That is a time consuming process. Through these “crawling exercises” we notice that the confession brings us perpetually closer to Scripture and opens our eyes for Scripture. In this way, we arrive at Scripture itself. The confession is all about Scripture. When through these crawling exercises we may arrive at the message of Scripture, that does not mean that we leave the confession behind as an empty shell, like a butterfly does when it breaks out of its cocoon. No, we then learn to utilize this
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