And I believe that since I am made by a Personal communicating God who made me to live in communication with Him, there is nothing silly about the idea that this Personal God would communicate with me. In fact, to believe in a communicating Personal God who doesn't communicate with me, is silly. And I believe that this Personal God has spoken in the Bible. But of course, these beliefs are just my beliefs. Every man may claim the inspiration of some divine writings.
Every man can claim to be led by a spirit into all truth.
The Belgic Confession in article 5 gives us the answer. For the very blind are able to perceive that the things foretold in them are being fulfilled . A careful study of this article will show that my belief is not a leap in the dark in an act of blind faith prompted by the working of some 'spirit', but rather, a claim which can be proved. God has also set man in the universe which the Scriptures themselves say speaks of this God. Schaeffer's illustration Some chapters later Schaeffer uses the illustration of a book which has been mutilated leaving just one inch of printed material on each page.