TOTALLY DISAPPOINTED IN YOU

 

1 Peter 3:18-20

For Christ suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to GOD, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the spirit, (The  FATHER RESURRECTED JESUS FROM THE DEAD) and by the same spirit (The Holy Spirit of the FATHER) he went and preached to the spirits in prison (Living people that Jesus preached the gospel to) which beforehand were disobedient (Some previously disobedient heard the gospel and became saints).* When Once long ago the long suffering of GOD waited in the days of Noah while the ark was being prepared were a few , eight souls, were saved by water.

In the day Peter wrote this there was no such thing as punctuation so where one sentence ends and an other begins is determined by change of thought or additional information.  In verse 20 between the words disobedient and when should be a period because the previous sentences had to do with Christ but the verses after shifts to the days of Noah, a change of thought.  The words after disobedient “once long ago” is Strongs number 4218 it means “formerly in old time” and this is where the thought changes from Christ to Noah.  Seeing it this way will agree with the teaching of the resurrection and confirm there is no immediate life after death. It removes the appearance of scripture contradicting itself. Anyone who has been involved in other heresies like Preterism or been a preacher in a false church is especially susceptible to Satanic deceptions. They carry a lot of excess baggage from the world. 

Now, in 2 Peter 2:5  Peter calls Noah a preacher of righteousness.  Who did Noah preach to ? The spirits in prison of his day, living humans. The prison is being condemned to death and awaiting execution because of sin.  In the day of Jesus he too preached to the spirits in prison, living people also condemned to death because of sin. Isaiah 49:9  Isaiah 42:7  Isaiah 61:1 are all prophetic about Jesus.  The fulfillment is Luke 4:18-21  

In each case only a few would be saved. Those few were beforehand or formerly disobedient but repented and were baptized and given the spirit.  They became saints, formerly disobedient but now obedient.  No one in Noah’s day responded to his righteous preaching except his family. Jesus had a better turn out than Noah did but not by much because there were only 120 people in that upper room on the day of Pentecost and this after Jesus had preached to thousands of people.  1 Peter 3:21 connects all of these verses to BAPTISM with the eight saved by water in Noah’s day to the baptism in Christ that is in his name. 

* Isaiah 49:9   Isaiah 42:7   Luke 1:77-79  Luke 4:18

Isaiah 61:1   Psalm 146:7   Psalm 102:19-20

You and I, before our conversion, were spiritual prisoners held captive by Satan , spirits in prison, in this world with no hope.  We have been set free , released from the prison of the Devil and the law, the Ten Commandments.  

1 Peter 3:18-20 is not about Christ somehow surviving death and preaching to spirits who lived in the days of Noah.  

The resurrection is a doctrine of the church, Hebrews 6:2,  and doctrine does not change therefore if a resurrection is when the dead are brought back to life again it means they were dead beforehand.  It means they were unconscious and dead but the resurrection makes them conscious and alive. Dead people can't even sin anymore.

 Romans 6:7 "for anyone who has died has been  set free from sin." This is because dead people cannot think, speak or act.

Quite frankly the truth of life and death and the resurrection I consider to be one of the easiest doctrines to understand when a person has the Holy Spirit.  If someone can’t grasp this easy truth then how will they grasp the harder truths. Two of The three saints I fellowship with have known this truth for 40 years.  Satan is described as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.  Those who Satan seeks are the saints because he already has the world.  Satan wants the saints of GOD.  It is also said that;  “in the latter days some will depart from the faith giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons.”  1 Timothy 4:1   One doctrine of the demons is immediate life after death.  If you have fallen for this lie then you are in great danger of being devoured.  

I am not writing to the world but to those GOD is in some fashion working with, weather converted or not.  My words are in no way intended to insult, demean or brag about my spiritual understanding. This isn’t an ego trip on my part.  I truly desire to help the people GOD is working with but if they close their minds and adhere to the doctrines of demons then I can do nothing, it is then in GODS hands to deal with them. 

One of the tests to determine who is converted or not is given in 1 John 4:4-6  

 "whoever is from GOD listens to us but whoever is not from GOD does not listen to us."  

The “us” in this verse are the mature elect saints.

When I see someone who held so much promise fall for a Satanic deception and will not listen to those who are mature Christian saints that attempt to correct their error then I am greatly disappointed and saddened.  These rebellious minds reveal what spirit they are of.  Rather than listen they only want to continue to push the lie they believe and all sense of spiritual logic and reason are gone.  This is the parable of the sower in real life application. 

 Even though I know that only GOD calls and chooses people the saints do not always know immediately who truly is chosen but wait to see the fruits of the spirit working in a person, to see what kind of ground their seed fell upon.  Over the last 30 years there have been a few that I had hope for only to find that they were never chosen.  All of them have had some lie they embraced and would not let go.  Because of my poor track record in seeking out other elect of GOD I see this as a learning experience that I should be concerned from now on with those who have truly grown in the spirit and have shown themselves to have been called and chosen; the small group I fellowship with.  I will continue writing articles but will not seek out anyone,  just be a quiet witness to the truth.