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Back to the Basics

Key Theme – God's grace and the living hope

Key Verse – Chapter 1, Verse 3 – 'Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,'

INTRODUCTION

The title says it all. Peter is taking us back to the basics of Christianity in his effort to not only encourage the dispersed Christians during their time of suffering and persecution, but to remind them that God has a master plan in which we can safely place our trust.

Sometimes during our times of trial and suffering, it becomes difficult to widen our focus enough to see the big picture. The whole screen seems to be filled with our one problem of the moment. Peter uses these verses to help reset our focus and encourage us not to get so encapsulated in our own sufferings that we forget the source of eternal victory – that is – Jesus Christ.

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The Death of Christ

1^st Peter 3:18

¹⁸ For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit.

• In the beginning, God created man and gave him everything he could possibly need to not only survive, but thrive on the earth. Adam and Eve were given free and complete access to all of creation with only one restriction – partaking of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; outside of that, every single thing on earth was available to them.

• Man was therefore given free will and a choice – to obey God and live in harmony with Him forever — OR — to disobey God, be separated from Him and ultimately die. Man chose the latter.

• Our choice of disobedience brought God's curse upon the earth and the consequence of death for sin. This in turn, brought about the sacrificial system whereby man offered up an unblemished lamb as a blood sacrifice to pay that required penalty for his sin. The sacrifices were continuously offered over and over again because we continue to sin over and over again.

• The sacrificial system established by God in the Old Testament was a foreshadowing of His full plan of redemption. It helped man understand the concept of the coming sacrifice of the one and only Son of God. A sacrifice so pure and so holy that no additional sacrifices would ever be required again. It was the full & final payment for sin whereby Jesus, God incarnate descended from Heaven, was born into humanity through a virgin birth, lived a holy and sinless life, and then presented Himself as the sacrificial lamb.

• His excruciating death on the cross fulfilled the Law. His holy blood covered the sin for all of mankind – past, present and future. He was, is and forever will be the eternal sacrifice who bridged the gap between sinful man and the one holy God. He is the only reason we, a filthy and sinful people, can stand before God blameless.

• Peter reminds his readers of the suffering of Christ, not to invoke emotions of pity, but to bring about encouragement and hope to a people who were themselves experiencing harsh persecutions. Their suffering, as well as our own, may be significant, but really just pales in comparison to the sufferings of Jesus. Regardless of the level of physical, mental, emotional or financial turmoil we experience while on this earth, we will never have to be separated from the Father while bearing the entire weight of all of humanity's past, present and future sin upon our shoulders.

• Jesus' suffering ultimately resulted in victory and because we have placed our faith in Him, we too will ultimately be victorious regardless of our earthly suffering.
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The Proclamation of Christ

1^st Peter 3: 19-20a

¹⁹ by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, ²⁰ who formerly were disobedient,

• There are several opinions as to exactly who the spirits in prison were.

Some say they were lost sinners in hellto whom Christ preached a message of salvation, but sinceHebrews 9:27tells us thatit is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,we know there is no chance for salvation after death. We have this one lifetime on earth to make that decision – after that it's too late. This is also implied through the parable Christ told of the rich man in hell inLuke 16: 19-31, so an interpretation of these being the lost sinners in hell has a lot of obstacles to overcome.

Another opinion is that they are Old Testament saintswho were waiting for the Messiah. This too, faces challenges as Peter refers to these spirits as oneswho were formerly disobedient. The term disobedient, when used in connection with people, typically means unbelievers (sons of disobedience,Ephesians 2:2). That, coupled with the fact that they were being held in prison, doesn't bode well for this interpretation.

Really any interpretation that depicts these spirits in prison as human beings has a problem because Peter refers to people as 'souls' not spirits, (see 1 Peter 3:20) and the NT in general uses the word 'spirits' to describe angels & demons, not people.

Therefore, the most likely interpretation is that the spirits in prison are disobedient angels. Probably the disobedient angels fromGenesis 6: 1-4who lusted after the daughters of men and came to the earth to take them as wives. This violated the God-ordained order of human marriage and procreation and was an attempt to thwart God's plan of salvation by corrupting the 'seed of woman' through which Christ would be born.

This interpretation is bolstered by the fact that Peter again references those angels in connection with Noah in2 Peter 2:4only more specifically, he says, 'For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness to be reserved for judgment; and did not spare the ancient world but saved Noah, one of eight people…'

Finally, Jude vs. 6confirms that the fallen angels of Gen 6 have been imprisoned, 'And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode. He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day.'

• Yes, Christ did preach to the fallen spirits that day, but He didn't preach the gospel of saving faith, (angels cannot be saved, Hebrews 2:16) rather Jesus took that time to proclaim VICTORY! The word translated'preached'simply means 'to announce as a herald, to proclaim.'When the offer of Jesus as the final sacrificial lamb was accepted by God, His plan of salvation for mankind was complete. Christ won the victory over death and sin. He now proclaimed that victory to those fallen angels who attempted to destroy God's plan back before the flood.
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The Resurrection of Christ

1^st Peter 3: 20b-21

²⁰… when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. ²¹There is also an antitype which now saves us – baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

• An 'antitype' is something (a person, thing or event) in the New Testament that has been foreshadowed in the Old Testament — in this case, baptism. In the Old Testament, water cleansed the earth of sin. God brought about the flood to destroy the evil on the earth saving only the faithful Noah and his family. He wiped the slate clean so to speak.
• Noah's obedience and the flood waters of the Old Testament foreshadowed the act of baptism in the New Testament. While the water of a baptism won't actually save you, it does represent death to sin, your commitment to God, your obedience to His word, and the turning over of your life to Christ, for His purposes. Again, wiping the slate clean.
• You see, God doesn't judge us on the number of souls we have reached. He doesn't judge us on our results – he judges us on our faithfulness. Noah preached for 120 years and only saved 8 souls – but he was FAITHFUL in doing what God had asked him to do. Are we that faithful?
• Peter's words leave us with the imagery of Noah and his family placing their trust in the ark to physically save them from God's judgment while Christians place their trust in Jesus to spiritually save us from God's judgment.
• Because Jesus was the sacrifice for humanity's sin, he had to die on the cross. His resurrection from the dead marked victory over death. The sacrifice was accepted, the debt was paid through death and He has risen again. Because He paid our debt and then conquered death through resurrection, those who have trusted in Him will also be resurrected. (John 3:16) 'For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believer in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.'

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The Ascension of Christ

1st Peter 3: 22

²² who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.

• This is the true, eternal victory. Forty days after His resurrection, our Lord ascended back to heaven to sit at the right hand of the Father, (Mark 16:19 and Psalms 110:1).
• For Jesus has told us, '…I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also…' (John 14:1-3).
• Jesus is in complete control. Peter specifically points out that our Lord has complete authority over all, including angels, authorities and powers. From that we know that no suffering we endure while on this earth and trusting in Him is without His authority and approval. For that reason alone we can rest assured we will suffer no more than necessary for His purpose and our edification. Therefore, be comforted because He is in control.

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In Conclusion

By bringing us back to the basics of Christianity, Peter helps us recognize that while it can be significant, our suffering, (when compared to that of Christ) is very bearable. Ulysses 2 2 1.

He helps us understand that it is our job to remain faithful even in difficult times and not rely solely on the results we can immediately see. God has a plan and He doesn't always clue us in to exactly what that plan entails.

What we do know is that we can trust in it and Him because He has already won the victory. There is no risk. It's like betting on the winning team 2000 years after the game was played – we may not know the details of every play, but we sure know who won!

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