Perspicuity

The biblical truth of the clarity of Scripture was vigorously set forth by the Reformers of the sixteenth century over against the teaching of Rome. The term "perspicuity" as applied to Scripture, means that the Bible is of such a nature that its meaning is clear, transparent, and penetrable to the believer. Not the impenitent, spiritually dead in sin sinner so finds God's Word; for to him it speaks only of wrath and of judgment. But the man of God, regenerated, indwelled by the illuminating...