A Study From 1 Peter Chapter 3 and 4 How To Live For God - Peter's Feed My Sheep Letter To Us Part 8

In 1 Peter chapter 3:18-22 we are told that Jesus suffered on the cross for us in order to make a way for us to reconnect with God by giving us power to overcome sin and live a righteous life. We are also told that before he resurrected Jesus went to preach and judged those who had died under the Old Covenant including those who died in Noah whose imagination and thoughts were continually evil. After his resurrection Jesus returned to heaven to sit at the right hand of God where all angels, authorities and powers are now subject unto him. In Chapter 4:1-4 Peter tells us that like Jesus who suffered in the flesh when he was crucified we must also be willing to suffer by crucifying the flesh by resisting our carnal sinful desires. We are called to cleans ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit (2 Cor 7:1), we can only achieve this by dying to the flesh through the renewing of our mind and by becoming doers of God word. We must put on the robe of righteousness, the only way we can get ride of the of the stains of sin is by dying to sin.