In John 5:39-40 Jesus Says, “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 and Work of Jesus Christ.
The Goal is not to know About Jesus but to know Jesus.
Paul said he wanted to know Christ Intimately, Relationally and Experientially (Phil. 3:10) This was Paul’s Desperate Pursuit. Phil. 3:14
The aim and importance of the written word is to point and bring us to the Living Word.
It is a good thing in knowing the word intellectually. However If that intellectual knowledge doesn’t lead me into an experiential relationship with Jesus Christ.
I am on a boat with directions to a destination that refuses to leave the dock.
Cognitive Religious knowledge can be Dangerous, if not properly Applied to one’s Life.
Eternal Life is not found my knowledge it is only found in Jesus Christ.
John 17:3
[3] And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. (ESV)
When you reject Christ you reject the princples you claim to know.
Any Knowledge of the Scriptures, the Cross, the Church or any such thing that doesn’t bring you to a relationship that submits to practical obedience to the Lordship of Jesus Christ is empty.