identity, experience, or knowledge.23 Scripture bears the supreme right and dignity to have a voice in matters related to Christian faith and life because it is the ultimate source for our knowledge of the triune God and for the knowledge of human beings as those created, fallen, redeemed, and yet-to-be-consummated through the gospel. If God had not graciously stooped down to speak to us in his Word, then his name would remain unknown to us (cf. Acts 17:23), and his way of salvation would remain
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