Lesson 4989

 (Lesson 4989) (09-28-25) 1st Peter 3:18-22 

   “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.” 

 

   In today’s lesson, Peter explains that Christ suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, to bring us to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit. The quote ends by declaring that Jesus has gone into heaven, sits at God’s right hand, and has authority over angels, powers, and all authorities. The mention of baptism in this lesson, refers to the baptism of the Holy Spirit, it highlights that salvation is secured through Christ’s sacrifice, resurrection, and ascension, not through the washing of the flesh which occurs in ritual water baptism. ~