Proverbs 27:7
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb;
but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Peter rebuked Jesus that this cannot happen to You (Mark 8:31-33), the prescriptions of God about how to save the world included the sacrifice of ‘The unblemished Lamb’ being Jesus and that was Gods perfect Love on display, however, Peter’s soul being void of understanding or full of ignorance, took the Master aside and rebuked Him.
Jesus rebukes Peter in vs 33 ‘Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.”
Peter is actually very full of Human ability, He is full of Zeal so much so that He is trying to save the Saviour.
Peter has no hidden Love much as the display of His open Love is rebuffed, even His open rebuke is trashed.
With all Peter’s ingenuity, He denied Jesus 3 times, Jesus also challenged Him three times on the subject of Love. We know Peter’s hidden Love caused Him to deny Jesus, His displayed Love was based on ignorance.
Jesus Loves unto death, because His Love was not emotional and is unconditional, it didn’t condemn, it trusted the very Peter that was full of ignorance or void of understanding.
Proverbs 27:5-6
⁵Open rebuke is better than secret love.
⁶Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Have You defined Love before You display it, Have You understood rebuke before You display it, when a man is full of zeal or ignorance, they cannot receive correction nor restoration.
Galatians 6:1-3
¹Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. ²Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. ³For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
A spiritually strong person may have no need of destroying a spiritually weak person, they would probably love them into repentance(a renewedunderstanding), but if the Spiritually weak assumes a position of strength, they cannot be taught nor restored.
Psalms 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:
a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Prophetic Utterance:
The Lord pleads my cause and never let’s go.
I shall never fear even when I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, because My Lord and My King, He is with me.
My soul is secure in Him for He teaches me things I could not learn.
Halleluya.
I am refined by God’s Spirit.
I am best of God.
Guiding Text:
Hebrews 13:5-6
⁵Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.⁶So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.