Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”  Matthew 16:16 These verses make profound statements.  The divinely revealed truth to Simon Peter that Jesus was indeed the Messiah, the Promised Savior, the Anointed One. Some people think that Christ is Jesus’ last name. Not many people understand what […]

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with […]

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight Ephesians 1:7-8 To redeem something is to buy it back or repurchase it. It also means to be free from what distresses or harms. For […]