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Perspicuous and Vulgar: On the Clarity of Scripture

Stone Choir

Stone Choir

Education, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2022

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Hosts

Corey J. Mahler

coreyjmahler.com

@CoreyJMahler

    Woe

    aka Eschatologuy

    @treblewoe

      Scripture is the Word of the Lord, and the Word of the Lord is understandable by men of average intelligence. Those who deny the perspicuity of the Scriptures are wolves who accuse God of lying and who seek to lead the sheep astray. It is clear that Christians are to read Scripture and that they will be able to understand it — this is a truth found throughout Scripture, not just in a handful of places.

      The law of the LORD is perfect, 
      reviving the soul; 
the testimony of the LORD is sure, 
      making wise the simple; 
the precepts of the LORD are right, 
      rejoicing the heart; 
the commandment of the LORD is pure, 
      enlightening the eyes; 
the fear of the LORD is clean, 
      enduring forever; 
the rules of the LORD are true, 
      and righteous altogether. 
More to be desired are they than gold, 
      even much fine gold; 
sweeter also than honey 
      and drippings of the honeycomb. 
Moreover, by them is your servant warned; 
      in keeping them there is great reward.

      Satan adapts his attacks over time, and today he has focused his attack on the clarity of Scripture (for he can no longer simply keep Scripture out of the hands of the laity). The contend that Scripture is unclear, dark, unknowable is to contend that it is not Scripture and to endanger the faith. Christians must affirm — and staunchly defend — the Scriptures as the inerrant Word of God.

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      0:00.0

      The

      0:07.0

      The Welcome to the Stone Choir podcast. I am Corey J. Mahler.

      0:41.5

      And I'm Woe.

      0:42.8

      In this episode, we will be discussing scripture qua scripture, which is to say scripture

      0:47.8

      as the inerrant, plenarily, verbally inspired word of God, which Christians must read, believe, and defend, and which Satan

      0:57.7

      ceaselessly attacks. If I am not convinced by the testimonies of Scripture and clear

      1:05.5

      rational arguments, for I believe neither the Pope nor the counsels alone, since it is a fact that they have often

      1:11.9

      erred and contradicted themselves, that I am by the passages of the Holy Scriptures, which I have

      1:17.5

      cited, overcome in my conscience, and held captive to the Word of God. Therefore I can and will retract

      1:23.7

      nothing, because it is neither safe nor healthful to do anything against conscience.

      1:29.0

      Here I stand.

      1:30.2

      I cannot do otherwise.

      1:31.7

      God help me.

      1:32.4

      Amen.

      1:33.7

      This was Martin Luther's testimony to the die of arms in April 1521.

      1:38.9

      I wanted to open with that statement because it's one of the most famous things that Luther

      1:44.1

      said that's known,

      1:46.2

      you know, within Lutheranism, it's known across Protestantism at large. And I think probably

      1:53.5

      a lot of people know the phrase, here I stand, somewhat famously even if they don't know where it came

      1:59.0

      from. The reason I want to open with that in particular is that there are a couple points in there

      2:04.6

      that Luther makes about appealing directly to Scripture and about plain reason that although modern Lutherans

      2:12.6

      believe that those words are our inheritance and the Luther's spirit and those words is our spirit.

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