The Battleground of the Soul by T. Austin-Sparks
Reading: Matt. 16:13-25; Luke 22:31-34( below). “Blessed art thou, Simon… My Father (hath revealed it unto thee)” (Matt. 16:17). “He… said unto Peter, Get thee behind Me, Satan” (Matt. 16:23). “Simon… Satan asked to have you… but I made supplication for thee” (Luke 22:31-32; A.S.V.). We have before us the spiritual history in the making of a servant of God, and this can be seen in the representative and very human case of Simon Peter. The thing which comes out of the passages above is the fact that, in the life of one who stands related vitally to the …