John 5:39-40
Studying and Searching Scriptures
39 You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
John 8:12
Jesus Tells Us He is Light
12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
John 14:6-7
Jesus Says He is Truth
6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him."
John 17:3
Jesus Tells Us What Eternal Life Is
3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
The world can be a troubled place and be a place of darkness...On the other hand there is Light in knowledge...I think that is why knowledge is pursued...And in the Light we can find Truth...Knowledge with Truth is hollowed...And when we are searching for knowledge of things we often find them, and just happen to look right through them, including knowledge and Truth...Jesus told some astute gentlemen that yes, in fact, they studied and knew the Scriptures, but they were looking past what they had studied, and missing what the Bible was telling them about eternal life...The Truth of the Bible was standing right in front of them and they were overlooking the Bible, by overlooking Him...Jesus was telling them to apply what they had learned...Pay attention to what is going on around them, and then they would better see the Light and see this Truth...The chief priests and teachers of the law thought that eternal life is in the Bible, and it is...But eternal life was also standing squarely in front of them and they had not seen the One who gives us and them eternal life...
In the end the gospels teach us that the search for knowledge and Truth has us finding a Person, a Man who calls Himself both the Light and the Truth...And in our pursuit to find Him, let us not lose Him in our search...Because in this end, He wants us to know Him, and His Father...And in this knowing Him and His Father, we can have a relationship with Them...Now that is eternal life...