apostles in the Scripture do not set the autonomous man, the rational man, or the moral man above the Scriptures. Romanism and, to a lesser extent, Arrninianism do this: And Carnell followed their lead. But if Scripture is thus self-authenticating, it is because Christ speaks to us through it. The Bible is, as it were, a letter from Christ to his people, to his Church. But Christ is God. He speaks to his Church so that his Church might speak to mankind. All men are men as standing in covenant relation