Before I can call somebody to saving faith, I have to give them the information that they're asked to believe.

And that involves the mind, that involves communication of information that people can understand.

When we say that you are justified by faith, the faith that justifies has to have a

content.

So the immediate question is if I say,

you have to be saved by faith, you should say to me,

faith at what?

Faith in hamburgers, faith in Buddha? I mean, we have that idea in our culture where people say it doesn't matter what

you believe as long as you're sincere oh does that mean I can put my trust in

Satan and be saved?

Or that the Old Testament people could trust in bail and they could be saved?

No, no, no. There is certain content that is part of Christianity, an essential level of information.

So that when the Apostles went out to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

They gave a summary of key points about the person of Jesus

and about the work of Jesus,

how he was born according to the scriptures, how that he suffered

on the cross for their sins, how he was raised from the dead, and so on.

That's all part of the notes or the data or the notitia. That's the information that before I can actually call somebody to saving faith, I have to give them the information or the content

that they're asked to believe.

And that involves the mind.

That involves communication of information that people can understand.

Before I can call upon Christ, for example, as my Savior, I have to understand that I need a Savior. I have to

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