Religion & Spirituality
Peter clearly lays out for us in these two verses is that through Christs' death on the cross, those that run to Him, he becomes their deliverer in two specific ways. If we trust in Christ, we are delivered from the power of sin and the penalty of sin. Every problem on the face of this earth stems from sin, whether it be from our own sin or from the sin of others against us and then our sinful reactions to it or from the fallen world in general that we all live in. Sin is the root cause of every problem. Therefore, the solution is to focus on the cross of Christ, which is what we want to do this morning.