# “The rock to which they cling” by Herman Bavinck

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- Published: 2025-10-17T12:00:00-05:00
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“Believers are nothing other than normal human beings, whose eyes have been opened
again to the eternal and heavenly, whose hearts have learned again to understand
the secrets of the kingdom of heaven. (**Matt. 13:11; Luke 8:10**)

Christians do not build their knowledge of the truth from faith, but through faith
they penetrate ever deeper into the secrets of salvation.

The word of God is thus always the firm ground on which they stand, the rock to 
which they cling, (**Matt. 7:24; Luke 6:47-48**) the starting point for their thinking,
the source of their knowledge, the rule for their lives, the light to their path,
and the lamp to their feet. (**Ps. 119:105**)”

–Herman Bavinck, [_The Certainty of Faith_, trans. and ed. Daniel Schrock](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1955859078?tag=toletaupanre-20)(
Glenside, PA: Westminster Seminary Press, 1901/2025), 88.

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