What is the distance between the Rock (corner stone of the church) and Satan (the enemy of the church)?
When Peter said the famous declaration about Jesus, You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God; he was praised by Jesus and given the name the name Rock (the corner stone of the church). After a while when he said the words, “no such things shall ever happen to you”, he was called Satan.
He got the appreciation because of his conviction about the aim of life i.e., the Glorious Jesus Christ. He was rebuked because he was wrong in grasping the way to reach that glorification. Therefore the distance between the Rock and Satan was the grasp of the aim and the way.
No success is possible without difficulty. To win an exam is glorious, but the way through which it is possible is hard work. To win a match is glorious, but the way to that glorious moment is strict practice. To be a good mother or father or child is glorious, but the way to that is self sacrifice – sacrificing one’s own comfort, time and energy for the family. To be a saint is glorious, but the cost of that is passion and death according to the will of God.
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