In this episode of Sermons and Devotional on Radio Cape Pulpit, Rodney Brown brings a Bible message from Matthew chapter 16, verse 21, where Jesus begins to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and be raised again the third day. Rodney begins by recalling the context: Jesus had asked His disciples, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?" and then, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Jesus told Peter that this was revealed to him not by flesh and blood, but by the Father in heaven. From that point, Jesus began to speak about His coming suffering and death. Rodney explains that Jesus said He must go to Jerusalem because this was the only way by which mankind could be saved. He traces the problem of sin back to Adam, who disobeyed God and brought sin into the world, and all of mankind followed him into sin. Jesus, being the Lord, knew all that lay before Him, and as surely as He said these things, they were fulfilled. Rodney refers to Luke 24:6-7, where the women at the tomb were reminded that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified, and rise again the third day. He marvels at how serious sin must be when we see the length to which God went to save sinners. God knew everything His Son would have to go through, yet He was still willing to send Him, as John 3:16 declares: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son." Jesus Himself, knowing all things that would come upon Him, went forward to meet those who came to arrest Him in the Garden of Gethsemane. Rodney emphasises that Jesus did not go through all of this because of any wrong in Himself—He had committed no sin—but because of us, that we might be rescued from our sins and their final consequences. He asks what our response is to such love, and poses the question: "What do you think of Christ? What does He mean to you?" He reminds listeners that our only hope for eternity is in Christ Himself, and refers to Peter's words when many left Jesus: "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." Rodney concludes by urging listeners to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ today and find in Him eternal life.