Mat 16:15 He
saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the
living God. 17 And Jesus answered and
said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not
revealed it unto thee, but my
Father which is in heaven. 18 And I say
also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church;
and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the
kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in
heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 20 Then charged he his disciples that they
should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ. 21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew 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. 22 Then Peter took him,
and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be
unto thee. 23 But he turned, and said unto
Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou
savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
In the first
instance, Jesus commends Peter for his astute, spiritual understanding, in the
very next occasion; Peter is rebuked for not being able to savor the things of
God.
Jesus praises
him as a rock in verses 17 and 18 and derides him as a devil in verse 23.
Talk about going
from hero to zero in no time at all!
And such is our
case, depending on our being filled with the Spirit or operating in the power
of the flesh.
In the Spirit,
we are capable of superhuman understanding and action. In the flesh we are
capable of abject stupidity and extreme wickedness.
Guess how I
know!!!
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