Class Outline:
Pastor-Teacher
John Farley
Wednesday,
April 27, 2011
Spiritual Gifts Part 113: Our union with our resurrected High Priest anchors our soul.
The Doctrine of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit
C. The Baptism of the Spirit is the ministry of God the Holy Spirit in placing every new believer into permanent union with the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ and His Body the Church.
But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
A conscience containing doctrine is the basis for meeting the demands that life places on us, for handling all the problems of life including unfair treatment and misunderstandings.
The quality of our conscience is directly related to our capacity for life, and that is what Peter is bringing out in 1 Peter.
suneidesis is joined by the adjective agathos both here in verse 16 and again in verse 21. “good conscience” in the English.
ἀγαθός agathos Of a good constitution or nature. Peaceful, joyful, happy, in relation to having been reconciled to God (Thayer’s definition for 1 Pet 3:21)
describes that which, being "good" in its character or constitution, is beneficial in its effect; [Vine]
The pairing of the noun suneidesis with the adjective agathos refers to the “good of intrinsic value conscience” which results from spiritual growth, notably spiritual self-esteem.
If we don’t keep that good conscience, we will suffer shipwreck when the storms and pressures of life really hit hard.
The subject is believers suffering for the cause of Christ and how to handle that.
This part of the letter is dealing with salvation in the experiential sense of being delivered in the midst of temptations, attacks and persecutions.
1 Peter 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. KJV
aorist passive indicative of diasozo = to bring safely through a danger; to rescue completely from danger; to bring safe through
keep safe, keep from perishing; is also used in the passive voice, signifying "to escape," said of shipwrecked mariners.
present passive infinitive of σώζω save, i.e. deliver or protect (literally or figuratively)
They said, " Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household."
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
In , sozo refers to being rescued from the storm-tossed seas. It has nothing to do with our so-great
salvation wrought by the blood of Christ.
“to bring safely through” here in verse 43 is that verb diasozo. This is the same word Peter uses in .
The people that stayed out of the water and were safe INSIDE THE ARK were rescued.
