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because they have this entire theatrical scene where like when Jesus Christ dies he goes into Abraham's bosom and he preaches to them okay now look at the button this and this is their text verse look at 1st Peter chapter 3 verse 17 for it is better if the will of God be so that you suffer for well-doing than for evil doing for Christ also has once suffered for sins the just for the unjust that he might bring us to God being put to death in the flesh but quickened by the spirit by which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison okay so they'll use this verse to say yeah well this is proof that when he died he went to he went to Abraham's bosom and they had like a revival service or something like that where he's like preaching to them now there is a wide spectrum of what people believe actually took place when he went to Abraham's bosom because when you ask the hyper dispensation lists they'll say well he went there to basically get them saved okay and when you ask the mild dispensation lists our beloved brethren who are fundamental Baptists who don't go all the way to dispensational salvation he just says they'll say well he just preached the spirits in prison and just kind of released them and brought them with them has nothing to do with salvation or anything like that okay but this is the this is the first they'll use it in fact when I was in Bible College I remember teachers using this to say as proof that Abraham's bosom was a prison for Old Testament believers now let me ask you this why are they being in prison for what crimes have they committed I mean is this communism is it what what what are they teaching here where they're going to prison for for being saved they're going to prison because they're God's people I mean what is the deal here okay now let me explain to you what this particular verse is talking about he says in verse 18 for Christ also once had suffered for sins that just for the unjust that he might bring us to God being put to death in the flesh but quickened by the Spirit brought to life by the Spirit quickened means being brought to life right and he says being quickened by the Spirit by which also he went and preached into the spirits in prison so by the Spirit of God he went to go preach to the spirits in prison does that make sense now go with me if you would to Luke chapter number 4 Luke chapter number 4 because even though we know that that teaching is very stupid okay holds no basis in Scripture we do have to explain what that means right I mean we're not gonna be like these other guys like that's false and they're just not explained the verse let's go to the verses that they use I love using the Bible not afraid of any scripture what is he talking about well look at Luke chapter 4 verse 17 and there was delivered unto him referring to Jesus the book of the Prophet of Zayas and when he had opened the book he found a place where it was written the Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has no anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor he had sent me to heal the brokenhearted to preach deliverance to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind to set at liberty them that are bruised the Bible says so what is he talking about he's referring to the fact that he came to this earth to release us of Satan's captivity because anybody who's not saved is under the captivity of Satan right I mean doesn't the Bible say that Satan is the god of this world who has blinded the minds of them which believe not lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ who is the image of God should shine unto them you know Satan is the god of this world you know the people who are not saved are Gordon going according to the course of this world they're under in a sense the control of Satan where they just believing a lie they're held captive you understand and so when we go on and preach the gospel yeah we're preaching to the body but more specifically we're preaching to the spirit that abides in the body you understand so when the Bible says that he went to preach to the spirits in prison he's referring to he's preaching to the unsaved people he's going to relieve them release them of their captivity that's what it's referring to and look folks that I mean what do we call evangelism in our church soul-winning we don't call it body winning why do we call it soul-winning we call someone because we're winning their souls to Christ because the emphasis is on the spiritual aspect understanding that the body doesn't necessarily matter it's the spirit that matters we want to quicken the spirit by the Spirit of God by preaching the gospel unto them this is the emphasis that God is placing here that he went to go preach to the spirits of prison well this whole world is in prison by Satan himself okay it doesn't mean that you know that Jesus Christ went to Abraham's bosom and he gathered everyone together and he just preached this great sermon to them and then you know some of them are like I don't believe you I think I'm gonna stay here you know and others are like this is great this is the greatest sermon I've ever heard folks we can literally compare Luke chapter 4 and say that he's referring to the spirits in prison now let me ask you this when do they believe he went to the spirits in prison and Abraham's bosom when do they believe that he went there when he died right well look what Luke chapter 4 says verse 19 to preach the acceptable I sorry I didn't even put the verse here let me let me go here first Luke chapter 4 verse 17 says verse 18 says the Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor he has sent me to heal the broken heart to preach deliverance to the captives and recovering of the sight to the blind to set a liberty them that are bruised to preach the acceptable year of the Lord and he closed the book and he gave it again to the minister and sat down and the eyes of them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him and he began to say to them this day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears oh so according to this portion of Scripture he preached to the spirits in prison when he died no he preached it this day showing us the timeline