PETER/He Was Loyal in the Face of Tests - Loyal When Corrected

 Peter must have realized that Jesus was not calling him Satan the Devil in any sense. After all, Jesus did did not speak to  as he had to Satan.  To Satan, Jesus had said:   "Go away"; to Peter, he said: "Get behind me." (Matthew 4:10) Jesus did not cast off this apostle in whom he saw a great deal of good, but he simply corrected Peter's wrong thinking in this matter.  It is not hard to see that Peter needed to stop getting in front of his Master as stumbling block and needed to get back behind him as a supportive follower.

Did Peter argue, get angry, or sulk?  No; he humbly accepted correction.  He thus demonstrated loyalty again. All those who follow Christ will need correction at times.  Only if we humbly accept discipline and learn from it can we continue to grow closer to Jesus Christ and his Father, Jehovah God. - Read Proverbs 4:13. 

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