Before Creation, God the Father and God the Son had a covenant (pact). They agreed to redeem fallen man from his sin and to reestablish him to a right relationship with God.

God the Father commissioned the Son to be the Mediator (the second Adam) between God and man, to give His life for the Salvation of the world. In accepting this, Jesus promised to obey the Father and to righteously (without sin) do the work that God the Father had set before Him, by perfectly obeying the Law of God.

So, before the Foundation of the World, God determined that the world would not be destroyed by sin (this is God’s grace), and that Christ would be the Savior of the world.

Matthew, Mark and Luke are the SYNOPTIC GOSPELS. They are called Synoptic because they are similar to each other, giving a SYNOPSIS of the earthly/bodily life of Jesus.

Years later a group of people called the Gnostics (SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE) came and distorted the life and teachings of Jesus and were persuading many Christians and Jews of their false teachings. To correct these misguided teachings, The Apostle John wrote a strong Theological teaching/letter on Jesus, who is God.

This letter is best known as The Gospel of John.

‘RECANTING’ our sins is just to agree that our sins are indeed sinful but ‘REPENTING’ our sins isn’t just agreeing that they’re bad but to actually ‘turn away from them’…to hate them…to despise them….to say to yourself “I don’t want them in my life”…