1 Peter 3: United to Christ Through the Waters

This sermon explains Peter’s statement that “baptism now saves you” by showing that baptism is an act of faith, an appeal to God for a good conscience, made effective only through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Drawing from 1 Peter 3, Romans 6, Hebrews, and the imagery of Noah, the message clarifies that baptism is not a mechanical ritual but a public pledge of union with Christ. Just as a wedding ring signifies marriage, baptism signifies a believer’s covenantal identification with Jesus—His death, His resurrection, and the new life that follows. The sermon walks through the judgment imagery of water, our union with Christ’s death to sin, and the promise that we now walk in newness of life. Ultimately, baptism publicly marks believers as belonging to Christ and testifies that they have been placed “in the ark” of Christ, saved through judgment by His finished work.