If a man dies,
shall he live again?
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What does it mean to
be absent from the body
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and present with the Lord?
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Did Jesus go with a thief
to paradise on Good Friday?
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Did the souls of dead people
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really cry out
from below the alter?
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Pastor Bohr
answers these questions
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and more in the amazing series.
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So we bow our heads for prayer.
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Father in Heaven, what a joy
it is to be in Your presence.
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We thank you Father,
for giving us your Holy word
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which is
assured guide in a world
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that is totally
confused about so many things.
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And Father, as we study today,
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about that passage in 1 Peter 3
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about the preaching of
Jesus to the spirits in prison
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we ask for divine wisdom.
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I ask Lord, that
You will take away
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from our minds
and from our hearts
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any preconceived
notions that we might have
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and that we might be
willing to listen to Your voice.
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We thank you father,
for hearing our prayer
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for we ask it in the precious
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and powerful
name of Jesus. Amen.
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As I mention in my prayer
we are going to study today,
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that famous passage about
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preaching to the
spirits in prison.
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1 Peter 3:18-22.
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What I am gonna do first
of all is read this passage
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and then we are
going to take a closer look
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at several of the details
that we find in this passage.
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1 Peter Chapter 3 and
beginning with verse 18.
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"For Christ also
suffered once for sins,
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the just for the unjust,
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that He might bring us to God,
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being put to death in the flesh
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but made alive by the
Spirit by whom also He went
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and preached to
the spirits in prison,
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who formerly were disobedient
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when once the Divine
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longsuffering
waited in the days of Noah,
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while the ark
was being prepared,
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in which a few,
that is, eight souls,
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were saved through water.
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There is also an antitype
which now saves us-baptism
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(not the removal of
the filth of the flesh,
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but the answer of a
good conscience toward God),
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through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ,
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who has gone into heaven
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and is at the right hand of God,
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angels and authorities
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and powers having
been made subject to Him."
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This is the famous passage
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of the preaching to
the spirits in prison.
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Now allow me to tell you
a few introductory things
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about the two
epistles that Peter wrote.
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First of all I want us to notice
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that these epistles were
not written for theologians.
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They were not
written for philosophers.
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They were written by common
for common ordinary Christians.
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In other words they
have a practice purpose.
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They can be understood by
the lay person in the pew.
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And Peter wrote these things
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to bring encouragement
in the midst of trails
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and tribulations and sufferings.
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So this passage
even though it is complex
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it cannot only be
understood by theologians
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it can be understood
and applied to the life
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by the common
ordinary church member.
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I want you to
notice in 1 Peter Chapter 1
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who this
epistles is directed to.
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1 Peter 1:1, 2.
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"Peter, an
apostle of Jesus Christ,
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to the pilgrims of
the Dispersion in Pontus,
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Galatia,
Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
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elect according
to the foreknowledge
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of God the Father, in
sanctification of the Spirit,
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for obedience and sprinkling
of the blood of Jesus Christ,
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Grace to you and
peace be multiplied to you."
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So notice he is
writing to the Jews
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primarily who
are in the Diaspora,
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in other words
in the dispersion.
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He is writing to
common ordinary Christians.
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Now there is a common mis-
understanding of this passage.
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I want to read now
the way many Christians
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read this passage or
read things into this passage.
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This is the way they read it.
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While the body of Jesus was dead
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his soul went down to hell
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and He preached the
good news of salvation
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to the spirits of dead people
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who disobeyed at
the time of the flood
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in order to give them a
second chance to be saved.
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That's the way that many
Christians read this passage.
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But they are actually
reading into the passage
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what is not there.
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No where do you find here
any reference to the word soul.
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You find no
reference to Jesus going down.
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You find no reference to
Jesus preaching the gospel.
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You find no
reference that the spirits
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are spirits of dead people.
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And you find no
reference of a second change.
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Now I want to give
you several reasons
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why Jesus could
not have preached
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to the disincarnated
spirits of the dead.
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Number one, the Bible teaches
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that there will
not be another chance
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to be saved after
you die, a second chance.
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Notice Hebrews 9:27
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where this is made
absolutely crystal clear,
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Hebrews 9: 27.
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It says there,
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"And as it is
appointed for men to die" what?
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"once, but after
this the judgment."
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What comes after a person dies?
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The judgment
according to scripture.
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No idea that you can die
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and then have the
gospel preached to you
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and you can be saved
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and then after
that you are judged.
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The fact is you live once
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and after you live
you have the judgment.
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The Bible tells us
in the book of Hebrews
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that today is
the day of salvation
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not tomorrow, not two
or three thousand years
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down the road
after you are dead.
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The Bible says if
you hear His voice today
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do not harden your heart.
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In other words
while we are alive
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is when we can make
decisions for salvations.
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Further more, we are told
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in the Book of
Ecclesiastes 9:5 the following.
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"For the living
know that they shall die,
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but the dead know not anything
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neither have they
any more a reward,
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for the memory of
them is forgotten."
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So if the dead
don't know any thing,
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how is that the Jesus
supposedly went to preach
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to the spirits in prison?
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If it is appointed
for an individual to die
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and after that the judgment
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how could they have been
preached to after the judgment?
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If the Bible says if
you hear His voice today,
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do not harden your heart.
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If the Bible says,
today is the day of salvation
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how is it that
they could be saved
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supposedly after they died?
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Further more the
Bible is very clear that
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that generation of people
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who live before the
flood were irreversible.
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Now if they couldn't
be reached with the gospel
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while they were alive
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why suddenly would they listen
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to the preaching
after they were dead?
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Notice Genesis 6:5,
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Genesis 6:5 speaking
about that pre-flood race.
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It says there,
"Then the Lord saw
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that the wickedness of
man was great in the earth,
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and that every intent of
the thoughts of his heart
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was only evil continually."
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Basically this is
speaking about a race
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that had become
totally degenerate
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and the Book of
Genesis makes it clear
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that when the
door of the ark closed
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that was it for those who lived
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in this period before the flood.
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So the idea
that somehow later on
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Jesus goes and preaches to
these spirits of dead people
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many thousands of years later
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doesn't square at all
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with the condition that
they were in before the flood
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which means that they had
committed the unpardonable sin.
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They were irreversible.
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So how could they be reached?
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How could they
respond to the gospel
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after they were dead?
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It's simply not possible.
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Now I would like us to go
specifically to the passage
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1 Peter 3:18
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and the first thing
that I want us to notice
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is the structure of verse 18,
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how it is organized
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the literary
structure of verse 18.
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We have actually here
a synonymous parallelism.
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The first half of the verse
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is explained in the
second half of the verse.
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It says, "For Christ
also suffered once for sins,
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the just for the
unjust, that He might"
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what "bring us to God."
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Let me ask you would he have
to be alive to bring us to God?
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Of course he would
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so what this is
saying is that Jesus suffered
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and died for our sins
so that he could resurrect
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and he could,
what, bring us to God.
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That is explained
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in the second half of
the verse, explicitly.
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It says, being put
to death in the flesh
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is that parallel to
suffered once for our sins? Yes.
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Being put to death in the flesh
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but made alive by the spirit
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is that the same as that
he might bring us to God?
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Absolutely.
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So you have a
parallel in this verse.
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Christ suffered for sins,
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which is the same as
being put to death in the flesh
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that he might bring us to God
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is the same as made
alive by the spirit.
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Now we need to understand
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what is meant here
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by being put to
death in the flesh.
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What does that mean being
put to death in the flesh?
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What does the
word flesh there mean?
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It's speaking about the tent
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that we spoke about
in our last lecture.
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It's speaking about this body
which was subject to mortality.
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It was subject to death.
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Notice Hebrews 5:7
where this is explicitly said.
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Hebrews 5:7.
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It says here
speaking about Jesus
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"Who, in the days of His flesh,"
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is that mean while
He was on this earth
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before his death and
resurrection? Absolutely.
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"Who, in the days of His flesh,
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when He had offered up
prayers and supplications,
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with vehement
cries and tears to Him
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who was able to
save him from death,
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and was heard
because of his godly fear.
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So we find that put the
death in the flesh means
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that His human nature
which was subject to weakness
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and it was subject to death
when He was crucified died.
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His tent if you please,
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the body which was
mortal and subject to weakness.
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But what does it mean
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that he was made
alive by the spirit,
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I prefer the translation
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I'll tell you the
reason why in a few moments.
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The translation in
the King James Version
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where it says, "Made
alive in the spirit."
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Now what does that mean,
"Made alive in the spirit."
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Put the death in the flesh means
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that he was tent or
his body mortal body,
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weak body died
and went to the grave.
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But what does it mean
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when it says made
alive in the spirit?
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Well, go with me to Romans 8:11,
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Romans 8:11.
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"But if the Spirit of Him
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who raised Jesus from
the dead dwells in you,"
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Who raised Jesus from the dead?
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The sprit according to this.
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"Who raised Jesus form
the dead dwells in you,
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He who raised
Christ from the dead
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will also give
life to your" what?
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"Mortal bodies through
His spirit who dwells in you."
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So what does that mean
being made alive in the spirit?
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It's speaking about the what?
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The resurrection of Jesus
through the power of whom?
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Of the Holy Spirit.
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So are these the two
same states of existence
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that are experienced by the tent
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and the building that
we studied last night.
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Absolutely.
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In other words, He died
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and He resurrected
is what its saying.
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Notice also 1
Corinthians 15:42-44
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on this very important aspect.
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What it means to be
put to death in the flesh
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and resurrect in the spirit
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of being made
alive in the spirit.
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It says in 1 Corinthians 15:42,
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"So also is the
resurrection of the dead.
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The body is sown in corruption,"
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Is that the tent? Yes.
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Is that being put to
death in the flesh? Absolutely.
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"The body is sown in
corruption, it is raised" How?
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"In incorruption."
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Is that the building
that we receive from God
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at the moment of
resurrection? Absolutely.
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"It is sown in
dishonor, it is raised" How?
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"In glory.
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It is sown in
weakness, it is raised in power.
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It is sown a natural body,
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it is raised a spiritual body."
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You understanding what
it means to be resurrected
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in the spirit or
getting life in the spirit.
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It means that the Holy
Spirit resurrects the person
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and gives that
person the building
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that God has prepared in heaven.
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And so the apostle Paul says,
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there is a natural body
and there is a spiritual body.
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So are you
understanding, 1 Peter 3:18?
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It's simply saying that
Jesus suffered once for our sins
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which is a same thing as saying
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that He is put to
death in the flesh.
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But then it says that
he might bring us to God
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and the way
that He could do this
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is He was made alive how?
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In the spirit.
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Now we need to look a
little bit at the grammar
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of chapter 3:19.
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And you know, I debate
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on whether to touch
the issue of grammar
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but in this particular
case it is extremely important
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for us to understand the grammar
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in Greek of 1 Peter 3:19.
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Now let me ask you
must there be an agreement
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between the
noun and the pronoun.
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Those of you who
know about English
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know that the pronoun
and the noun have to agree.
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Now the problem in
English is that our pronouns
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basically have one form, right?
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And they are
distinguished by gender.
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But in Greek you have
what are called cases.
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A noun can be
in nominative case,
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it can be in
the accusative case,
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it can be in the genitive case
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or it can be in
the accusative case.
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And each case has
a different ending
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for that Greek word,
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which means that the pronoun
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and the noun have to have
the same ending in that case.
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Are you
understanding a little bit
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of what I am saying? Yes.
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Now the reason I am saying this
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is because the
expression in the flesh-
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this is very important,
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the expression in the
flesh is in the dative case.
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When I see Jonathan
saying, yeah, remember my Greek
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because he is just
come back from college.
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In the flesh is
in the dative case.
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The ending actually
in Greek it is en sarki.
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Not sarkus, en sarki.
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The expression in the spirit
is also in the dative case.
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In pneumate, see it ends in E.
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The interesting thing is
that the expression that is used
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in which verse 19 says,
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"By whom also He
went and preached
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to the spirits in prison."
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You'll notice that in the
King James it doesn't say,
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by whom also He went
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and preached to
the spirits in prison.
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It actually
says, in which He went
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and preached to
the spirits in prison.
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In the king James,
that a better translation
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because that
expression "in which"
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which is a relative pronoun
is also in the dative case.
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So you have the noun, flesh,
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you have the noun, spirit,
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and you have
the relative pronoun
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in which all
agreeing in the same case.
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What does that mean?
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In practical terms it
means that when verse 19 says,
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in which, or in which state
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He went and preached
to the spirits in prison
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you have to look at the nouns
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that come before the
expression, in which.
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In which, what?
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Well, He was put to death
in the flesh, dative case.
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He was made alive in
the spirit, dative case.
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In which dative case,
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He went and preached
to the spirits in prison.
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Let me ask you, when it
says then in which He went.
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He went how? After He what?
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After He died
and He resurrected.
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Are you following me?
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Now if you don't know English
grammar you are in trouble.
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The best way to
learn another language
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is by knowing the
grammar of your own language.
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It's much easier to
learn a language that way,
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but once again I
underline that the word flesh,
00:22:03.71\00:22:06.99
the word spirit
and the expression
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in which are all
in the same case.
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They are all in the dative case
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which means that
the expression in which,
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which is translated in
the New king James by which
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refers back to
dying in the flesh
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and being
resurrected in the spirit.
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So how did Jesus go to
preach to the spirits in prison?
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He went after He died and what?
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And resurrected.
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Which means that
He didn't go there
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when He died at all.
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Are you with me?
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Now, let's take a look at
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some of the words in this verse.
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In which state, in
which resurrected state,
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He went... went...
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that's the Greek word Poduthese.
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It is used for going
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up, down or horizontally.
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For example it's used
00:23:21.62\00:23:23.36
to say that the apostle
Paul went to the Damascus.
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So that's horizontal going.
00:23:29.78\00:23:33.56
It's also used to
speak about going down,
00:23:33.59\00:23:38.75
but it's also used
to speak about going up.
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The problem is that
here it simply says He went.
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And so most Christians assume
00:23:48.92\00:23:50.89
He went down to hell
to preach to the spirits.
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They are putting in the
text what is not in the text.
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The question is
where did Jesus go?
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Did He necessarily go down? No.
00:24:02.67\00:24:05.61
He could have gone, what? Up.
00:24:05.64\00:24:08.80
In fact let's
notice a verse in Acts 1:10
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that speaks about
the ascension of Jesus
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and the word go or
the use the word went
00:24:15.03\00:24:18.48
is referring not to going down
but to his ascension to heaven.
00:24:18.51\00:24:22.50
Notice Acts 1:10,
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"And while they looked
steadfastly toward heaven
00:24:26.03\00:24:30.53
as He" what... "went"
that's the same word Poduthese.
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"Went up, behold, two men
stood by them in white apparel."
00:24:35.60\00:24:42.45
So the word went can
refer to Jesus going up,
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not necessarily going down.
00:24:48.74\00:24:51.90
In fact the context
indicates that that's the way
00:24:51.93\00:24:55.34
that the word went
should be translated.
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You say how is that?
00:24:57.74\00:24:59.30
Go with me to verses
21 and 22 of 1 Peter 3.
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It says, "Through
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the resurrection
of Jesus Christ,"
00:25:06.46\00:25:09.63
this is the
last part of verse 21
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"Through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ,"
00:25:11.43\00:25:13.38
talking about the
resurrection, right,
00:25:13.41\00:25:16.03
"who has gone,"
00:25:16.06\00:25:19.88
I bet you cant guess
what word that is " Poduthese.
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The very word in
the same context.
00:25:24.71\00:25:27.96
"It says who has
gone" down to hell, no.
00:25:27.99\00:25:35.32
Who has gone where"
00:25:35.35\00:25:37.41
"Into heaven and is
at the right hand of God,
00:25:37.44\00:25:42.47
angels and
authorities and powers
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having been
made subject to Him."
00:25:45.84\00:25:48.94
Want you to remember
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those angles,
authorities and powers
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because we are going
to come back to those
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a little bit later on.
00:25:56.13\00:25:58.90
So according to the
immediately succeeding context
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where did Jesus go?
00:26:01.97\00:26:04.90
He went but He didn't go down.
00:26:04.93\00:26:07.57
He went where?
00:26:07.60\00:26:09.13
Up to heaven. Very same word.
00:26:09.16\00:26:13.63
Now what does this text mean
00:26:13.66\00:26:15.39
when it says that
He went and preached.
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Christians add an expression.
00:26:17.95\00:26:19.31
They say He went and He preached
00:26:19.34\00:26:21.53
the good news of the gospel.
00:26:21.56\00:26:23.64
Where do you find the
good news of the gospel
00:26:23.67\00:26:26.17
in that passage?
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It's not there.
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It's an
assumption that people make.
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Do you know that the
word kerusso in Greek
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which means to preach
00:26:37.15\00:26:38.64
does not
necessarily always mean preach?
00:26:38.67\00:26:42.90
It is used in the New Testament
00:26:42.93\00:26:46.61
in the sense of
proclaimed or announced.
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Let's notice a
couple of examples,
00:26:51.58\00:26:52.99
Revelation 5:2, Revelation 5:2.
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This is speaking about the scene
00:26:58.05\00:26:59.56
where there is one
seated on the throne
00:26:59.59\00:27:02.01
and He has a scroll in his hand.
00:27:02.04\00:27:06.87
It says there in Verse 2,
00:27:06.90\00:27:08.65
"Then I saw a strong angel" what
00:27:08.68\00:27:14.26
"proclaiming" that's
the same word Kerusso
00:27:14.29\00:27:17.90
"proclaiming with a loud voice,
00:27:17.93\00:27:20.64
'Who is worthy
to open the scroll,
00:27:20.67\00:27:23.65
and to loose its seals?'"
00:27:23.68\00:27:26.75
So the word Kerusso
can mean also to what?
00:27:26.78\00:27:30.06
To proclaim or to announce.
00:27:30.09\00:27:34.14
Let us, another
example, Luke 8:39.
00:27:34.17\00:27:38.06
Luke 8:39.
00:27:38.09\00:27:43.05
This is after Jesus has cast out
00:27:43.08\00:27:45.36
the demons from
the men of Gadara
00:27:45.39\00:27:50.76
and He says to them
"'Return to your own house,
00:27:50.79\00:27:53.94
and tell what great
things God has done for you.
00:27:53.97\00:27:59.81
And he went his way and" what,
00:27:59.84\00:28:03.51
"And proclaimed
throughout the whole city
00:28:03.54\00:28:06.81
what great things
Jesus had done for him."
00:28:06.84\00:28:10.71
He went he
proclaimed and he announced
00:28:10.74\00:28:14.03
the greatness
and glory of Jesus.
00:28:14.06\00:28:17.76
So doesn't necessarily mean
the preaching of the gospel.
00:28:17.79\00:28:22.25
That's an assumption.
00:28:22.28\00:28:24.01
It's an assumption
that Jesus went down,
00:28:24.04\00:28:26.77
it's an assumption
that he preach the gospel.
00:28:26.80\00:28:29.28
Now what about
the spirits in prison?
00:28:29.31\00:28:32.91
Some people say,
well, the spirits in prison
00:28:32.94\00:28:35.55
are the spirits of the dead.
00:28:35.58\00:28:41.60
That's not what
the Bible teaches.
00:28:41.63\00:28:44.14
All you have to do is
look up the word spirits
00:28:44.17\00:28:47.44
in the New Testament.
00:28:47.47\00:28:50.66
Let's notice a few
verses that speak about spirits.
00:28:50.69\00:28:53.45
These spirits are not
spirits of human beings at all,
00:28:53.48\00:28:56.25
they are evil spirits.
00:28:56.28\00:28:59.16
Let's read the text Luke 10:20.
00:28:59.19\00:29:03.63
"Nevertheless do
not rejoice in this,
00:29:03.66\00:29:08.52
that the spirits
are subject to you,"
00:29:08.55\00:29:12.19
what spirits are being
spoken about there" Demons.
00:29:12.22\00:29:16.78
"But rather rejoice
00:29:16.81\00:29:17.90
because your names
are written in heaven."
00:29:17.93\00:29:20.28
Luke 11:24-26.
00:29:20.31\00:29:23.03
Let's notice what
the word spirits mean.
00:29:23.06\00:29:25.33
Luke 11:24-26,
00:29:25.36\00:29:27.35
"When the unclean
spirit goes out of a man,
00:29:27.38\00:29:30.63
he goes through dry places,
00:29:30.66\00:29:32.03
seeking rest and finding none,
00:29:32.06\00:29:33.99
he says, 'I will return to
my house from which I came.
00:29:34.02\00:29:37.75
And when he comes, he
finds it swept and put in order.
00:29:37.78\00:29:41.27
Then he goes and takes
with him seven other spirits"
00:29:41.30\00:29:48.22
Is this talking
about evil spirits, demons?
00:29:48.25\00:29:50.90
Absolutely.
00:29:50.93\00:29:52.34
"More wicked than himself
and they enter and dwell there
00:29:52.37\00:29:55.91
in the last state of that
man is worse than the first."
00:29:55.94\00:30:00.39
Let's read one
more Mark 1:27-28.
00:30:00.42\00:30:03.91
Mark 1:27-28. "Then
they were all amazed,
00:30:03.94\00:30:09.92
so that they question
among themselves saying
00:30:09.95\00:30:12.23
'What is this?
00:30:12.26\00:30:13.70
What new doctrine is
this for with authority
00:30:13.73\00:30:17.38
he commands even the"
what "The unclean spirits
00:30:17.41\00:30:21.69
and they obeyed him.'"
00:30:21.72\00:30:24.99
So what are the spirits? Demons.
00:30:25.02\00:30:29.93
So you are saying, pastor,
that you are saying that Jesus
00:30:29.96\00:30:31.72
preached the gospel to demons?
00:30:31.75\00:30:34.85
No because the word preached
00:30:37.25\00:30:38.39
is not necessarily
mean preach the Gospel.
00:30:38.42\00:30:41.72
We gonna come to that
a little bit later on.
00:30:41.75\00:30:44.88
Now, it speaks here
about the spirits in prison.
00:30:44.91\00:30:48.03
Now in the New
Testament who are the spirits
00:30:48.06\00:30:51.06
that are uniformly
spoken of as been in prison?
00:30:51.09\00:30:55.47
Fallen angels.
Let's read some verses.
00:30:55.50\00:30:59.91
Let's start with the leader
of all of the evil spirits.
00:30:59.94\00:31:02.46
Who is that? The devil.
00:31:02.49\00:31:05.43
Notice Revelation
20:1,3 Revelation 20:1,3.
00:31:05.46\00:31:10.55
"Then I saw an angel
come down from heaven,
00:31:10.58\00:31:12.84
having the key of
the bottomless pit"
00:31:12.87\00:31:14.92
actually it's to the
abyss. And a great what?
00:31:14.95\00:31:18.12
"Chain in his hand."
00:31:18.15\00:31:21.10
Verse 3, "And it
cast him that is the devil
00:31:21.13\00:31:23.72
into the
bottomless pit" or the abyss,
00:31:23.75\00:31:25.93
and what did he do?
00:31:25.96\00:31:26.99
"He shut him up,
and set a seal on him,
00:31:27.02\00:31:30.26
so that he should
deceive the nations
00:31:30.29\00:31:31.93
no more till the
thousand years were finished
00:31:31.96\00:31:34.04
but after these things he must
be released for a little while."
00:31:34.07\00:31:37.26
And by the way in verse 7
if you want to read verse 7
00:31:37.29\00:31:40.58
I will do it.
00:31:40.61\00:31:41.71
It says, that at the
end of the thousand years,
00:31:41.74\00:31:44.46
Satan who was chained will
be released from his prison,
00:31:44.49\00:31:51.25
Spirits in
prison. Spirits are demons
00:31:51.28\00:31:56.26
and they are spoken up at
least the little to this point,
00:31:56.29\00:31:59.43
is spoken off as
been where? In prison.
00:31:59.46\00:32:04.50
Now let's go to a
couple of other verses Jude 6.
00:32:04.53\00:32:08.34
Jude 6, speaking about
the evil angels it says
00:32:08.37\00:32:14.28
"And the angels who did
not keep their proper domain,
00:32:14.31\00:32:19.18
but left their own
abode, He has reserved in" what?
00:32:19.21\00:32:26.33
"Everlasting
chains under darkness
00:32:26.36\00:32:32.04
for the judgment
of the great day."
00:32:32.07\00:32:34.81
Who are the once who
are in everlasting chains?
00:32:34.84\00:32:38.24
The wicked angels.
00:32:38.27\00:32:40.28
Notice 2 Peter 2:4. 2 Peter 2:4,
00:32:40.31\00:32:44.54
"For if God did not
spare the angels who sinned,
00:32:44.57\00:32:48.71
but cast them down to hell
00:32:48.74\00:32:52.56
and delivered them
into chains of darkness,
00:32:52.59\00:32:57.96
to be reserved for
judgment." So let me ask you,
00:32:57.99\00:33:01.91
who are the spirits that
are in prison or the spirits
00:33:01.94\00:33:05.05
that are chained?
They are fallen angels.
00:33:05.08\00:33:09.94
So here it's saying
that Jesus proclaimed
00:33:09.97\00:33:13.87
something to the evil
spirits or to the fallen angels
00:33:13.90\00:33:20.25
when he, what?
When He resurrected.
00:33:20.28\00:33:28.04
Because He was put
to death in the flesh,
00:33:28.07\00:33:31.85
He was resurrected in the
spirit and in that state He went
00:33:31.88\00:33:37.43
and He preached to
the spirits in prison.
00:33:37.46\00:33:41.32
If God had wonder
saying that he preached
00:33:41.35\00:33:42.94
to the spirits in
prison after He died.
00:33:42.97\00:33:45.49
It would have said, He
was put to death in the flesh.
00:33:45.52\00:33:49.44
He went and preached
to the spirits in prison
00:33:49.47\00:33:52.08
and then He was
made alive by the spirit.
00:33:52.11\00:33:54.60
But the antecedent shows
00:33:56.67\00:33:59.39
that He was put to
death in the flesh,
00:33:59.42\00:34:01.15
He resurrected in the
spirit and in this state
00:34:01.18\00:34:04.38
He went and He
proclaimed something
00:34:04.41\00:34:07.32
to Satan and his angels.
00:34:07.35\00:34:11.31
The question is
what did He proclaimed
00:34:11.34\00:34:14.66
to Satan and his angels?
00:34:14.69\00:34:17.58
Let's go to 1 Peter 3:22.
00:34:17.61\00:34:22.60
When Jesus goes to heaven,
00:34:22.63\00:34:24.19
when Jesus ascends to
heaven, when He resurrects.
00:34:24.22\00:34:27.21
There are powers
that are made what?
00:34:30.98\00:34:34.99
Subject to Him. Notice,
"Who has gone into heaven"
00:34:35.02\00:34:39.78
So he didn't go
down he went what?
00:34:39.81\00:34:42.25
Up. "Who has gone into heaven
00:34:42.28\00:34:46.06
and is at the
right hand of God,"
00:34:46.09\00:34:49.45
and now notice
"Angels, and authorities
00:34:49.48\00:34:53.31
and powers having been
made" what" "Subject to him."
00:34:53.34\00:34:57.84
Let me ask you who are those
angels authorities and powers?
00:34:57.87\00:35:01.71
There are other
texts in the New Testament
00:35:01.74\00:35:03.57
that indicate that
these are evil angel
00:35:03.60\00:35:06.46
authorities and powers.
00:35:06.49\00:35:08.49
You say, where is
that? Go to Matthew 12:28-29.
00:35:08.52\00:35:13.22
Are you starting to
get the picture here?
00:35:13.25\00:35:15.66
Matthew
12:28-29. Here Jesus says,
00:35:15.69\00:35:21.95
"But if I cast out
demons by the spirit of God
00:35:21.98\00:35:25.37
surely the kingdom of
God has come upon you.
00:35:25.40\00:35:28.22
'Or how can one
enter a strong mans house
00:35:28.25\00:35:33.08
and plunder his goods?"
00:35:33.11\00:35:34.82
Who is the strong
man here? The devil.
00:35:34.85\00:35:39.20
"Unless he first"
what? "Binds the strong man
00:35:39.23\00:35:43.57
and then he will" what?
"He will plunder his house."
00:35:43.60\00:35:50.49
By the way at the
cross of Calvary did Jesus
00:35:50.52\00:35:54.51
ransack the house of the enemy?
00:35:54.54\00:35:58.63
Did Jesus take all the dominion
00:35:58.66\00:36:00.75
and ruler ship of
the world legally.
00:36:00.78\00:36:03.89
Was the devil cast out of heaven
as the prince of this world
00:36:03.92\00:36:07.72
and the
representative of this world?
00:36:07.75\00:36:09.70
Yes, he was exiled.
00:36:09.73\00:36:11.98
Notice what we
find in John 12: 30-31.
00:36:14.87\00:36:18.67
John 12: 30-31. Here Jesus says,
00:36:18.70\00:36:23.30
"Now is the
judgment of this world"
00:36:23.33\00:36:26.09
this is shortly
before his death.
00:36:26.12\00:36:28.35
"Now the ruler of
this world will be" what?
00:36:28.38\00:36:34.24
"Cast out."
00:36:34.27\00:36:36.02
Let me ask you, could
the devil go to heaven
00:36:36.05\00:36:37.36
representing this
world before the cross.
00:36:37.39\00:36:40.02
Sure he could.
Read the Book of Job.
00:36:40.05\00:36:42.88
Read 2 chronicles 18: 18-22.
00:36:42.91\00:36:48.75
It says that whenever there
was a heavenly council in heaven
00:36:48.78\00:36:51.22
Satan went
representing planet earth
00:36:51.25\00:36:53.42
because he had taken
away the throne from Adam.
00:36:53.45\00:36:56.79
But when Jesus over came
the devil on the cross Satan
00:36:56.82\00:37:00.34
was cast out as
the ruler of this world
00:37:00.37\00:37:03.22
and now Jesus
represents planet earth.
00:37:03.25\00:37:06.33
The devil has been exiled
and he is bound to this planet,
00:37:06.36\00:37:10.21
to planet earth as a
result of what Jesus has done.
00:37:10.24\00:37:15.35
That's why Jesus says,
00:37:15.38\00:37:16.73
I saw Satan fall
like lighting from heaven.
00:37:16.76\00:37:21.07
I love that. I mean
how fast is lightening.
00:37:21.10\00:37:26.71
I mean this was fast
fall real all the way down.
00:37:26.74\00:37:32.70
But the struggle
was great. Wasn't it?
00:37:32.73\00:37:38.83
The Bible calls this the
hour of the powers of darkness
00:37:38.86\00:37:42.87
when Jesus went through
His trails in Gethsemane
00:37:42.90\00:37:45.13
and on the cross.
00:37:45.16\00:37:47.49
We can hear
Jesus saying my Father,
00:37:47.52\00:37:49.83
if this cup can pass
from me, let it be so,
00:37:49.86\00:37:54.18
nevertheless not my
will be done but yours.
00:37:54.21\00:37:58.32
Ellen white says, that
the destiny of the world
00:37:58.35\00:38:00.95
hung as a by a thread.
00:38:00.98\00:38:04.58
She says that Jesus was
tempted to throwing the towel
00:38:04.61\00:38:07.98
and go back to heaven and
allow the human race to parish.
00:38:08.01\00:38:12.69
In that case
Satan would have been
00:38:12.72\00:38:13.82
the ruler of this
world indefinitely.
00:38:13.85\00:38:18.31
She says that the devil tortured
Jesus with temptations to try
00:38:18.34\00:38:22.69
and get Him to fall.
00:38:22.72\00:38:25.69
We can hear the agony in
the voice of Jesus when he said
00:38:25.72\00:38:28.51
"My God, My God, why
hast Thou forsaken me?
00:38:28.54\00:38:32.78
We can hear the agony
when Jesus said it is finished.
00:38:32.81\00:38:37.74
We can hear the
agony when Jesus says,
00:38:37.77\00:38:39.73
Father into your
hands I come into my spirit.
00:38:39.76\00:38:45.09
When Jesus died on
Friday and said it is finished,
00:38:45.12\00:38:49.68
the devil knew that
his kingdom was finished.
00:38:49.71\00:38:54.47
And when Jesus resurrected,
Jesus came out of the grave
00:38:54.50\00:38:57.46
and he proclaimed his
victory over the evil spirits.
00:38:57.49\00:39:02.70
Allow me to read you
here a passage that we find
00:39:02.73\00:39:06.05
in The Desire of Ages, page 780.
00:39:06.08\00:39:09.30
Desire of Ages, 780 on
the resurrection of Jesus.
00:39:09.33\00:39:14.58
Ellen White says
this, "Hosts of evil angels
00:39:14.61\00:39:18.81
were gathered about the place."
That is the tomb of Jesus.
00:39:18.84\00:39:23.75
Then she describes these
are not her words but mine.
00:39:23.78\00:39:26.98
I am just
shortening her statements.
00:39:27.01\00:39:29.49
Then she describes how Gabriel
00:39:29.52\00:39:31.60
descends to the
tomb in these words.
00:39:31.63\00:39:35.15
"The earth
trembles at his approach,
00:39:35.18\00:39:39.06
the hosts of darkness flee,
and as he rolls away the stone,
00:39:39.09\00:39:46.65
heaven seems to
come down to the earth.
00:39:46.68\00:39:49.35
The soldiers see him removing
the stone as he would a pebble,
00:39:49.38\00:39:54.53
and hear him cry,
Son of God, come forth,
00:39:54.56\00:39:57.81
Thy Father calls Thee.
00:39:57.84\00:40:00.13
They see Jesus come
forth from the grave,
00:40:00.16\00:40:04.56
and hear Him proclaim
over the rent sepulcher,
00:40:04.59\00:40:09.06
'I am the
resurrection, and the life.'"
00:40:09.09\00:40:14.04
What is Jesus
proclaiming when he comes up
00:40:14.07\00:40:16.69
from the tomb and
when he ascends to heaven?
00:40:16.72\00:40:18.82
He is proclaiming his victory
over the spirits in prison?
00:40:18.85\00:40:22.87
Over the devil
and over his angels.
00:40:22.90\00:40:26.35
You say now pastor,
00:40:26.38\00:40:27.41
you are that to
follow these principalities
00:40:27.44\00:40:29.41
and powers in angles
that are spoken off there
00:40:29.44\00:40:31.57
in 1 Peter 3 is
referring to evil powers?
00:40:31.60\00:40:35.12
Absolutely.
Let's read some verses.
00:40:35.15\00:40:38.23
Go with me to
Colossians 2:14,15.
00:40:38.26\00:40:42.33
Colossians chapter 2:14, 15.
00:40:42.36\00:40:47.49
And you are going to notice
immediately similar terminology
00:40:47.52\00:40:50.70
to what we read in 1 Peter 3.
00:40:50.73\00:40:52.56
"And you, being
dead in your trespasses
00:40:52.59\00:40:58.76
and the
uncircumcision of your flesh,
00:40:58.79\00:41:03.49
He has made what
alive together with Him."
00:41:03.52\00:41:07.25
Is that the same terminology
we notice in 1 Peter 3?
00:41:07.28\00:41:10.89
Put to death in the
flesh, that made alive by, what?
00:41:10.92\00:41:15.67
By the spirit. Here it says
"You who dead in your trespasses
00:41:15.70\00:41:18.71
and the
uncircumcision of your flesh,
00:41:18.74\00:41:20.63
He has made what
alive together with Him
00:41:20.66\00:41:23.61
having forgiven you all
trespasses, having wiped out
00:41:23.64\00:41:27.37
the handwriting of requirements
that was against us,
00:41:27.40\00:41:29.90
which was contrary to us.
00:41:29.93\00:41:31.25
And He has taken it out
of the way, having nailed it"
00:41:31.28\00:41:34.72
to the what? "To the cross.
00:41:34.75\00:41:36.71
And now notice this.
"Having" what" "Disarmed."
00:41:36.74\00:41:42.40
What did he do at the cross?
00:41:42.43\00:41:44.90
What does it mean to disarm?
Their weapons are removed.
00:41:44.93\00:41:51.06
"Having disarmed" what?
00:41:51.09\00:41:53.39
"Principalities and
powers, He made" a what?
00:41:53.42\00:41:58.97
"A public spectacle of them,
triumphing over them in it."
00:41:59.00\00:42:05.17
That is in the cross.
00:42:05.20\00:42:08.02
Did he make a
public spectacle of them
00:42:08.05\00:42:10.45
when he came out and
said, I am the resurrection,
00:42:10.48\00:42:12.74
and the life?" Yes,
the evil spirits scattered.
00:42:12.77\00:42:18.21
The roman soldiers
fell as if they were dead.
00:42:18.24\00:42:22.88
Notice Romans 8:
38,39. Chapter 8:38 and 39.
00:42:22.91\00:42:29.54
Once again speaking about
principalities and powers.
00:42:29.57\00:42:33.45
Here the apostle Paul says
00:42:33.48\00:42:34.74
"For I am persuaded
that neither death nor life,
00:42:34.77\00:42:38.62
nor angels nor
principalities nor powers,"
00:42:38.65\00:42:43.86
and then later on in the
verse he says can separate us
00:42:43.89\00:42:47.18
from the love of God
00:42:47.21\00:42:48.24
which is in
Christ Jesus our Lord.
00:42:48.27\00:42:49.67
Let me ask you, if
these were good angels
00:42:49.70\00:42:51.30
and good
principalities and good powers,
00:42:51.33\00:42:53.22
why would they want to
separate us from the Lord?
00:42:53.25\00:42:58.11
Are you with me?
Notice Ephesians 6:12,
00:42:58.14\00:43:02.10
time in again
this comes through.
00:43:02.13\00:43:03.51
Ephesians 6:12 here
the apostle Paul says
00:43:03.54\00:43:07.28
"For we do not wrestle
against flesh and blood,
00:43:07.31\00:43:11.61
but against
principalities, against powers,
00:43:11.64\00:43:15.16
against the rulers of
the darkness of this age,
00:43:15.19\00:43:18.67
against spiritual
hosts of wickedness" where?
00:43:18.70\00:43:22.24
"In the heavenly places."
00:43:22.27\00:43:23.47
What did Jesus do
when He ascended to heaven?
00:43:23.50\00:43:27.58
He proclaimed His what?
00:43:27.61\00:43:29.45
He proclaimed His
victory over Satan
00:43:29.48\00:43:32.75
and over his angels.
00:43:32.78\00:43:37.07
In other words he
went down when He died
00:43:37.10\00:43:40.29
but when He
resurrected he went up.
00:43:40.32\00:43:43.67
Notice Ephesians 4:8-10.
00:43:43.70\00:43:47.16
Ephesians 4:8-10.
00:43:47.19\00:43:51.94
"Therefore he says,
'When he ascended high,
00:43:51.97\00:43:56.83
He led captivity captive,'"
by the way that's speaking
00:43:56.86\00:44:01.82
about those who
resurrected with Jesus
00:44:01.85\00:44:04.71
you can read it
in Matthew 27:51-53,
00:44:04.74\00:44:07.28
they were captives of
the grave and what Jesus do,
00:44:07.31\00:44:10.11
Jesus ransacked the grave.
Who had the keys before this?
00:44:10.14\00:44:15.10
The prince of evil. Now
Jesus goes in he grabs the keys,
00:44:15.13\00:44:18.69
and he opens the graves.
00:44:18.72\00:44:22.44
And it says, "And
he gave gifts to men."
00:44:22.47\00:44:24.07
"Now this 'He
ascended' what does it mean
00:44:24.10\00:44:28.47
but that He also first" what?
00:44:28.50\00:44:30.48
"Descended into the
lower parts of the earth?"
00:44:30.51\00:44:32.64
In other words He was buried.
00:44:32.67\00:44:34.57
"He who descended is
also the one who" what?
00:44:34.60\00:44:37.55
"Who ascended far
above all the heavens,
00:44:37.58\00:44:41.40
that he might fill all
things." So it's summarized.
00:44:41.43\00:44:48.29
Jesus died,
00:44:48.32\00:44:52.87
He resurrected, He ascended.
00:44:52.90\00:44:57.91
And as He ascended
he proclaimed his what?
00:44:57.94\00:45:01.01
He proclaimed his victory
over Satan and his angels
00:45:01.04\00:45:05.53
and Satan was cast out of heaven
00:45:05.56\00:45:07.21
as a representative of this
world and he was earth bound.
00:45:07.24\00:45:11.79
Now let's go to Ephesians 2:4-6.
00:45:11.82\00:45:16.36
Ephesians 2:4-6, this is
another passage that is parallel
00:45:16.39\00:45:21.14
to first Peter chapter 3:18.
00:45:21.17\00:45:23.66
Notice "But God,
who is rich in mercy,
00:45:23.69\00:45:29.54
because of His great
love with which He loved us,
00:45:29.57\00:45:33.67
even when we were"
what? Dead like Jesus right?
00:45:33.70\00:45:41.07
"Dead in trespasses and sins."
00:45:41.10\00:45:45.10
He was dead because of
our sins. "Made us" what?
00:45:45.13\00:45:51.34
"Alive together with" whom?
00:45:51.37\00:45:56.28
"With Christ. By
grace you have been saved."
00:45:56.31\00:45:59.98
And then what did he do?
00:46:00.01\00:46:01.17
He made us alive and
what raised us up together
00:46:01.20\00:46:06.81
and made us what?
00:46:06.84\00:46:08.62
Sit together in the
heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
00:46:08.65\00:46:14.91
Do we go with the same
process that Jesus went through?
00:46:14.94\00:46:18.66
Died, resurrected, ascended
00:46:18.69\00:46:25.82
and sat at the
right hand of God.
00:46:25.85\00:46:27.69
You say I am not at
the right hand of God
00:46:27.72\00:46:29.26
I am in Fresno Central church.
00:46:29.29\00:46:32.81
But through Jesus we sit
at the right hand of God.
00:46:32.84\00:46:37.65
We have died with Him, we
have been buried with Him,
00:46:37.68\00:46:40.20
we have been
resurrected with Him,
00:46:40.23\00:46:41.54
we have ascended with Him
00:46:41.57\00:46:42.88
and we are seen at the
right hand of God with Him.
00:46:42.91\00:46:46.37
That's why the beautiful thing
is we don't have to worry about
00:46:46.40\00:46:49.38
what God things of us.
00:46:49.41\00:46:51.26
We have to worry
about what God thinks about
00:46:51.29\00:46:53.19
Jesus our substitute.
00:46:53.22\00:46:58.17
So in other words Peter
is saying the experience
00:46:58.20\00:47:00.49
that Jesus went
through is the same experience
00:47:00.52\00:47:03.80
that we go through in him.
00:47:03.83\00:47:06.54
Is he trying to
encourage the people there?
00:47:06.57\00:47:08.97
He most certainly is.
Let's read one other verse.
00:47:09.00\00:47:12.79
Romans 6:3, 5 on this
specific point of sharing
00:47:12.82\00:47:17.70
in the experience
of Jesus through Him.
00:47:17.73\00:47:20.67
It says in Romans
6:3, "Or do you not know
00:47:20.70\00:47:24.83
that as many of us as
were baptized into Christ Jesus
00:47:24.86\00:47:28.60
were baptized
into" what? "His death?"
00:47:28.63\00:47:32.48
When is that we benefit
from everything of Jesus did?
00:47:32.51\00:47:34.87
When we are what?
When we are baptized.
00:47:34.90\00:47:37.88
See when we are baptized-
this is the wonderful thing.
00:47:37.91\00:47:40.54
When we are baptized we
die, we are buried in the water,
00:47:40.57\00:47:45.91
we come out of the water we
resurrect the notice of life
00:47:45.94\00:47:49.40
and then Jesus says,
this is my beloved Son.
00:47:49.43\00:47:51.78
We sit with Jesus
in heavenly places.
00:47:51.81\00:47:56.95
Verse 5 for if we
have been untied together
00:47:56.98\00:48:01.32
in the likeness of his death,
certainly we also shall be
00:48:01.35\00:48:05.41
in the likeness
of His resurrection."
00:48:05.44\00:48:10.44
Now you notice one
further thing in this passage,
00:48:10.47\00:48:14.67
it speaks about
the flood in Noah's day
00:48:14.70\00:48:19.53
being a type or a
symbol of the experience
00:48:19.56\00:48:23.47
that Jesus went
through and the experience
00:48:23.50\00:48:27.09
that we go through
when we are baptized.
00:48:27.12\00:48:30.22
Now let's take a look at that.
00:48:30.25\00:48:33.60
Jesus came to this world,
00:48:33.63\00:48:36.72
He suffered,
00:48:40.77\00:48:43.05
reproach He died- by
the way He spoke about
00:48:43.08\00:48:47.52
His death as a baptism.
00:48:47.55\00:48:48.71
Can you be
baptized with the baptism
00:48:48.74\00:48:51.01
that I will be baptized with?
00:48:51.04\00:48:52.39
Jesus asked his
death was a baptism?
00:48:52.42\00:48:56.29
And then He came forth to
newness of life victorious
00:48:56.32\00:49:01.49
over all of his oppressive
00:49:01.52\00:49:02.99
and He sat at right hand of God.
00:49:06.60\00:49:10.19
The flood is used as
an illustration of this.
00:49:10.22\00:49:14.00
You see in the days of
Noah, Noah was surely oppressed
00:49:14.03\00:49:18.11
by his enemies in
that old sinful world.
00:49:18.14\00:49:23.24
But Peter is saying that Noah
and his family entered the ark
00:49:23.27\00:49:27.04
and they went through the, what?
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They went through the
waters which symbolizes baptism.
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And when they came out on
the other side of the waters,
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what happened to with
all of their oppressive?
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All of the
oppressive have been buried.
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All of their old life
had been buried in the waters
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and they came
out to a new world.
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That's the reason
why the apostle Peter
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is using this
illustration of the flood.
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He is saying that
as Noah is oppressed
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but he went into the
ark, went through the waters
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and came out the other side
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with all of his
oppressive being buried.
00:50:03.76\00:50:06.76
All of his whole
life being buried
00:50:06.79\00:50:08.41
and coming out to a new world
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that's what happened with Jesus.
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1Jesus was also
surely oppressive.
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He was put to
death in the flesh.
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He experienced
the baptism of death
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but He also came up on
the other side of death
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having buried His
whole life so to speak
00:50:22.38\00:50:27.08
left it in the tomb and came
forth on the other side new.
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And then Peter wants
to apply it also to us.
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The apostle Peter says,
the experience that Noah
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went through is an
illustration of the experience
00:50:43.13\00:50:48.12
that Jesus went
through and the experience
00:50:48.15\00:50:51.89
that Jesus went
through is also an illustration
00:50:51.92\00:50:55.07
of what we go
through when we die to sin,
00:50:55.10\00:51:01.58
when our sin is
buried in the waters,
00:51:01.61\00:51:04.71
when we resurrect to newness
of life after our old life
00:51:04.74\00:51:07.92
is been buried in the
waters and when we ascend,
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figuratively
speaking and sit, where?
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And sit at the
right hand of God.
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You see, the
problem in Peter's day
00:51:18.36\00:51:20.39
is that the church was being
slowly afflicted and oppressed.
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I am gonna read it in a moment.
00:51:23.61\00:51:25.75
They were about to
give up Christianity.
00:51:25.78\00:51:28.86
They were
saying it's not worthy.
00:51:28.89\00:51:29.97
Too many trails,
too many tribulations,
00:51:30.00\00:51:31.58
our enemies are
after us, after us.
00:51:31.61\00:51:33.65
We are been
afflicted, we are dying,
00:51:33.68\00:51:35.21
we been prosecuted.
Jesus says don't worry.
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You see, Jesus went
through the same thing.
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He gained the victory.
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And if you are in Him it
doesn't make any difference.
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You can gain
the victory as well.
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Let's read
this, 1 Peter 3:13-17,
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here the apostle Peter explains
why he is giving this passage.
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Its not some
theological passage,
00:51:56.91\00:51:58.73
the purpose is practical.
00:51:58.76\00:52:03.10
1 Peter 3:13, "And who
is he that will harm you,"
00:52:03.13\00:52:09.18
see that we are been harmed,
00:52:09.21\00:52:11.67
"if you become
followers of what is good?
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But even if you should
suffer for righteousness' sake,
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you are blessed."
Was Jesus blessed? Yes.
00:52:19.37\00:52:25.56
And do not be afraid of
their threats, nor be troubled,"
00:52:25.59\00:52:29.55
That's what Noah went through.
00:52:29.58\00:52:31.91
That's what Jesus went through.
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So don't worry about
it. It happened before.
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Don't they've done that?
00:52:35.74\00:52:38.73
"But sanctify the
Lord God in your hearts,
00:52:38.76\00:52:41.01
and always be ready to
give defense to everyone
00:52:41.04\00:52:43.88
who asked you a reason
of the hope that is in you,
00:52:43.91\00:52:47.74
with meekness and fear,
having a good conscience,
00:52:47.77\00:52:51.71
that when they
defame you as evildoers,
00:52:51.74\00:52:55.46
those who revile your
good conduct in Christ
00:52:55.49\00:52:59.24
may be ashamed."
00:52:59.27\00:53:01.12
It what happened with
the devil and his angels?
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Oh yes. "For it is better,
if it is the will of God,
00:53:03.65\00:53:08.57
to suffer for doing
good than for doing evil."
00:53:08.60\00:53:13.16
Let's read one more
passage before we close.
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First Peter 4:12,13.
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Here Peter expresses
00:53:17.93\00:53:19.00
the practical
purpose for his theology.
00:53:19.03\00:53:21.87
First Peter 4:12,13.
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"Beloved, do not
think it strange concerning
00:53:27.20\00:53:33.07
the fiery trial
which is to try you,
00:53:33.10\00:53:37.25
as though some strange
thing happened unto you,"
00:53:37.28\00:53:41.15
let us don't
think that your trails
00:53:41.18\00:53:42.86
and tribulations are
really some wired strange thing
00:53:42.89\00:53:46.25
that has never happened before.
00:53:46.28\00:53:50.57
"But rejoice
00:53:50.60\00:53:54.81
to the extent that you" what?
00:53:54.84\00:53:59.23
There is a key word.
00:53:59.26\00:54:00.34
"That you partaker
of Christ's sufferings,"
00:54:00.37\00:54:07.10
is that the power
where he is oppressed
00:54:07.13\00:54:08.78
and he has put to
death in the flesh? Yes.
00:54:08.81\00:54:12.78
"You are partake
of Christ sufferings,"
00:54:12.81\00:54:16.04
now notice this the promise,
00:54:16.07\00:54:17.95
"that when His glory is
revealed," when is that?
00:54:17.98\00:54:23.74
When Jesus comes.
"You may also be" what?
00:54:23.77\00:54:28.97
"Glad with exceeding joy."
00:54:29.00\00:54:35.34
Is this a magnificent passage?
00:54:35.37\00:54:38.31
It has been totally
misinterpreted by Christians
00:54:38.34\00:54:43.44
to give the idea that
Jesus went down to hell
00:54:43.47\00:54:46.29
and He preached to all of
these disincarnated spirits,
00:54:46.32\00:54:49.73
who sinned at the
time of the flood.
00:54:49.76\00:54:51.61
He preached the
gospel to them giving them
00:54:51.64\00:54:53.84
a second chance to be saved.
00:54:53.87\00:54:55.57
Where is that
in of this passage?
00:54:55.60\00:54:59.39
No where. It's an assumption.
00:54:59.42\00:55:03.58
It's injecting into the
text what is not in the text.
00:55:03.61\00:55:08.62
And it's done with
a thief on the cross,
00:55:08.65\00:55:10.72
its done with
the Witch of Endor,
00:55:10.75\00:55:12.51
its done with
absent from the body
00:55:12.54\00:55:14.54
and present with the Lord,
00:55:14.57\00:55:15.60
its done with
apostle desired to report
00:55:15.63\00:55:18.01
and be with the Lord.
It's done with the dead
00:55:18.04\00:55:22.65
who stand before God,
00:55:22.68\00:55:24.03
the souls that cry
from under the alter,
00:55:24.06\00:55:26.32
which are passages
that we are gonna study.
00:55:26.35\00:55:28.43
You see, if we study
these passages carefully
00:55:28.46\00:55:32.69
we discover that
they are not teaching
00:55:32.72\00:55:34.66
what people say
they are teaching,
00:55:34.69\00:55:38.06
when you allow scripture
to interpret scripture.
00:55:38.09\00:55:42.64
I like to bring
this to a conclusion
00:55:42.67\00:55:44.16
by reading 2 Timothy 2:11,12.
00:55:44.19\00:55:46.79
Here the apostle Paul has the
same sequence suffering victory.
00:55:46.82\00:55:52.91
There is no suffering there
is no victory with out what?
00:55:52.94\00:55:57.30
Suffering. We must partake
of the sufferings of Christ.
00:55:57.33\00:56:03.04
We must go
through His experience.
00:56:03.07\00:56:04.46
Do we have the
benefit of His example?
00:56:04.49\00:56:07.95
When we go through sufferings
that Jesus when through
00:56:07.98\00:56:10.11
and He came out
victoriously not a problem.
00:56:10.14\00:56:13.37
2 Timothy 2: 11,12.
00:56:13.40\00:56:17.24
"For if we died with Him,
00:56:17.27\00:56:22.20
we shall also live with Him."
00:56:22.23\00:56:26.88
Is that a
beautiful for all of us?
00:56:26.91\00:56:29.82
If we endure,
that is if we pacifier
00:56:29.85\00:56:35.50
in the mist of suffering
we shall also reign with Him.
00:56:35.53\00:56:43.49
That's a
marvelous promise, isn't it?
00:56:43.52\00:56:47.75
And the promises of God are
given to us for us to claim Him.
00:56:47.78\00:56:53.50
So don't get
discouraged when we suffer.
00:56:53.53\00:56:58.21
When you go though trails
and tribulations just remember
00:56:58.24\00:57:00.71
that you are just partaking
of what happened to Christ.
00:57:00.74\00:57:04.75
And if we suffer
with Him, the Bible says
00:57:04.78\00:57:08.53
that we shall
also rain with Him.
00:57:08.56\00:57:11.89
Are we looking forward
to the day when Jesus comes
00:57:11.92\00:57:13.93
and we shall rain with Him?
00:57:13.96\00:57:15.33
And then we will
ascend to heaven,
00:57:15.36\00:57:17.89
where all of the
wicked powers scatter
00:57:17.92\00:57:21.22
and Jesus will
proclaim His final victory
00:57:21.25\00:57:25.17
over the
principalities and the powers.
00:57:25.20\00:57:29.04