Before the Messiah would wear his crown, he had to carry a cross. In this sermon from Mark 8:31-33, Leon Pretorius shows how Jesus intentionally committed himself to a path of suffering, rejection, death, and resurrection — a path laid out in Old Testament prophecy and fulfilled by his resolute obedience to the Father. When Peter rebuked him, Jesus identified his action as a deviating Satanic temptation and, in doing so, laid the foundation for what true discipleship looks like: setting your mind on God's interests, not man's.