“Those things which are necessary to be known, believed and observed for salvation are clearly propounded… that not only the learned, but the unlearned, in a due use of the ordinary means, may attain unto a sufficient understanding of them.” Westminster Confession of Faith, 1646  

“The clarity of Scripture means that the Bible is written in such a way that its teachings are able to be understood by all who will read it seeking God’s help and being willing to follow it.” Wayne Grudem

Deuteronomy 6v6-7 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Deuteronomy 30v11-14 11 Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. 12 It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, "Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so that we may obey it?" 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, "Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so that we may obey it?" 14 No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so that you may obey it.

Psalm 119v105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path

Matthew 15v16 Are you still so dull?

Matthew 15v16 Are you still so dull? Mark 7v13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down.

Matthew 15v16 Are you still so dull? Mark 7v13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. Matthew 13v15   For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes.

Luke 24v25 How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

Luke 24v25 How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Mark 9v32   But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it.

Luke 24v25 How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Mark 9v32   But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it. John 5v39-40 These are the Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.

1 Corinthians 2v14 The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Psalm 119v130 The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

“If God spares my life, before many years, I will cause a boy that driveth the plough to know more of Scripture than you do.” William Tyndale (1494-1536)