Peter wrote, “But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. Jesus said, “He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day ” (John 12:48). It is the word of the Lord that must be heard, believed and adhered to in this Christian age. We admit that most today are not as blatant in their rejection of the word of God as was Peter in this case as well as several more found in the New Testament, but man today has the tendency to do the same thing. But, when the Lord tells him about the death, burial and resurrection, Peter tells the Lord that He is wrong.

Also, being the Son of God, He certainly could not be mistaken or lying concerning the statements He had made. 16:16), so we can’t claim innocence on the grounds that Peter did not realize Jesus had the authority. Peter had just confessed in answer to a question from the Lord about who he thought the Lord was, “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Matt. Peter rejected that which the Lord clearly stated. There are a number of great lessons for us to learn from this event, and we will note just a couple of the more important of these.įirst, note that Peter did something here that was not uncommon for Peter, and we have observed not uncommon for man in general in this present age. But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offense unto me: for thou savorest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men” (Matt. Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. “From that time forth began Jesus to show unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. Upon reaching the coast of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus talked with His disciples about just who He was and also promised them that He would build His church and that they would receive the keys to the kingdom of heaven (Matt.

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