(4.) Now, when a conscience is touched by the Holy Spirit, what is it that satisfies such a conscience? "Baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the request 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.". One was a place of torment, the other was a place of comfort. God had done this for Noah even though he and his family were a small minority in their day. The word we have translated an ardent lover is zelotes ( G2207) ; which is often translated Zealot. They speak what is somewhat more probable, who say, that the redemption obtained by Christ availed the dead, who in the time of Noah were long unbelieving, but repented a short time before they were drowned by the deluge. It is a strange sound and fact at first, but in the end precious. In this passage Rendel Harris suggested that the word Enoch was missed out in the copying of Peter's writing and should be put back in. When he was suffered for righteousness' sake, he rejoiced, "Happy are you." How important to be courteous. We have already noted the woman's total lack of rights then and quoted Cato's statement of the rights of the husband. To "the precious blood of Christ as of a lamb without blemish and without spot." It was no afterthought, but His settled plan. Now the new nature in the believer never has any other thought or feeling; only in our case there is also the old nature which may, and which alas! They then ceased to be manifestly God's people. It comes, second, from the fact that the Christian has a new standard of comparison. (ii) The second attitude is limitation. Perhaps their enemies will see that they are persecuting without cause, and so feel ashamed of themselves (16-17).As Peter thinks about those who suffer for doing good, he is reminded of the perfect example, Jesus Christ. (vi) Lastly, and as a climax, Peter sets forgiveness. We are told and meant to know, that as He called us by His grace, so we should call on Him as Father. The word occurs thirty-eight times in the New Testament in the undoubted sense of a "prison," and not once in that of a place of protection, though twice (Revelation 18:2) it is used in the derived sense of "a cage." True growth in practice confessedly is after justification; sanctification in 1 Peter 1:2 is before justification. But it contains these three great truths--that Jesus Christ not only tasted death but drained the cup of death, that the triumph of Christ is universal and that there is no corner of the universe into which the grace of God has not reached. This passage, therefore, cannot be adduced to support the Roman Catholic doctrine of purgatory, because: (1)The essential ideas which enter into the doctrine of purgatory are not to be found in the word used here; (2)There is no evidence in the fair interpretation of the passage that any message is borne to them while in prison; (3)There is not the slightest hint that they can be released by any prayers or offerings of those who dwell on the earth. And Peter and his friends went away rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer that kind of persecution for Jesus. As Edwin H. Robertson put it: "Only forgiveness without reason can match sin without excuse." He went and preached, by his Spirit striving with them, and inspiring and enabling Enoch and Noah to plead with them, and preach righteousness to them, as 2 Peter 2:5. We can all understand this: holiness, when one has to do with God; royalty, before the world when the temptation is to forget our heavenly honour. We saw in a similarly characteristic way in the epistle of James the connection of his moral aim with teaching. Here we find the various relations of life practically met. 181-83.] To my mind, nothing is more wonderful in our blessed Lord here below than this devotedness to His Father, not merely now and again, but as the one motive that animated Him from the beginning to the end of His course here below. 2 Corinthians 5:20). They were prepared to take their lives in their hands, to sacrifice ease and comfort, home and loved ones, in their passionate love for their country. It was ever right that love should go out towards others, whether in general kindness towards all mankind, or in special affections towards the family of God. disobedient in the times of Noah; and therefore not of the But what will not men believe, provided it be not in the Bible? This doctrine of the descent into Hades, as we must now call it, is based on two phrases in our present passage. There are those who guide, and it is a most proper thing. We have already seen that in the ancient world women had no part in public life whatsoever; they had nothing to pass their time; for that reason it was sometimes argued that they must be allowed an interest in dress and adornment. Common has been the opinion that Christs descent into hell is here referred to; but the words mean no such thing; for there is no mention made of the soul of Christ, but only that he went by the Spirit: and these are very different things, that Christs soul went, and that Christ preached by the power of the Spirit. Browne, Articles, p. 95) as merely "a place of safe keeping," where good spirits might be as well as bad, though etymologically this is imaginable. What a place for the Christian! III. souls of Old Testament saints were, before the death of Christ; 3:8-12 Finally, you must all be of one mind; you must have sympathy with each other and you must live in brotherly love; you must be compassionate and humble; you must not return evil for evil, nor insult for insult; on the contrary, you must return blessing; for it was to give and to inherit blessing that you were called. To make the spirit by which Christ preached, as here, to have been his human spirit, or anything else except the Holy Spirit, involves men in making distinctions that are simply not discernible in the word of God. Again the matter goes back to the words of Jesus. And that's the message here in Acts 14:8-20. Verse 19. needless. He is forming a family, and no longer governing one chosen nation. There is, however, no specification of the place where this is; no intimation that it is purgatory - a place where the departed are supposed to undergo purification; no intimation that their condition can be affected by anything that we can do; no intimation that those particularly referred to differ in any sense from the others who are confined in that world; no hint that they can be released by any prayers or sacrifices of ours. and how is it that we can call Him Father? (i) It must be reasonable. "But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. The consequence is that when minds get disturbed, it may be, about their position, then all sorts of difficulties come in. Where this is duly weighed, it is wonderful what a change is produced in the mind, tone, and temper a change both in those who tend the flock, and in those who are cared for; because then God is looked to, and there is no petty feeling of infringing the rights of man in one form or another. Some of the most beautiful people in the world, that beautiful inner beauty; you love to be around them because there's just such a beauty that comes forth from their lives. They were those who were sometimes disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah. No others are specified; and if it should be maintained that this means that he went down to hell (Hades), or to Sheol, and preached to those who are confined there, it could be inferred from this passage only that he preached to that portion of the lost spirits confined there which belonged to the particular generation in which Noah lived. How much we are indebted to the Spirit who now reveals a Christ already come! There is no Scriptural reason whatever for not referring to that whole generation which rejected the preaching of Noah as "the souls in prison"; however, Peter wrote, "spirits in prison"; and, for that reason, we must refer the words "spirits in prison" to their present status at the time of Peter's writing. judgment, which is an eternal one; nor is there any salvation, or No particular stress should be laid here on the phrase he went. The literal sense is, he, having gone, preached, etc. Wigs were worn, especially blonde wigs, which are found even in the Christian catacombs; and hair to manufacture them was imported from Germany, and even from as far away as India. It is clearly seen how he treats these Jews, and what they used to boast of. After this Peter not only branches out into the outward life, but takes particular note of the family and its relationships. prison, and were saved; though these are manifestly distinguished Women did not share in the worship of the Greeks and the Romans. That is an extremely interesting and ingenious suggestion but without doubt it must be rejected. The Zealots were the fanatical patriots, who were pledged to liberate their native land by every possible means. Since, then, Christ suffered in the flesh, you too must arm yourselves with the same conviction that he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, and as a result of this the aim of such a man now is to spend the time that remains to him of life in the flesh no longer in obedience to human passions, but in obedience to the will of God. Divisions, whether disagreements between individual members or the existence of factions and parties and--how much more!--our present-day denominations, constitute a calling in question of the Gospel itself and a sign that those who are involved are carnal. NICZSB. ". 1. Another MS., written about A. D. 1370, is the same as the printed copy. It is Paul's dream that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things in earth and things under the earth ( Php_2:10 ). "There are as many ways to the stars as there are men to climb them." represents them as in a prison, so applicable to souls in a state What am I going to do? May 11, 1986. This is what we've been called to do. And Peter is saying recognize that that is the true beauty. It would be well if all were clearly to understand what they are doing when they take upon themselves membership of the Church. In divine things it is precisely what shows the power and special character of a Christian's faith. Purple was the favourite colour for clothes. Why are modern Bible translations copyrighted. prison. But in the consideration of the text of any Greek author, scholars sometimes use a process called emendation. He that knew no sin suffered instead of those that knew no righteousness. "Evil for evil.". *In fact but one uncial (Cod. Now all this is here judged and set aside as quite wrong The elders are exhorted and warned. And Matthew's gospel chapter twenty-seven tells us that the graves of many of the saints were open and they were seen walking in the streets of Jerusalem after His resurrection from the dead. "Baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh . They were ever a rebellious people, as we know; and the Christian Jews were in danger of using their Christianity in order to justify insubjection. So, then, it must first of all be remembered that this whole matter is to be thought of, not in terms of hell, as we understand the word, but in terms of Christ's going to the dead in their shadowy world. 3:1-2 Likewise, you wives, be submissive to your husbands, so that, if there are any who refuse to believe the word, they may be won for Christ without a word because they have seen your pure and reverent behaviour. But the lower obedience is absorbed by the higher one when they come into collision; and this is the only seeming exception. for they were in peace and rest, in the kingdom of heaven, in Our relationships with God can never be right, if our relationships with our fellow-men are wrong. In 1 Peter 3:19 it states that Christ 'went and preached to the spirits in prison'. (iii) His defence must be given with reverence. Bengel speaks of "the labour bestowed on dress which consumes much time." The example of Christ is proposed as an argument for patience under sufferings, the strength of which will be discerned if we consider the several points contained in the words; observe therefore, 1. What had Christ not gone through in the same path? you are the daughters of Sarah, as long as you do well, and are not afraid with any amazement ( 1 Peter 3:6 ). And the high priest asked them, Acts 5:27 The captain and officers just went to collect the apostles but without any violence. He tells her something very simple--nothing else than to be a good wife. These were insisted on in the Old Testament, particularly in the psalms and the prophets. You see that's what it's actually saying, pity-full. But mark, "To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they did minister the things which are now reported to you in virtue of the Holy Ghost sent from heaven. Christianity alone settles all questions. [Note: For fuller discussion of these views, see D. Edmond Hiebert, "The Suffering and Triumphant Christ: An Exposition of 1 Peter 3:18-22," Bibliotheca Sacra 139:554 (April-June 1982):151-52.]. 1 Peter 3:9 Hebrew Bible. The very point of Christianity is this, that as to election it is personal strictly individual. It is the only way to assign any intelligible meaning to the words "He went and" to suppose that He "went" straight from His quickening in spirit--i.e., from His death. They consider that, because God is unchangeable, He has not a will of His own. The point that Peter is making is that, even if the Christian is compelled to suffer unjustly for his faith, he is only walking the way that his Lord and Saviour has already walked. Gave Him to shed His blood? When we enter upon Church membership, God asks us: "Do you accept the conditions of my service, with all privileges and all its responsibilities, with all its promises and all its demands?" 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 1 Peter 3:18 Hebrew Bible 1 Peter 3:18 Aramaic NT: Peshitta The identity of the "spirits in prison" is problematic. He was always moved by the needs of people. And this by Christ's work is made good for us, because the very one that became responsible for our sins on the cross is in glory now. Peter offers hope to persecuted Christians and guides. So man fell into sin; as the result, lost fellowship with God. He was about to be a sacrifice for sin, giving Himself up spite of suffering, not only from man, but from God. Take Psalms 22:1-31 or Isaiah 53:1-12, where we have the sufferings which belonged to Christ, and the glories after these. For a wife to change her religion while her husband did not was unthinkable. They then understood that they suffered in the flesh the punishment due to their perverseness, and yet were saved by Christ, so that they did not perish for ever. Such conduct will silence slander and disarm criticism. All this was thoroughly in season; and after it, as we are told, the blindness was taken away, and he was filled with the Holy Ghost. 6. It is the instinct of that new nature, of life in the believer, who, being born of God, has this necessary feeling of the new nature, the desire to do the will of God. For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls." let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: Let him turn away from evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and pursue it. Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures ( 1 Corinthians 15:3). Clearly nothing less than acceptance in righteousness before God; and this is precisely the position that baptism does set forth. But while fully looking for this, it is sweet to see the place of the believing Jew now as divine wisdom here applies Hosea, mutatis mutandis. Are they separate from others? But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy [are ye:] and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and [be] ready always to [give] an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. Submit yourself to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to king as supreme; governors, unto them sent toward the punishment of evildoers, so is the will of God, that in well doing you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men ( 1 Peter 2:13-15 ): So the idea of submitting to one another in love. 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