUIT
• Psalm 95:11
• Hebrews 3:11
• Philippians 3:10
