Mark 8:27-33 KJV
And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?
And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
It is interesting that, in many cases, most if not all of the four gospels contain accounts of the same events, but the accounts are not word for word identical. There is much to be learned by taking every account into account in our study. There is also much that is learned by considering that each account is written as it is under the leadership of the Holy Ghost and tells us exactly what we need to learn at that given moment. Mark uniquely gives us an account of what was one of Peter's highest points during Christ's earthly ministry, and in the same breath, what was one of his lowest.
And this demonstrates to us how fragile our personal testimony and our walk with the Lord can be. Even after spending hours developing our walk with the Lord. After spending serious quality time with the Word of God and in prayer where we knew we had the attention of our Saviour
One event
One sentence
One Personal encounter
One phone call
And in a moment we can be knocked off our walk with the Lord and enter into the works of the flesh. We may even believe we are still in the will of the Lord in doing so.
It is vital that we stay in fellowship with the Lord and that we remain humble, allowing others to confront us and rebuke us at any point. We are so prone to walk of the course of Christ, and we are so easily blinded by the flesh and the devil, that we often will not know we have gotten off course until someone else is able to point it out. The Moravians used to gather in small groups for the purpose of honestly pointing out faults in one another so there was opportunity to address and correct those areas. May we be so humble today!
And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?
And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
It is interesting that, in many cases, most if not all of the four gospels contain accounts of the same events, but the accounts are not word for word identical. There is much to be learned by taking every account into account in our study. There is also much that is learned by considering that each account is written as it is under the leadership of the Holy Ghost and tells us exactly what we need to learn at that given moment. Mark uniquely gives us an account of what was one of Peter's highest points during Christ's earthly ministry, and in the same breath, what was one of his lowest.
And this demonstrates to us how fragile our personal testimony and our walk with the Lord can be. Even after spending hours developing our walk with the Lord. After spending serious quality time with the Word of God and in prayer where we knew we had the attention of our Saviour
One event
One sentence
One Personal encounter
One phone call
And in a moment we can be knocked off our walk with the Lord and enter into the works of the flesh. We may even believe we are still in the will of the Lord in doing so.
It is vital that we stay in fellowship with the Lord and that we remain humble, allowing others to confront us and rebuke us at any point. We are so prone to walk of the course of Christ, and we are so easily blinded by the flesh and the devil, that we often will not know we have gotten off course until someone else is able to point it out. The Moravians used to gather in small groups for the purpose of honestly pointing out faults in one another so there was opportunity to address and correct those areas. May we be so humble today!
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