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<\/a>Jesus said,<\/p>\n
\u201cYou study the scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life.\u201d (John 5:39)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
He told them that they actually point to him. But they couldn\u2019t see that. He diagnosed them with bible blindness.<\/p>\n
He didn\u2019t always go around quoting scripture, although it was certainly embedded in what he was saying. Instead, he talked about food, flowers, birds, earth, wind and fire.<\/p>\n
Are we so captivated by our knowledge of scripture and our theology that we cannot see the forest for the trees?<\/p>\n
Do we have bible blindness?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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