[MarkBsnr]

All right, let’s examine it again.

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You search the scriptures, because you think you have eternal life through them; even they testify on my behalf.
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But you do not want to come to me to have life.

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Phrase 1: You search the scriptures.

Phrase 2: because you think you have eternal life through them;

Jesus is refuting the idea that you can have eternal life through the scriptures because of the phraseology. He is telling them that they are wrong.

He further tells them:

Phrase 3: even though they testify on my behalf you do not want to come to me to have life.

He is telling them the He is the Via to Heaven, not the scripture. The scripture gives evidence of Jesus, but only Jesus is the Way. You must come to Jesus, not Scripture.

Scripture is a map; the map is not the thing. Jesus Is. Scripture describes Jesus.

[wmfights]

WM:How can you miss "these are they which testify of Me."? The point is the very law they were searching gave evidence of who JESUS is.

MB:All right, let’s examine it again.

You just don't want to get it do you?

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Scripture is a map; the map is not the thing. Jesus Is. Scripture describes Jesus.

Yes, Scripture is a map and by this map we learn of God's will for us through Jesus Christ, the "X" that marks the spot.

"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." -- 2 Timothy 3:15