3. He gave up his life, on the cross, to bear the penalty for our sins, and he was raised from the dead in victory and glory as God’s promised King. 4. Anyone who turns to Jesus in repentance and faith is completely forgiven and adopted into God’s family. Sadly, however, it seems as if the term Christian was drained of meaning even before the ink on Peter’s letter was dry. Throughout the New Testament Epistles, the apostles spend a surprising amount of time warning against false teachers and straying