{"id":7146,"date":"2015-11-25T00:05:07","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T08:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/?p=7146"},"modified":"2015-11-24T14:24:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T22:24:38","slug":"no-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2015\/11\/25\/no-way\/","title":{"rendered":"No Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jesus made it clear to his disciples that it was now necessary for him to go to Jerusalem, submit to an ordeal of suffering at the hands of the religious leaders, be killed, and then on the third day be raised up alive. Peter took him in hand, protesting, \u201cImpossible, Master! That can never be!\u201d<\/p>\n

\tBut Jesus didn\u2019t swerve. \u201cPeter, get out of my way. Satan, get lost. You have no idea how God works.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThen Jesus went to work on his disciples. \u201cAnyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead. You\u2019re not in the driver\u2019s seat; I am. Don\u2019t run from suffering; embrace it. Follow me and I\u2019ll show you how. Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to finding yourself, your true self. What kind of deal is it to get everything you want but lose yourself? What could you ever trade your soul for?<\/p>\n

\t\u201cDon\u2019t be in such a hurry to go into business for yourself. Before you know it the Son of Man will arrive with all the splendor of his Father, accompanied by an army of angels. You\u2019ll get everything you have coming to you, a personal gift. This isn\u2019t pie in the sky by and by. Some of you standing here are going to see it take place, see the Son of Man in kingdom glory.\u201d (Matthew 16:21-28)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\tAre Peter and the Devil the same person? When Jesus referred to Peter as Satan, he was not making an identification of who Peter was. He didn\u2019t mean that Peter was suddenly possessed by the Devil. Rather, Jesus meant that Peter\u2019s statement was the sort of thing that Satan would say.<\/p>\n

\tPeter, along with most Jewish people of the time, believed that the Messiah would be leading a triumphant revolt against the hated Roman occupiers. A dying Messiah didn\u2019t fit his expectations, so Peter rejected Jesus\u2019 words. And Satan\u2019s expectations of the Messiah were the same as Peter\u2019s. Satan, too, expected Jesus to lead a rebellion against the Romans. Satan, too, expected Jesus to establish the kingdom of God on Earth, with the Davidic monarchy restored to all its glory. Neither Peter nor Satan knew what Jesus was actually planning to do. Peter, by his well-intentioned words, was attempting to thwart God\u2019s plan in the same way Satan hoped to thwart God\u2019s plan.<\/p>\n

\tProtecting someone from death is a good thing, unless it\u2019s Jesus who is dying to save us from our sins. Sometimes the right thing feels wrong. You have to be guided by love and you have to listen to God. <\/p>\n

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