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John 5:37-40 ESV
And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen, and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent. You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.

The word of God goes beyond the printed word of Scripture, though it is part of the revelation of God, and it is an alive and ongoing revelation through the presence of the Holy Spirit. Christ is that word spoken and still heard, ringing through these very words of Scripture and the lives of those whose hearts have received the words of life. Love is given voice and form in the body of Christ here on earth. Reading the word does not guarantee eternal life, but believing the word does.

Experiencing God is made possible by the one sent from the Father. He came to provide access to the Father in two ways. He first overcame sin and death, removing that insurmountable barrier between man and God. In doing so, He displayed the divine glory in human form that we might come to Him. We then begin to take on the attributes of the divine as we immerse into the body of Christ, united by the Spirit.


1 Timothy 6:13-16
I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which he will display at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

1 John 1:1-2
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us—

James 1:21
Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.