Ready for a Boat Ride

1 Pet. 3:21-22

"There is also an antitype which now saves us- baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him."

Peter is making an analogy between Noah and Christ. Jesus is our ark through which we will ride the waters of judgement. We must be "in Christ" in order to be saved from our sin.

There are only 2 ways to have a good conscience: one is to not do anything bad, and the second is to be forgiven. We can have a good conscience toward God because of Christ's finished work on the cross.

Jesus was on the cross, fighting against our sin. If He had not risen from the dead, then sin would have won. Since He did rise from the dead, our sin is gone.

Jesus is now sitting at the right hand of God. Remember how in Acts, He stood up to welcome Stephen?

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We will only have one study of the book of Peter this week as Dad is out of town again:(