2 Peter 1:1

1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours: (NIV)

Another piece of evidence in favor of the genuineness of this epistle is the way Peter begins: A forger would have used the same words as 1 Peter 1:1, "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ," but Peter himself is says what comes to him: "Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ."

One of the most important teachings of the New Testament is the divinity of Jesus Christ, and here Peter lays it out for us in the clearest words possible: "Our God and Savior Jesus Christ." This agrees completely with Paul's words about "Christ, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen" (Romans 9:5).

Pick out the word "Savior" in this verse and put it in your pocket. A "savior" (Greek soteros) is the person who grabs you from a hopeless situation and saves you from otherwise certain death. Jesus' name is Greek, but it's identical to the Hebrew name Joshua, which means "The LORD Saves." That's a perfect reminder of Jesus' work on earth for our sakes: His is the LORD God himself who rescued us from the impossible circumstance of our sins.

Jesus is the one who saved us. Jesus is God himself, and we put our trust completely in him.