wouldn't be prudent

Saturday June 11th: Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. "Never, Lord!" he said. "This shall never happen to you!" Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men." I put this text in here to remind us how quickly pragmatism can get in the way of the Spirit. Peter had Just confessed Jesus as the Christ. Jesus mentions Jerusalem and crosses and Peter thought he had a better idea. Peter was playing god. Jesus didn’t go for it. There a lot of really good ideas that are not of the spirit. There are a lot of really bad ideas that are. Praying for your enemies, caring for the poor, giving your money away, giving of yourself, going to Jerusalem when they want to kill you there, they are all bad ideas. They make no sense. The only thing that makes them work is that they are from God. You can only do them with the Spirit.