Clarity of Scripture
Perspicuity (Clarity)
Bibliology · 6 verses
The essential message of Scripture is sufficiently clear that ordinary believers, reading with faith and diligence, can understand the way of salvation and their duty toward God. This perspicuity does not deny that some passages are difficult, but affirms that Scripture's central teachings are plain. God has condescended to speak in human language so that His people might know His will without depending on an ecclesiastical elite.
Scripture References
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”
“The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.”
“We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:”
“For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:”
“For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.”
“But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”