Sunday of the Flood (NTA)

1 Peter 3:8-22
8 Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. 9 Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. 10 For
“Whoever desires to love life
and see good days,
let him keep his tongue from evil
and his lips from speaking deceit;
11 let him turn away from evil and do good;
let him seek peace and pursue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are open to their prayer.
But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
13 Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? 14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, 15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, 16 having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. 17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, 19 in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, 20 because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. 21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection 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.
The Holy Bible : English standard version. 2001 (1 Pe 3:8-22). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.

People need to turn away from their evil ways. You think this is not true. Look at the evil in your own life. Have you repaid evil for evil? Have you shown everyone sympathy and brotherly love? But every inclination of people's hearts are toward evil.

Thanks be to God who sent his only Son Jesus Christ to die for the forgiveness of all of your sins. Christ the Lord is pure and holy he treats people with compassion and respect. Jesus Christ did suffer once for the sins of all to make you clean and to set the prisoner free.

Do you need anything more than that? In the Days of Noah God was patient with humanity. He waited while the Ark was being constructed for people to turn from their wickedness. If you look really hard you can see an ark being built today as God is being patient. God then during the time of Judgment saved eight persons bringing them through water. If you look really hard today you can see people being brought through the water of Baptism. The Flood removed layers of dirt and stacked up the dead within those layers. But in Baptism we wash ourselves in the blood of Christ appealing to God.

When Christ returns, he will judge the world not with water but with Fire. Those who have washed their robes white in the blood of the Lamb will be saved. Those who do not turn from their evil, the face of the Lord will be set against them.