{"id":18437,"date":"2025-07-18T01:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T05:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=18437"},"modified":"2025-07-08T15:13:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T19:13:42","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-7-18-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-7-18-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of The Day – 7-18-25"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Matthew 16:21 (LSB) 21 From that time Jesus began to show 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 up on the third day.<\/p>\n

As the day drew nearer for Jesus to be crucified and sacrificed for the sins of humanity, He tried to drive this home with His disciples.<\/p>\n

He wanted them to understand His purpose as a whole\u2014not just while He was with them.<\/p>\n

It was a weighty topic for them to understand. This was clear by Peter\u2019s reaction, as he pulled Jesus aside and rebuked Him for saying these things.<\/p>\n

Matthew 16:22 (LSB) 22 And Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, \u201cGod forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to You.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s important for us to remember that in yesterday\u2019s devotional, we heard Peter proclaim that Jesus was the Son of God, as revealed to him by God.<\/p>\n

But in this instance, Peter was rebuking the long-awaited Messiah and setting himself <\/i>up to be rebuked. Let\u2019s look.<\/p>\n

Matthew 16:23 (NKJV) 23 But He turned and said to Peter, \u201cGet behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n

And just like that, Peter had gone from speaking words inspired and revealed by God, to speaking words that were equated to Satan himself.<\/p>\n

And what about John the Baptist?<\/p>\n

He had previously proclaimed that Jesus was the lamb of God.<\/p>\n

Matthew 11:2-3 (NKJV) 2 And when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples 3 and said to Him, \u201cAre You the Coming One, or do we look for another?\u201d<\/p>\n

How could two people who had been given divine revelation about Jesus change so quickly? How could they question who Jesus was, and what His purpose was?<\/p>\n

By \u201cgetting in the flesh\u201d and forgetting what God had revealed to them.<\/p>\n

It can happen in a split second, taking us from Spirit to flesh. And we suddenly start to question what we knew to be absolute.<\/p>\n

This is the reason that we must walk by the Spirit; to listen intently for the voice of God, and live by that voice.<\/p>\n

The Spirit of God will show us truth. The flesh will fail us every time.<\/p>\n

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie<\/p>\n

Seven Seas Ministries
\n49 N Lamplighters Walk
\nHampstead, NC 28443<\/p>\n

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