1 Peter 3:18-22
Christ also suffered for
sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you to
God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit, in which
also he went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison, who in former
times did not obey,
1. Peter in this passage gives a
clear picture of salvation or redemption.
First, he explains that Jesus suffered for the sins of all once and for
all. His sacrifice was more than enough
to free all mankind from sin. No other
sacrifice is needed. Let’s get one thing
clear you can and never will be able to save yourself. Your righteousness is as filthy rags. It is by grace you are saved and not of
yourself. Jesus’ broken body, shed
blood, death, burial and resurrection was once and for all. Nothing more is needed or can be added
to. This is grace personified. As it says here a righteous man for the
unrighteous. All have sinned and come
short of the glory of God. All mankind
no matter how good they can be are still unrighteous. This explains why Jesus suffer. The universality of his sacrifice and why a
righteous man had to suffer on our behalf.
2. Peter says that this happens in order to bring us to God. Sin is an eternal problem and manmade
problem. So only an eternal man could
solve it. Viola Jesus was that man. He came from glory to earth, was incarnated
as a man, then suffered, died, was buried and lastly rose from the dead. This is so you and I could come to God. That we could be adopted into the family of
God. Become son and daughters, joint
heirs, royal priests, holy and righteous people.
Jesus is the
bridge over troubled waters. He made a
way where there was no way.
3. I love this next statement.
He was put to death in the flesh.
Jesus died. The Roman authorities
certified him dead. He was put into a borrowed tomb but he was
alive in his spirit. When we die our
spirit and soul go into eternity. Jesus
in Luke 16:19-31, give us a picture of hell.
There was a righteous and unrighteous compartment. There was a gulf between them. Old Testament saints were on one side the
unrighteous dead on the other. Both were
transported there. Lazarus by an
angel. Both were conscious, alive and
both knew why they were there.
4. Now when Jesus died he went to the righteous compartment he stayed
there for three days then he went to the edge of the gulf and made a
proclamation to the unrighteous dead. He
told them they would stay there until the Day of Judgment. Then he lead as Paul states captivity captive
and took all the righteous dead out of hell to heaven. The righteous compartment is now empty. Now when a person dies they go right to the
presence of the Lord. The lost still go
to hell. This is why you must tell all
in your world. You do not want anyone to
go there and if you do you need to repent and get rid of this sick attitude.
When God waited patiently
in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is,
eight persons, were saved through water.
1. Peter reveals the patience of God during the time of Noah. It took Noah a hundred years to build the
ark. During that time we know he
preached for people to come in the ark.
The people had a visible warning that judgment was coming. Unfortunately only eight people were
saved. They were saved through
water.
2. Here are some facts about the time of Noah. Everyone followed every evil in their
heart. There was no standard for
morality no one was blameless.
3. There was intermarriage between the Sons of Seth and the daughters
of Enoch and this caused compromise,
then acceptance, and finally participation.
4. The earth was corrupt and full of violence. People were married and given in
marriage. We can learn some lessons from
Lot. First, he chose to settle near
Sodom, then he moved into Sodom, next he became an elder of the community. Then he had to be prayed for, rescued and the
end result was he ended up in an incestuous relationship with his
daughters. I want to remind you that sin
will make you do things you never thought you would do. Make you into someone you never thought you
would be and destroy you like you never thought you could be.
5. We are there church. Today
evil has become good and good become evil.
If you stand for righteousness you will be cursed, shamed, mocked, labelled
as a bigot, racist, narrow minded, not up with the times. You will be intimidated, legislated, fined,
arrested, prosecuted and eventually jailed.
People are losing everything for righteousness.
6. Let me give you lessons from this pandemic. First, they say we are all in this together
unless you have money or are a politician or government official. There is blatant hypocrisy on all levels of
political levels. Next, we have lost our
freedoms in the name of health. We have
to put on masks that don’t work. They
never stopped or even slow down the virus.
We cannot go, be or do anything that once we took for granted. Families are now separated. Mental illness is up 25%. People are now living in a whistle blower
society. You are encouraged to report
your neighbors for Covid 19 violations in any form. People are afraid to talk or go near each
other. Millions of businesses and people
are dependent on government handouts. We
are 1.2 trillion dollars in debt. That
is $37,000 per person. 90% of all
purchase are now made through debit or credit cards. They want you to not use cash. You cannot speak against the LBGQT movement
or Islam without prosecution. Political
correctness and social reconstruction is going on. We have had 85,195 abortions were reported
in Canada last year. There have been
over 7000 assisted suicides in Canada.
There was over 1000 overdoes in Alberta and 1700 in B.C. last year. What we have gone through is a grand
experiment grooming society for the reign of the antichrist.
7. This is the exhortation and description given by Paul to Timothy in
1 Tim 3, “You must understand that in the last days there will come times of
much trouble. 2 People will love themselves and money. They will have pride and
tell of all the things they have done. They will speak against God. Children
and young people will not obey their parents. People will not be thankful and
they will not be holy. 3 They will not love each other. No one can get along
with them. They will tell lies about others. They will not be able to keep from
doing things they know they should not do. They will be wild and want to beat
and hurt those who are good. 4 They will not stay true to their friends. They
will act without thinking. They will think too much of themselves. They will
love fun instead of loving God. 5 They will do things to make it look as if
they are Christians. But they will not receive the power that is for a
Christian. Keep away from such people.
8. He says keep away from such people.
You are to watch and pray. You
are to overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the Word of your testimony and not
love your life until death. You are pick
up your cross and follow Jesus. Keep
yourself from being polluted by the world.
Walk in love acceptance and forgiveness.
Be a light. Live ready. Remember Jesus can come back at any
time. God is patient but his patience is
at an end. What we see going on today if
God does not judge us, he will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah. I have received three words from the Lord
recently they are as follows. The
urgency of the hour, There is no more
time. I am coming soon and my people are
not ready. Let us get ready.
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