There are many aspects of the doctrine of Scripture, such as its inspiration, infallibility, authority, and necessity. All of these aspects of the truth of Scripture have come under attack in one form or another, an attack which in our day is becoming more and more intense. In this article, it is our purpose to concentrate on one aspect of the truth of God's revelation, namely the perspicuity of Scripture, as well as to take not of the attacks being concentrated on it.
Perspicuity means literally to see through something.
We would say that a window has the characteristic of being perspicuous. The glass of the window is solid and substantial, yet transparent, allowing one to look upon his surroundings. Perspicuous means clear. When this term is applied to Scripture, then it means that the Bible as the Word of God is understandable in the sense that the reader of that Word is able to know fully what he reads and gain insight into the truths which are set forth in the Scriptures. While this is not a Scriptural term, it is nevertheless a term which the church has historically used to describe the Bible.