I quite imagine that the revelation of Christ as Redeemer is part of what is revealed.
I also imagine that the revelation of sin, the penalty for sin, and the fear of God is conveyed.
But my point was that the church isn't built by a bunch of individuals exercising faith disconnected to the activity of God.
The opposite is true. God is the One initiating the salvation through revelation. This is so because faith of necessity must have an object, and the object of saving faith is Christ. So it makes sense that in saving individuals, God would reveal Christ to that individual as Savior.
This is how the grace of God in revelation employs the vehicle of faith to produce salvation. And this is how we become the triumphs of His grace.
This is how the grace of God in revelation employs the vehicle of faith to produce salvation. And this is how we become the triumphs of His grace.
But this is not calvinism, or fatalism.
God does not counter his own justice and make us alive while still under the penalty of sin. We are justified by Faith. so faith must preceded new birth or regeneration.
I am not sure why calvinist are so afraid of faith. as it it is them saving themselves. Paul rejects this idea in eph 1 and 2