1 Peter 3:18-22

For Christ

1 Peter 3:18-22

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, (use)

The cross is still the answer

Lake, B. 2020. Son Of Heaven (Live). (use)

Romans 3:23

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, (use)

Romans 5:8

but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (use)

God doesn’t owe salvation to anyone. You don't want complete fair because hell is fair for you. You want mercy. You don't want fairness everyone in heaven is there by mercy everyone in hell is there by fairness.

Lawson, S. 2019. The Sovereign Election of God and Missions. (use)

Romans 5:18

Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. (use)

Romans 5:1

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. (use)

The cross is the place our sin is seen as most horrible and God’s free grace shines most brightly.

Piper, J., 2018. Expository Exultation: Christian Preaching as Worship. (use)

Call to faith

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. (use)

John 3:36

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. (use)

Matthew 19:16

And behold, a man came up to him, saying, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?" (use)

Matthew 19:23

And Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. (use)

If you put your trust in Christ’s death for your redemption and you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, then you can be sure that the atonement was made for you.

Sproul, R.C. 2008. The truth of the cross. (use)

1 Peter 3:19

in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, (use)

...the main things are the plain things and the plain things are the main things.

Begg, A. 2015. The main things. (use)

These and the following verses present the most difficult and controversial problems in the letter,

Kelly, J.N.D. 1969. A Commentary on the Epistles of Peter and Jude. (use)

His proclamation to the spirits as His triumphant announcement that their power had been finally broken.

Kelly, J.N.D. 1969. A Commentary on the Epistles of Peter and Jude. (use)

Psalm 139:8

If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! (use)

Hebrews 9:27

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, (use)

Isaiah 6:9

And he said, "Go, and say to this people: Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’ (use)

Matthew 13:13

This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. (use)

For a Christian to talk to the unconverted about the the Lord Jesus Christ and his saving power is in itself honouring and glorifying to God.

Packer, J.I. and Dever, M., 2008. Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God. InterVarsity Press. (use)

Romans 10:14

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? (use)

But let this city bear in mind, that among her enemies lie hid those who are destined to be fellow-citizens, that she may not think it a fruitless labour to bear what they inflict as enemies until they become confessors of the faith.

Augustine. 426. City of God. (use)

Revelation 11:7

And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that rises from the bottomless pit will make war on them and conquer them and kill them, (use)

Sing it to the darkness That the light has come Sing it to the nations Look at what the Lord has done

Helser, J. 2021. I Believe. (use)

1 Peter 3:20

because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. (use)

The truly baffling part of this story is not that Jericho experienced such extensive judgment and destruction but that Rahab and her family receive such extensive mercy and grace.

Watkins, E. 2020. Redemptive Judgment. (use)

Jonah 4:11

And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?" (use)

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king {Nebuchadnezzar}, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity. (use)

Luke 9:54

And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, "Lord, do you want us to tell fire to come down from heaven and consume them?" (use)

Though the patience of God wait long upon sinners, yet it will expire at last; it is beneath the majesty of the great God always to wait upon man in vain. [1 Peter 3]

Henry, M., 1896. Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible. UK. (use)

The Parable of the Tenants

What will matter most in the hour of death is: Have my sins been put away by the blood of Christ?

Pink, A.W. 2005. The Seven Sayings of the Saviour on the Cross. (use)

The dead person’s only hope is the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Veith, G. 2007. A Tale of Two Funerals (use)

1 Peter 3:21

Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, (use)

Acts 8:36

See, here is water; what doth hinder me {eunuch} to be baptized? (use)

Romans 6:4

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. (use)

O how should preachers men's repenting crave, Who see how near the church is to the grave!

Baxter, R. 1821. The poetical fragments of Richard Baxter. (use)

Hebrews 4:16

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. (use)

Before the throne of God above, I have a strong, a perfect plea, a great High Priest, whose name is Love, who ever lives and pleads for me.

Smith, Charitie Lees, 1863. Within the vail with Jesus. (use)

1 Peter 3:22

who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him. (use)

1 Peter 3:17

For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil. (use)

Quoting a Chinese pastor "There is no safe place to be—not in America or China or Russia—except in Christ."

Zylstra, S.E., 2020. How Chinese Pastors Developed Their Theology for Suffering. The Gospel Coalition. (use)

Though Christ is close to us, he is in every sense above us, and our way of approaching him needs to reflect our awareness of this. We should look up to the Lord Jesus, God’s incarnate Son, now enthroned at his Father’s side, as our Redeemer-ruler, our sovereign Saviour, the supplier and sustainer of our peace, love, joy, and strength, and as the sender of the Holy Spirit to generate within us, in union with himself, the fullness of our newness of life.

Packer, J.I., 2013. Taking God Seriously. IVP. (use)

Hebrews 9:28

so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him. (use)

Oh, praise the one who paid my debt And rises life up from the dead

Hall, E.M., 1865. Jesus Paid It All. (use)