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  READING THE SCRIPTURES BUT STILL NOT KNOWING GOD
  by Sandeep Poonen
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Summary: This sermon emphasizes the danger of solely relying on the
Scriptures without truly coming to Jesus. It warns against the
Pharisaical mindset of seeking eternal life in the Scriptures alone
while neglecting a personal relationship with Christ. The message
challenges listeners to not fall into the trap of intellectual pursuit
without genuine faith and encounter with Jesus.

Topics: "Personal Relationship with Christ", "The Danger of Intellectualism"
Scripture References: John 5:39, John 5:40, Matthew 23:23, John 14:6

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DESCRIPTION
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This sermon emphasizes the danger of solely relying on the Scriptures
without truly coming to Jesus. It warns against the Pharisaical mindset
of seeking eternal life in the Scriptures alone while neglecting a
personal relationship with Christ. The message challenges listeners to
not fall into the trap of intellectual pursuit without genuine faith and
encounter with Jesus.

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CONTENT
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John chapter 5 verse 39, you see this also the side of the Pharisees.
John chapter 5 verse 39 and 40, you search the scriptures. Not the
postmodern ideas, not the secular humanist ideas.

No, you search the scriptures. Because you think in them you have
eternal life. But you are unwilling to come to me.

So it is possible for me to keep searching the scriptures and not find
Jesus. Pharisees did it, same for us through the day.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/6s-WTcyJO4E.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/sandeep-poonen/reading-the-scriptures-but-still-not-knowing-god/
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