Mm.

Um, so common misconceptions, uh, about faith, especially in relation to our topic, would be seeing faith as merely my choice or an act of my free will, right? It's pri- if it's primarily about what I add to the salvation equation, I decide to believe, uh, and that is at least a part of what saves me.

Um, Chad talked about this in the, the previous show.

Even if it's just one or 2%, we sort of latch onto that.

Uh, and my critique of that would be is, faith is presented also as God's gift, created by the Holy Spirit through His word and sacraments.

This is Ephesians 2:8-9, right? "For by grace through safe...

uh, through faith, not of yourselves, but as a gift." Um, so emphasizing personal decision can subtly turn that faith into a work itself.

Can you walk us through, maybe not all of them, if you want to, that's fine too, but, um, what does baptism do according to the scriptures?