Words as Symbols

-----We must depend on God's revelation in scripture to know ultimate truth for two reasons. First, we must rely on what God has given because He demands that His creatures glorify Him by relying on Him fully. This is not something that has developed as a result of the fall, but the fall occurred precisely because of self-reliance.
-----Secondly, we must rely on the scriptures because this is the means by which God has chosen to most glorify His Son. While we may not know all the reasons why He chose written words, it is significant that the Son is called “the Word.” He is not called “the Word” because God searched high and low to find an appropriate symbol. Rather, God has made a world full of words in order to symbolize the nature of His Son as the Word that bears witness to Himself. God exalts His son in the very use of words, and anyone who rejects what God has revealed through words in the scriptures is demonstrating that they reject Christ as the Word.