Because faith does not exist in a vacuum of understanding, Christians need credal statements that summarize the connection between thinking and acting faith. The Christian confessing the Apostles’ Creed begins with the statement “I believe.” Then the believer goes on to summarize in broad strokes the extent of that belief. The Holy Spirit does not call us to faith in general, but to faith in particular—to faith in the person and work of Jesus Christ. If, as Romans 3:20–28 and other passages