Getting it right and then immediately getting it wrong…
Posted on October 23rd, 2007 by James
Mark 8:31-33. After one brief shining moment of being correct, Peter makes a big mistake. It may not look that way from our perspective but to Jesus, Peter is trying to take the train down the wrong track altogether. What is so wrong with what Peter says? How can that have an effect on us today? Anyone else besides me guilty of being right one minute only to cross over to be wrong almost immediately? Was this a pride thing? These are some of the questions the Bible reading for this week seem to bring. I’ll be writing more as the week goes on and looking for comments if you have them.
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