Satan The Great Deceiver

Matthew 14; Matthew 15; Matthew 16
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Satan The Great Deceiver

Scripture

Matthew 16

21 From then on Jesus began to tell his disciples plainly that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem, and that he would suffer many terrible things at the hands of the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He would be killed, but on the third day he would be raised from the dead.

22 But Peter took him aside and began to reprimand him for saying such things. “Heaven forbid, Lord,” he said. “This will never happen to you!”

23 Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Get away from me, Satan! You are a dangerous trap to me. You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s.”

Observation

Peter suddenly became part of a dangerous trap for Jesus. Now how did that happen so quickly because just a few verses before this we read that Peter was the “rock” on which Christ was going to build His church.

Peter thought he was doing the right thing when he scolded Jesus about talking about His upcoming encounter with torture and death, but he was totally off track and his thinking was not from a godly perspective.

Looking at things from a worldly point of view always causes us to get off track and our focus turns inward.

Application

I will keep my focus on kingdom stuff today.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, help me to be focused on the things that matter to You. I pray for strength today to do things in a way that will please You. Work in the hearts of the people that I need to speak to and open their hearts to Your word.

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