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How do I keep my mind right. Matthew 16:21-23Matthew 16:21-23 READ and ExplainFirst time Jesus talks about the resurrection- peter pulls Jesus aside to rebuke him, Jesus calls him Satan, and tells him that he has his mind wrongCool hand luke- Dirt in, dirt out, “whats your dirt doing in boss’s hole” “you got your mind right”Jesus wont do that- but you want to keep your mind right- you don’t want to be called Satan by Jesus- that was peter’s problem- his mind wasn’t right-  Jesus said that he was and “offense”The term offense was bc Peter ‘was not mindful of the things of God’Offense- a breach of a law or rule; an illegal act.Offense- annoyance or resentment brought about by a perceived insult to or disregard for oneself or one's standards or principles.Bible Definitions of offenseProskope- leading into error2 Corinthians 6:3We give no offense in anything, that our ministry may not be blamed.Skandalon- leading them into sin creating something that ‘trips them up”Skandalizo- enticing them to sin1 Corinthians 1:23 but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness,And then Jesus says to peter- “you are an offense to me” a “stumbling block”People say “we don’t want to offend anyone” but they mean it in a “annoyance or resentment brought about by a perceived insult to or disregard for oneself or one's standards or principles.”People build resentment because they perceive that they have been insulted on their principlesBut this Bible offense is to “lead people into error” or “lead them into sin instead of God”Matt 16:23 “You are an offense to Me,” skandalon- you’re trying to trip me up- you’re trying to keep me from going forward- you’re a ‘stumbling block’What was happening in this instance- was that Peter was trying to hold Jesus back from what he needed to do- go to the Cross- he wasn’t challenging his principles.Ellicott: Peter’s sin lay in the fact that his mind was set on the things of earth, its outward pomp and pageantry, measuring the future by a human not a divine standard.Peter says “ 22 Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!”Peter has a plan to keep Jesus from going to the cross- He is this type of Guy- its why he was the one who had the sword when Jesus was going to the crucifixion- He wants to defend JesusIt’s admirable- but not what Jesus wants him to do- he challenges him, calls him Satan, says he’s a stumbling block and says “you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.””What had sent Peter astray- was not his heart- It’s a good heart he wants to defend Jesus- who wouldn’t? it was that he was thinking with his emotions and not his intellect- he couldn’t see past his own ideas of what anyone would do to defend a friend- but that wasn’t God’s planGod’s plan is to send Jesus to the cross to die for all of humanities sins- Peter would have stopped that if he had kept Jesus from Going to the cross- he was an “offense”What’s crazy is that Jesus had apparently JUST spoke to these guys about what the plan was-V21 From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.But shortly after (we don’t know how much time has elapsed) Peter forgets!Remember- This is the gent that Jesus encouraged his profession of Faith “on this rock I will build my church” and now he’s not going with the plan-

So how do we get our minds right?

First off get it in your mind that It is possible to offend God- under stand “offense”And when we “offend him” its an abomination not a “stumbling block” definition- - properly something disgusting (morally), that is, (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol: - abominable (custom, thing),