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But I want you to look at the words that Jesus says. He says, get behind me, Satan. And usually, I I just read that and I think, man, that is harsh. I hope I don't ever hear that from Jesus. And it is harsh. It's a harsh rebuke, but I want you to look at the the words, get behind me, Satan. You know, when the actual devil Satan really just means adversary, so he's saying, Peter, you're an adversary to me. Get behind me. When he's being tempted when Jesus was being tempted by the actual devil in the wilderness, he doesn't say get behind me, Satan. He says, get away from me, Satan. Be gone from me, Satan. Get behind me is discipleship language. Mhmm. Jesus is saying to Peter, follow behind me. Get behind me. Get in your right place behind me and learn from me. Stop going ahead of me. You're my disciple. You don't know what I know. You don't know everything. Get behind me and learn from See, Satan, he doesn't have any interest in being Jesus' disciple. That's why Jesus doesn't say, Satan, get behind me. He says, Satan, get away from me. Be gone from me. But Jesus says to Peter,