WHEN GOD’S WAY DOESN’T LOOK LIKE OUR WAY
Mark 8:31–33

I. THE MANDATE OF THE MESSIAH Mark 8:31“And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.”

A. THE SUFFERING HE ENDUREDThe Son of man must suffer many things”
B. THE REJECTION HE EXPERIENCED “And be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes”
C. THE RESURRECTION HE ANNOUNCED ter three days rise again”

II. THE MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE DISCIPLE Mark 8:32 “And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.”

A. PETER’S PRESUMPTION“Peter took him, and began to rebuke him”
B. PETER’S PASSION“And began to rebuke him”
C. PETER’S PROBLEM He could not yet see the necessity of the cross

III. THE REBUKE OF THE LORD Mark 8:33 “But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.”

A. JESUS CONFRONTED THE ERROR “He rebuked Peter”
B. JESUS EXPOSED THE ADVERSARY “Get thee behind me, Satan”
C. JESUS EXPOSED THE MINDSET“For thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men”