Saint Athanasius Lutheran Church

Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you. That's what Peter said. It's our natural reaction. To bad news. But our denials don't change anything. These things do happen. Maybe we just don't want to think about it. So Peter's reaction? Yeah, I get it. So today, in the Holy Gospel. we heard an interesting contrast. Jesus sees death as something He MUST do. Peter sees death as something that should NEVER happen. Both are right. Peter's right -- death should not happen. Death has been imposed on us. The result of sin. Which is why Jesus must die. Because we die. If there is going to be any help for us at all, any hope for us at all, Jesus must die.