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would not come to Him. They saw His signs, miracles, and wonders, but they would not re alize who the Lord was and come to Him. The Father testified concerning the Son, but they did not have His word abiding in them, for they did not believe the Son whom He sent. They even searched the Scriptures that testified of Him, but they failed to come to Him that they might have eternal life.

To "search the Scriptures" may be sepa rated from "come to Me." The Jewish religionists searched the Scriptures, but were not willing to come to the Lord. These two should be kept to gether. Since the Scriptures testify concerning the Lord, they should not be separated from Him. We may contact the Scriptures and yet not con tact the Lord. Only the Lord can give life. We should never separate the Scriptures from the Lord Himself. Whenever we search the Word, we must come to the Lord Himself. We must make searching the Word and touching the Lord one thing. Whenever we study the Bible, we must open our spirit to the Lord. While our eyes are reading the words and our mind is understand ing them, our spirit must be exercised to contact the Lord through the Scriptures. Then we shall not only have the understanding of the black

and white letters in our mentality, but also have the life in our spirit.

All of the signs, manifestations, and gifts are merely witnesses by which we may contact Christ. The problem is that people today have the testimonies, but fail to contact the Lord Him self. It is possible to have the signs, the mani festations, the gifts, and the knowledge of the Scriptures, but not come to contact the Lord Himself. It is only the Lord Himself who will give you life. It is not the signs, the gifts, or even the Scriptures, but it is the Lord Himself who will enliven you and impart life into you. May we all see this and daily come to Him that we might have life.

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