Ritafee ---your quote ------The command “Get behind me, Satan,” spoken to Peter by Jesus, is recorded in
Matthew 16:23 and
Mark 8:33. “Get behind me, Satan” seems harsh and out of character for Jesus, especially when addressing Peter, one of His most devout disciples. Why did Jesus say this? What was it Peter did to deserve such a rebuke?
This is Matthew 16: 21- 23
Jesus Foretells His Death
21 [
i]From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples [clearly] that He must go to Jerusalem, and endure many things at the hands of the elders and the chief priests and scribes (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), and be killed, and be raised [from death to life] on the third day.
22 Peter took Him aside [to speak to Him privately] and began to reprimand Him, saying, “May God forbid it! This will never happen to You.” 23 But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on things of God, but on things of man.”
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The scripture answers your question ------
23 But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on things of God, but on things of man.”
unsafe says -----you have to know how Satan works -----and what God has allowed Him to do in this world ---Satan can only get into the mind and cause a thought that contradict what the word says -------Jesus came to shed His Blood and die on the Cross and Peter should have known that this was suppose to be the way it is -----Satan didn't want Jesus to die on the Cross because Satan knew it would be the end of his domination on this earth ----So who's thoughts did Satan attack -----the most beloved Disciple -----and Jesus knew who was behind the thinking of even questioning God's plan ------it wasn't Flesh and Blood Peter that said that -----it was the influence of Satan in getting Peter to question the Plan -----Remember Eve --Satan said ----you surly won't die -----
It is no different today ---Satan can only attack the person's mind to speak against the Word ----you win or loose the Battle in the mind there Ritafee ----what thoughts will you entertain today ----Satan wants you on his side and God wants you on His side ----we choose -----
Know your enemy and how he works his tangled web in our thoughts -------