Day 4 - Matt 16.22
Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him,
saying, ‘God forbid it, Lord! This [death] must never happen to you.’
This passage comes
immediately after the one we looked at yesterday, in which Peter made a huge
statement of faith in Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of God.
But now Jesus has started to
talk about the fact that he must go to Jerusalem where he will face opposition
and arrest and will be killed because of
the message he is preaching.
Peter is horrified. How can
he think that God would let his Messiah suffer and die like this?
Jesus answers bluntly, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling
block to me, for you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human
things.” “Satan” meant “accuser” in Hebrew - like the
prosecution counsel in a trial. Peter’s words, though probably intended to
support Jesus, actually risk undermining his resolve to take this brave, but
frightening, course of action.
·
Have there been times when someone’s good intention to
support you had actually made you feel worse? Have you done this to others?
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