IF YOU ARE GOING TO SURVIVE THE STORMS...YOU NEED A SEAWORTHY SHIP
THERE ARE GOING TO BE STORMS
1 Peter 3:17 ESV
[17] For it is better to suffer (undeserved) for doing good, if that should be God's will (it is), than for doing evil.
CHRIST IS THE SEAWORTHY SHIP
1 Peter 3:18-20 ESV
[18] For Christ also suffered once (new concept for Jews) for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous (undeserved), that he might bring us (given restricted access) to God, being put to death in the flesh (body dead) but made alive (spirit always alive) in the spirit, [19] in which he went and proclaimed (preached a victory message) to the spirits in prison (who? where? when?), [20] because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience (120 yrs) waited in the days of Noah (depraved, demon dominated people, producing a totally corrupt generation, needing to be destroyed), while the ark (type of salvation) was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water (consequences and judgment).
YOU HAVE TO GET IN...AND ENJOY THE RIDE!
1 Peter 3:21-22 ESV
[21] Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body (what it symbolizes) but as an appeal (answer/agreement to a contract) to God for a good conscience (clear window), through the resurrection (alive) of Jesus Christ, [22] who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO SURVIVE THE STORM...YOU NEED A SEAWORTHY SHIP...
CHRIST IS THE SEAWORTHY SHIP...
YOU HAVE TO GET IN AND ENJOY THE RIDE!