The Canon and Christ from the Belgic Confession

Belgic Confession, Article 5- The Authority of Scripture--We receive all these books and these only as holy and canonical, for the regulating, founding, and establishing of our faith. And we believe without a doubt all things contained in them - not so much because the church receives and approves them as such but above all because the Holy Spirit testifies in our hearts that they are from God, and also because they prove themselves to be from God. For even the blind themselves are able to see that the things predicted in them do happen.

The Belgic Confession on Special Revelation

Mark 12-41-44 and 14-3-9--And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. And he called his disciples to him and said to them, -Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.---...--And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. There were some who said to themselves indignantly, -Why was the ointment wasted like that- For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.- And they scolded her. But Jesus said, -Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her- She has done a beautiful thing to me. For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me. She has done what she could- she has anointed my body beforehand for burial. And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.-

Psalm 16--A Miktam of David.--Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.-I say to the Lord, -You are my Lord-- I have no good apart from you.--As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,- in whom is all my delight.-The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply-- their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out- or take their names on my lips.-The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup-- you hold my lot.-The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places-- indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.-I bless the Lord who gives me counsel-- in the night also my heart instructs me.-I have set the Lord always before me-- because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.-Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices-- my flesh also dwells secure.-For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,- or let your holy one see corruption.-You make known to me the path of life-- in your presence there is fullness of joy-- at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

General and Special Revelation in the life of the Believer

Mark 12-35-44--And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, -How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David- David himself, in the Holy Spirit, declared,---'The Lord said to my Lord,--Sit at my right hand,- until I put your enemies under your feet.-'--David himself calls him Lord. So how is he his son-- And the great throng heard him gladly.--And in his teaching he said, -Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.---And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. And he called his disciples to him and said to them, -Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.-