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Matthew 16:21-23

The key words in this passage are: third day, stumbling block and concerns. Jesus contrasts the concerns of God with the concerns of humans. This follows right on the heels of Peter's confession of Jesus as the Messiah and Son of God. I think this gives further evidence for Peter being the rock upon which Jesus will build his Church because I think Jesus and Matthew are contrasting the foundational rock in the previous section with the stumbling block to Jesus that Peter has become in this section. I guess technically it is Peter's words that are the stumbling block so it could still be Peter's words that are the foundational rock upon which Jesus will build his Church.
The convicting words in this passage are, "you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns." I know that there are so many times when I do not have concerns of God in mind. I know that I too often pursue human concerns. These words of conviction stop me short because it isn't just that I have the wrong concerns in mind but that I am in direct opposition to the concerns and agenda of God which makes me as much a Satan as Peter. Father, forgive me. Let your kingdom and righteousness be my main and only concern.