1 Peter 3:18-22
We are continuing to look at 1 Peter here on God’s Daytimer. We have been looking at different verses in light of Peter’s challenge to us to live good lives. Lives that not only please God and satisfy us, but also lives that make a difference for the Kingdom of God. Today’s verse is very interesting:
1 Peter 3:18-22
18For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, 19through whom[d] also he went and preached to the spirits in prison 20who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, 21and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge[e] of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.
I believe this verse talks about Jesus (pre-incarnate), through the Holy Spirit, being with Noah before the flood. The message of how to be saved was being demonstrated all during the building of the ark and yet through all of that, ultimately only eight people were saved. I think we are to remember that Jesus, who is also with us through the Holy Spirit, wants us to continue to share with people the way of salvation, and just like in the days of Noah, the final results are on God. We are to live our lives in such a way that people can see and feel the love of God that they might also be saved. I would encourage you to keep thinking about different ways that you can “share your hope” in Jesus so that people will have an opportunity to get in the “ark” before the Lord returns.
Be blessed and kept!
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