Covenant Reformed News – April 2005, Volume X, Issue 12
This article from Covenant Reformed News argues that the power of God in salvation operates through the preaching of the gospel by the Holy Spirit, establishing the primacy of preaching and the absolute authority of Scripture over human reason and empirical evidence. The author emphasizes that genuine faith rests not on rational proof or archaeological confirmation but on the Spirit's witness to God's Word itself, drawing on passages from 1 Corinthians and the Heidelberg Catechism to support this Reformed understanding of how God establishes His truth in believers' hearts.
Upon What Does Your Faith Stand? (3) Last time we saw three important implications of the truth that Christ speaking by the Holy Spirit in the preaching of the gospel is the power of God. Fourth, this truth also establishes the primacy of preaching. It is not learned debates or rational arguments that create faith. The Heidelberg Catechism asks, “Since then we are made partakers of Christ and all his benefits by faith only, whence doth this faith proceed?” It answers, “From the Holy Ghost, who...