“But when we open our Bibles, before we come to the Word of God at Genesis 1:1, we come to the word of the Church at the Table of Contents. No one holds that the Table of Contents is part of inspired Scripture; rather it points to inspired Scripture, in a similar way that John the Baptist pointed to Christ. However, it is necessary for us to see that the Table of Contents page is important, and that on that page someone or something is authoritatively identifying for us the boundaries of Scripture. Our full persuasion and assurance of the infallibility and authority of the Scriptures does come from the inward work of the Holy Spiriit. The Scriptures are self-authenticating. But we sometimes forget that there is a necessary objective work of the Spirit as well — the work of the Spirit in history, as He has led the Church to make that wonderful confession of faith that we call the Table of Contents” (Mother Kirk, p. 31).
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