Matthew 16:21-23 From that time forth began Jesus to show to his disciples, how that he must go to Jerusalem… I. PETER'S UNWILLINGNESS TO MEET GOD'S WILL IN A COURSE OF SUFFERING, EVINCED BY HIS REBUKE OF CHRIST. 1. There was intimacy — "Then Peter took him." 2. There was disappointment. Peter was disappointed that his Lord should not have the glory he expected. 3. There was ignorance. Peter ought to have known the Scriptures were full of Christ's sufferings. 4. There was presumption. II. CHRIST'S WILLINGNESS TO FULFIL ALL GOD'S PLEASURE, EVINCED IN HIS REBUKE OF PETER. 1. The indignation of our Lord. 2. He exposed the carnality of his views. 3. Christ's love for sinners was persevering. (A. T. Burroughs.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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