“Submission: Triumph (part 1)”
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A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
I. TRIUMPH IN CHRIST’S SUFFERING
A. AFFLICTION: ONE MAN
I Pet 3:18a Since Christ also died for sins
1. ERROR OF RELIGION
2. CHRIST ALONE (I Tim 1:15; Rom 5:8; Col 1:21-22; I Pet 1:18-19; Lk 19:10; I Jn 3:5; Heb 12:4)
B. AFFLICTION: ONCE
I Pet 3:18b one time,
1. ONLY ATONEMENT (I Cor 15:3-4; Heb 9:28; John 1:29; Rom 5:8-9; Gal 1:4; Eph 2:13-16; I Thes 1:9-10; I Tim 2:5-6; I Jn 1:7)
2. ONLY ONCE
II. TRIUMPH IN CHRIST’S SIN-BEARING
A. DEATH: VICARIOUS
I Pet 3:18c the righteous
1. UNIQUE
2. WORTHY (Jn 10:15,18 II Cor 5:21)
B. DEATH: CULPABILITY
I Pet 3:18d for the unrighteous,
1. CONDITION (Acts 2:23-24; 4:26-28; 13:27-29)
2. CONSEQUENCES (Rom 5:12; Luke 15:9, 17; Jn 3:16, 18-19; 5:24; Rom 3:19 Jas 2:10; Mt 26:8; John 17:12; Mt 25:46; I Jn 4:18; Mt 18:8)
Death = Denotative word
Lost = Descriptive word
Condemnation = Judicial word
Guilt = Indicative word
Perdition = Prospective word
Punishment = Conscious word
Eternal = Durative word
III. TRIUMPH IN CHRIST’S SALVATION
A. RESURRECTION: PERSONAL
I Pet 3:18e that He might give us access to God,
1. RESULT (Rom 5:2 Eph 2:18 Mt 27:51; Heb 4:16; 10:19-22; 6:19-20)
2. PURPOSE (Phil 1:21; Gal 6:7)
B. RESURRECTION: BODILY
I Pet 3:18f being killed in the flesh but restored in the spirit,
1. DEATH (II Cor 4:10)
2. RESTORATION (Rom 6:4; Jn 2:18-22)