EMPTY PRINCIPLES

Jesus says in John 5:39-40 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.

All of The Scriptures point to the Person of Jesus Christ. The Goal is not to know about Him but to know Him. Paul said he wanted to know Christ Intimately, Relaional and Experientially (Phil. 3:10) The aim and importance of the written word is to point and bring us to the Living Word. I am a strong believer in knowing the word intellectually. However If that intellectual knowledge doesn't lead me into a practical relationship with Christ. I am on a boat with directions to a destination that refuses to leave the dock. Religious knowledge can be dangerous. Life is not found my knowledge it is only found in Christ. When you reject Christ you reject the princples you claim to know. Any Scripture Cross Church or any such thing that doesn't bring you to a relationship that submits to practical obedience to Christ is empty.