Sometimes our best intentions can lead us astray. Peter could not imagine His master nailed to a cross, and told Him so. But Matthew chapter 16 records a stern rebuke from Jesus to Peter: Get thee behind me, Satan! Jesus knew that the cross was His destiny, and would not allow anything to stand between Him and the death God had planned from eternity.
Dr. Erwin Lutzer: July 28, 2011
Sometimes our best intentions can lead us astray. Peter could not imagine His master nailed to a cross, and told Him so. But Matthew chapter 16 records a stern rebuke from Jesus to Peter: Get thee behind me, Satan! Jesus knew that the cross was His destiny, and would not allow anything to stand between Him and the death God had planned from eternity.