“It seems harsh, doesn’t it? ‘Get behind me, Satan!’” Torres said, wincing as he repeated the quote. “Jesus is saying this to Peter, but He’s speaking to the belief system inside of Peter. And that belief system is inside all of us.” Indeed, the “things of man” Peter worried about twenty centuries ago are the same things that preoccupy us today: wealth, prestige, control. All of this, Torres said, competes with Jesus for our hearts. Everything to which we attach significance in this life—family, country, politics, bodily health, even the clothes we wear and the food we eat—can become a
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