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Openness to God precedes the reception of Scripture truth. We are not to guide Scriptures, they are to guide us...to God. We are not to make Scriptures say what we think or want them to say, but let them say what God desires to reveal.
JOHN 5: 39-47
THE WITNESS OF THE SCRIPTURES
[Luke 24: 25-27, 44-49 / Luke 16: 19-31]
The previous passage tried to teach us that openness to belief must precede the reception of truth. Now John affirms that openness to God precedes the reception
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