Communion is a time to consider what Jesus did for us on the cross.  By taking away our debt of sin, he gave us forgiveness, but what does that really mean? Colossians 2:13-14(NIV) 13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross Here Paul uses a legal term to talk about how our sin was a charge against us involving indebtedness – (more…)

Christians, from the earliest 1st century followers to today, view Jesus as Lord and Christ – the Master of our lives and Savior who gave his life to save us from our sins – and he is all of that, but more… In the OT book of Isaiah, there are four passages that some commentaries refer to as the “songs of the servant” – prophecies of the Messiah.  The first of these is in Isaiah 42, after Isaiah talks about how God will come and comfort his people, who were in exile, and that God is superior to the enemies (more…)