Jesus puts His disciples on the spot by asking, “Who do you say that I am?” With nowhere to hide, Peter boldly proclaims, “You are the Messiah.” 

With that correct answer, Jesus clearly explains what it means to be the Messiah: He will suffer, die, and be raised. The only problem? Peter doesn’t agree.

In this week’s conversation, we ask Lars Olson, why does Jesus call Peter, Satan? Satan tries to confuse God’s Word by asking, “Did God really say?” And that’s exactly what Peter is doing after Jesus explains what it means to have Him as the Messiah. 

We have our Messiah. What does that mean? We listen to His Word and recognize that He does exactly what He promised He would do. 

CONFIRMATION 

Does your church have a confirmation class? Luther House of Study is excited to present a comprehensive online confirmation curriculum. The curriculum includes interactive digital lessons and supplemental teacher guides featuring custom videos, quizzes, drag and drop tasks, discussion questions, scripture passages, and prayers about the Apostles’ Creed, the 10 Commandments, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Sacraments. Visit lutherhouseofstudy.org/confirmation to dive into the curriculum and share it with your church or your pastor. 

SING TO THE LORD 

To understand the importance of hymnody in the Lutheran church, Lars Olson and Mason Van Essen sit down with Zachary Brockhoff to discuss the lectionary's hymns, their meaning and history, and how the music preaches the Gospel. 

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GOSPEL 

Mark 8:27-38 

8:27- Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and on the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?"

8:28- And they answered him, "John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets."

8:29- He asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, "You are the Messiah."

8:30- And he sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about him.

8:31- Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes and be killed and after three days rise again.

8:32- He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

8:33- But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things."

8:34- He called the crowd with his disciples and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

8:35- For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.

8:36- For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life?

8:37- Indeed, what can they give in return for their life?

8:38- Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."

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