” Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.” —John 5:39
“Search the scriptures:” It is possible for men to be very studious in the letter of the Scriptures, yet to be strangers to its power. Not only read them, and hear them, but search them; which denotes diligence in examining and studying them. ” It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.” (Proverbs 25:2).
“For in them” The Bible, none other! Not mans traditions or mans commandments, just the Word of God that has been preserved for us in the King James Bible.
“Ye think ye have eternal life”. Not only eternal life, but so much more. One of the reasons that Believers have trouble with eternal life and other promises, is that do not “search the scriptures” for themselves. There is a grand Peace in knowing what you believe in that “Ole Book, God’s Word. “Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.” (Psalm 119:165)
You want to know for yourself? …Look for yourself. 2 Timothy 2:15
