How does verse 11 create a different definition of what faith in Christ is?
Just a bit of a side bar to underscore what the Bible means by believing in Jesus. It doesn’t mean that we are willing to agree with a principle for which we have no evidence. Scripture is very clear that God “proved” the reality of who Christ was through his resurrection. Faith in Scripture is always a decision as to who you have decided to trust. That is something very different from believing in something that you cannot really know is true. -Read verses 14-15. What four things are necessary for someone to come to the point of making a saving confession of faith? In reverse order; believing in Jesus, hearing about Jesus, being preached to about Jesus, and someone being sent to do the preaching. -What do you think your part should be in that process? A challenge for people to consider their own role in evangelism. After making it very clear what it really takes to be saved, Paul underscores the importance of getting the word out so that people can make a saving confession of faith in
