2. • In our last lesson we address our
need to be willing to suffer for Him
and noted some things we can do to
help us prepare for trials and
tribulations.
In today’s lesson we return to our
greatest example of suffering –
Jesus.
Previously
3. • This passage is viewed as one of the
most difficult to interpret its
meaning.
In this lesson, I will give MY
current approach to this text. I
believe this to be a plausible
understanding and in context with
Peter’s point!
Our text
4. • This was addressed previously
– 1 Peter 2:21-24 - He suffered
leaving us an example
Our current text goes further
explaining WHY He suffered and
what it accomplished.
Christ suffered for us (18)
5. • He suffered once for sins
- His death was a one time sacrifice,
unlike the LOM which required
continual sacrifices –
Hebrews 9:24-28, 10:11-14
– The just for the unjust
We do not deserve His sacrifice.
He was innocent - Hebrews 4:15,
but we needed it – 1 Peter 2:22,
Christ suffered for us (18)
6. • That he might bring us to God
- John 14:6,
Colossians 1:21-22 – reconciled;
Romans 5:2 – access
Christ suffered for us (18)
7. • Being put to death in the flesh
- Jesus died a cruel and actual
death – Romans 5:6-8
Made alive by the Spirit -
“… having been put to death in the
flesh, but made alive in the spirit”
(NASB) – the proper interpretation
here is debated (is it His spirit or
the Holy Spirit), though the end
result is the same.
Christ suffered for us (18)
8. • Made alive by the Spirit -
Where was He made alive? Is this His
physical resurrection, or His spirit
came to life in the Hadean world? (Or
both)
I see the latter as PLAUSIBLE –
- Luke 16 – rich man and Lazarus
- Luke 23:43 – the thief on the cross
(if this is so, while Jesus awoke in the
hadean world, he did NOT go to hell or
torments)
Christ suffered for us (18)
9. • Made alive by the Spirit -
Where was He made alive? The
hadean world (PLAUSIBLE) –
- consider the death, burial and
resurrection evidentially – there is
conclusive proofs He was dead
- John 19:33-34, Mark 15:43-45,
etc.
If Jesus’s spirit awoke in the hadean
world, His body was totally dead
(spirit separated from the body)
Christ suffered for us (18)
10. • Made alive by the Spirit -
This strengthens the miraculous
nature of His resurrection
- cf. 1 Corinthians 15:1-8
Noting that Jesus, His spirit resting
in the waiting world, left that
domain to return to the earth.
Remember Luke 23:46
Christ suffered for us (18)
11. • He went and preached to the
spirits in prison -
These “spirits” are identified in vs.
20, as the “formerly disobedient…in
the days of Noah”
• Jesus went and preached to them –
Did He preach to the lost? Were some
of them saved?
- Not plausible because it would give
some a second chance (Hebrews
9:27, John 5:28-29).
- Also consider 2 Peter 2:4-5
Judgment during time of Noah (19-20)
12. • He went and preached to the spirits
in prison -
The preaching of Jesus here is likely
figurative – a declaration that in dying,
He finalized the destiny of the dead –
both righteous and wicked.
- We know that Jesus fulfilled God’s plan
of redemption (which was prophesied)
and thereby the results for both the
righteous and wicked was verified.
His actions were His message!
Our texts does NOT indicate He saved
anyone there at that time
Judgment during time of Noah (19-20)
13. • Who formerly were disobedient -
Describes the ungodly during the time
of Noah. For 120 years prior to the
flood God had determined He would
destroy the world.
Noah warned them (Genesis 6:1-8, 2
Peter 2:4-5)
• Formerly disobedient – not now
saved, but simply pointing to a time in
the past (~2500 years earlier)
Judgment during time of Noah (19-20)
14. • Why use Noah?
Why not Abraham, David, Israel in the
wilderness, etc.?
- Because the flood described a judgment
of God.
2 Peter 3:1-9 the majority scoffed and
rejected God, just like the time that Peter
is writing.
Things progressed as normal, just like the
time Peter is writing (Matthew 24:36-39)
God was longsuffering then, just like the
time Peter is writing 2 Peter 3:9
Judgment during time of Noah (19-20)
15. • Why use Noah?
The point: While those Peter was
writing to were suffering, God knew
what was happening. Judgment
would come - 2 Peter 3:10,
2 Thessalonians 1:5-9 – they
would be avenged, and the wicked
would pay (eternally – cf. Matthew
25:46), “as in the days of Noah”
Judgment during time of Noah (19-20)
16. • Eight souls saved through
water
Noah managed, in all the time he
preached to ONLY save 8 – his
family – Genesis 7:7, Hebrews
11:7
Noah’s Salvation (20)
17. • There is also an antitype which
now saves us - baptism
Peter turns his conversation to
salvation (we will address this in
our next lesson)
• The point: In an ungodly world, a
minority would be saved (Matthew
7:14, 22:14)
Peter is reminding them to remain
faithful.
Noah’s Salvation (20)
18. • There is also an antitype which
now saves us - baptism
The point: In an ungodly world, a
minority would be saved (Matthew
7:14, 22:14)
Jesus, by His example, understood
what they were going through.
He WILL deliver – even if it is after
this life – Revelation 2:10, 14:13,
Matthew 10:22, 1 Corinthians
15:19ff
Noah’s Salvation (20)
19. When we are facing
difficulties, will we
turn to Jesus?
Studies in 1 Peter
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