Sermon Tone Analysis

Accepting the truth about the cross

Peter as an instrument to Satan

Excerpt From: A. W. Tozer & Ravi Zacharias.

“The Radical Cross.”

Apple Books.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-radical-cross/id986613418?mt=11

Excerpt From: A. W. Tozer & Ravi Zacharias.

“The Radical Cross.”

Apple Books.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-radical-cross/id986613418?mt=11

“All this it did and continued to do as long as it was permitted to remain what it had been originally—a cross.

Its power departed when it was changed from a thing of death to a thing of beauty.

When men made of it a symbol, hung it around their necks as an ornament or made its outline before their faces as a magic sign to ward off evil, then it became at best a weak emblem, at worst a positive fetish.

As such it is revered today by millions who know absolutely nothing about its power.”

Excerpt From: A. W. Tozer & Ravi Zacharias.

“The Radical Cross.”

Apple Books.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-radical-cross/id986613418?mt=11

Excerpt From: A. W. Tozer & Ravi Zacharias.

“The Radical Cross.”

Apple Books.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-radical-cross/id986613418?mt=11

that it was determined for Jesus Christ to die on the cross

Excerpt From: A. W. Tozer & Ravi Zacharias.

“The Radical Cross.”

Apple Books.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-radical-cross/id986613418?mt=11

It was the purpose for Jesus Christ coming to earth

Luke 9:55-

John 12:

The revelation revealed in verse 21 was preceded by Peter’s confession on who Jesus is

From that time

From that time - Jesus always walked according to the time table of His Father and His sovereign will

Jesus’ life was governed by the sovereign will of the Father

The timing of His birth

The timing of His ministry

Matthew

The timing of His death

Matthew

Luke 22:

John 12:

Jesus walked in the sovereign will of the Father

Jesus began to show to His disciples - Jesus is preparing His disciples for the certainity of the cross.

No turning back

Jesus begins speaking clearly about the cross

His ministry was based upon the Father’s plan

Before this time Jesus’ death was referred to but not as plainly

Was Jesus calling Peter Satan or was Jesus speaking directly to Satan?

Either way Peter was being used as an instrument and representative of Satan

The Old Testament gave shadows or hints of the cross

The promise in the garden

The Old Testament

It was a tree that expelled the man and woman from paradise.

It would be a tree that would open up the way back into paradise

Abraham and Isaac some believe the spot they traveled to is close to the spot of the crucifixion

The Passover Lamb

1 Corinthians 5:7

Simeon in the Temple

Luke 2:25-35

John the Baptist

Jesus Himself

John 2

John 2:19-

This follows Peter’s confession on who Jesus is

That He must go to Jerusalem - the city were He is to die

Jerusalem = foundation of peace (Hebrew)

It was fitting that most violent and unjust act of history should take place in and near the city of peace.

For it was through this act that peace with God was made possible the only secure and safe peace agreement ever made

Jesus had no options

Jesus willingly journey to Jerusalem

And suffer many things - Experiencing physical or emotional pain.

The prayer in the Garden, the arrest, the trials, and the crucifixion

From the elders, and chief priests and scribes, - Sanhedrin

This ruling body was the main group instrumental in bringing Jesus to trial and bringing accusation about Him before Rome

And be killed, - Jesus literally died

And be raised again the third day - Jesus literally rose from the dead.

His heart had stopped and His heart began to beat again

The cross is repulsive to the human mind

Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, -

Peter failed many times due to depending upon his own flesh and mind

Luke 22:

Peter showed he had good theology previously but he still lacked spiritual understanding

Our response to the cross reveals in a small way God’s response to our sin

Saying, “Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!” -

This shall not happen to You!” -

Possibly Peter’s love and loyalty for the Savior moved him to make this statement but his response showed he nor the others understood the plan of salvation

If Jesus established His kingdom as they wanted what would life be like?

Use Lazarus death as an illustration

Peter and the others were blinded to who or what was their greater enemy.

It wasn’t Rome or the Sanhedrin

1 Corinthians 15: 54-

All the disciples saw the coming Messiah and His kingdom through their own fallible interpretation of the Old Testament.They could never fully comprehend or understand His suffering until after the resurrection.

It didn’t make sense to them this would be the way Jesus Christ would establish His kingdom

The Interpretation of St. Matthew’s Gospel Chapter 16

To this day, all who fail to see the damning power of sin are blind to the true necessity of the cross.

They see in Christ crucified (since he was, indeed, crucified) nothing but a noble martyrdom, a sacrifice only in this sense and reject “the blood theology” of the gospel, the sacrifice which involves substitution, redemption by the blood of God’s Son, and the cleansing of the soul from guilt by faith in this sacrificial blood.

Thus they need no essential Son in their theology, and his resurrection may be regarded as a myth.

Like Peter, they would have a kingship without the Messianic priesthood.

But the very thing for which Peter started to rebuke Jesus afterward became the kernel, yea, the Alpha and the Omega, of his apostolic preaching.

The cross is resisted by Satan