the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and
declare it to you.
due to their current state of understanding, he was not at that time able to
convey those things (John 16:12-15). When the Holy Spirit comes,
however, he would guide them into all truth since he would pass on what
he heard from Christ himself. Thus, the apostles' teaching would to be
derived from the Holy Spirit and, in consequence, from Christ himself. In
practice, the apostles' teaching was to be what Jesus would have taught in
person if they had been able to receive it at the time. Therefore, because
no foundation other than Christ is possible for the church of Christ (1 Cor.
3:11), the apostles share in this one foundation since their teaching and
authority (indeed, their very existence as such) is derived from and
delegated by him.
Scripture we will be helped towards a more integrate grasp of the gospel
. . . The doctrine of the Scripture is an inherent part of the gospel, not an
additional extra tacked on to supplement the redemptive actions of Christ.
It is complementary. In entrusting ourselves to the Savior, we believe,
trust and obey his word to us, given by the Holy Spirit through the mouths
of the prophets and apostles. Christ himself is the great, chief and final
prophet, not only declaring to us the works and ways of God, but also
embodying in himself the truth of God, since he is the truth, the creator
and sustainer of all this is. Thus the word of the Sprit to us, as found in
the Old and New Testaments, is Christ's own word to us.