Mark 8:31-38 – Jesus rebukes Peter
- Peter is a believer in Jesus.
- At least he believes Jesus is the Messiah.
- This shows me that we can be a believer and yet have in mind not the things of God but of Man.
- Peter still believes that Jesus will be this political/military messiah. This might give Peter a high position in the coming Kingdom.
- But then Jesus brings that idea crashing down.
- The Satan [title not a name] is like a prosecutor at a court who loves to see people found guilty and punished. So much so that there are not enough people to prosecute to satisfy him and so he goes looking for those he can tempt so that he can then prosecute.
- He is not primarily the tempter but the accuser. Temptation is what he does because his desperation to accuse is so strong.
- Accusation is his heroin, he is a slave to it. It binds him.
- He is the biggest slave to sin of all. There will never be satisfaction for him.
- It has always been his way - 1 Chronicles 28:1
- I need to understand the devil's schemes - his primary task is not to tempt me but to taunt me.
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