"For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me. 47 But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?" (John 5:46-47).
In Jesus day the religious crowd claimed to believe the Old Testament, but they failed to believe in the one that the sum of the Old Testament pointed to, namely Jesus. They knew a lot about the bible, but they didn't really know God as he desired for them to know him. If they had they would have believed in Jesus who is the brightness of God's glory. The whole of the bible is not only to make us wise unto salvation in Jesus, but to cause us to grow in his grace and knowledge. Jesus said that one of the causes for why the religious crowd missed the whole reason for the bible is that they were more interested in their own glory rather than the glory of God (John 5:44). They wanted to be made much of more then wanting to make much of God. They loved the praises of men more then the praises of God. Many today are missing the whole point of the bible not only because they are not reading it, but because they are not seeking the glory of God. If you really want to know the bible don't read it as one would read a self help book looking for things that will suite your fancy. Instead, read it with a desire to seek and live for the glory of God.
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