does not bring perspicuity to Scripture; it allows the formerly darkened mind of a sinner to first grasp the significance of the already perspicuous central message—the gospel (e.g., John 3:16; Rom 3:23; 6:23; et al.)—and then to continually grasp the significance of the whole of Scripture, an ongoing activity that Paul (Eph 1:17–18)36 and John (1 John 3:20, 24)37 both discuss.38 In short, illumination does three things: It provides (1) an intuitive certainty that the Scriptures came from God and
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