“Submission: Triumph (part 2)”
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A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
Review of part 1 – I Pet 3:18 Since Christ also died for sins one time, the righteous for the unrighteous, that He might give us access to God, being killed in the flesh but restored in the spirit,
I. TRIUMPH IN CHRIST’S SERMON
A. RISEN SPIRIT: PROCLAMATION
I Pet 3:19 in which [spirit], having gone, He preached to the spirits now in holding,
1. POWER (Lk 16:22-26; 23:43; Rev 20:10, 13-15)
2. CAPTIVE AUDIENCE (Eph 4:8; II Cor 5:6-8)
B. RISEN SPIRIT: PASSED UP
I Pet 3:20a because they previously didn’t believe
1. REJECTED (Phil 2:10; Gen 6:1-2)
2. DIFFERENT MESSAGE (II Pet 2:5)
C. RISEN SPIRIT: PATIENCE
I Pet 3:20b (when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah while the ark was being constructed),
1. WAITING
2. WORKING
II. TRIUMPH OF CHRIST’S SANCTIFICATION
A. ATONEMENT: PRESERVATION
I Pet 3:20c in which [the ark] a few – eight souls – were delivered through the Deluge.
1. LIMITED
2. DELIVERED (Heb 11:7; Gen 6:22)
B. ATONEMENT: PICTURES
I Pet 3:21a As in another type, baptism delivers us,
1. ANTITYPE
2. PARALLEL TIMES
C. ATONEMENT: PROCESS
I Pet 3:21b not as removing filth from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience,
1. UNDERSTANDING
2. CLEAR CONSCIENCE (Rom 6:2-6)
III. TRIUMPH OF CHRIST’S SOVEREIGNTY
A. RISEN BODY: PROCESS
I Pet 3:21c through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
1. APPROVAL
2. REPENTANCE (I Cor 15:3-4 Rom 10:9)
B. ASCENSION: PREEMINENCE
I Pet 3:22a Who has ascended into heaven and is at the right hand of God,
1. SAFETY (Col 3:1-3 I Peter 3:9)
2. INTERCESSION (Acts 1:9-11)
C. ETERNAL REIGN: PRIMACY
I Pet 3:22b with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to Him.
1. OMNIPOTENCE (Phil 2:9-11; Heb 1:3)
2. CONTROL