univac

But Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are an offense to me, because you are not thinking God's thoughts but human thoughts!"



God bless

smellycat

this shows us how focused we need to be.

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1. GOOD BAD SALVATION

forgivenWretch

That is a very common phrase for me, as it seems that the harder I try to get closer to Christ, Satan rears his ugly self-centered self!

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I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. ~Galileo

Boanerges

A good scripture- what the natural man sees as good and right is generally in direct opposition to the will of God.

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“Neither skill nor knowledge is needed to go to God, all that is necessary is a heart dedicated entirely and solely to Him out of love for Him above all others.”
Brother Lawrence

Jon-Marc

Peter certainly didn't want to see His Lord crucified and was upset at the idea. However, the devil was using him to try to talk Jesus out of His mission--to die for the lost.