“Only God himself is a sufficient witness to himself. The Word of God finds no acceptance until it is sealed by the inward witness of the Spirit, and the heart finds its rest in Scripture only through this inward teaching. Scripture is not subject to human argumentation and proof, and Scripture’s own assuring power is higher and stronger than all human judgment. No matter how large a role the church may play in the genetic process [Footnote: “Obviously, this genetic aspect, this coming to certainty, cannot be separated from the question regarding the foundation of faith, but the differentiation does not therefore lose its significance.] of ascertaining, ultimately no one can accept Scripture because the church testifies that it is God’s Word. The moving of the church as praedicatrix evangelii [The “herald” or “preaching of the Gospel,” Berkouwer is quoting Kuyper.] is not the ultimate explanation of faith in Scripture. This conviction is also expressed in other Reformed confessions, which always speak of the convincing power of the Holy Spirit in connection with belief in Scripture” (G. C. Berkouwer, Studies in Dogmatics: Holy Scripture, 41-42).