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1 | Why did Jesus encourage to betray? | John 13:27 | JCrichton | 145372 | ||
Hi, Doc! I understand your position... there are those who belief that if Judas would have searched Jesus out and asked for forgiveness, he would have found salvation... They forget that Peter just minutes before (or hours) had professed that he would never abandon Jesus, that he would follow Him to the death (John 13:36-38) and the others said as much (Mark 14:27-31)... at the end they all left Him! If the most fervent believers broke away when danger arose, how could a lukewarm believer open his heart and spirit to the Truth? In the Old Testament we hear about Israel's rebelliousness, how God used other nations to punish them... we also hear how God would punish these same nations for going to far in their mistreatment of Israel... also we hear how God welcomes these nations back into Him... God's Way is not our ways! Christ asked the Father to forgive those who would crucify Him... not just those who did the actual nailing... He spoke for all (inclusive of the high priest and the guard that would pierce Him after His death)... Did Judas know more than any of the above? Did he have some particular insight that revealed to him that he was betraying God? Was Judas' guilt greater than the high priest, the colective religious, the Roman soldiers that paraded, assualted, crucified Jesus? Yes, he was designated "the son of perdition," but does that mean that God has no power to redeem him? Does it mean that God destined one lowly human to betray his Master and then simply left him to his own abilities? If Christ had so much Mercy for those who took part in His crucifixion, could He not have some mercy for the one who could do nothing but betray Him? Could it not be that Jesus gave Judas his only way to redeem himself when He said that it would be better for the one who betrayed Him not to have been born? (Matthew 26:24) Ultimately, it is God only who knows to what end Judas came... so as the Archangel Michael, I will pass no judgment upon the evil committed by Judas, I will simply allow God to handle it! God Bless! Angel |
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2 | Why did Jesus encourage to betray? | John 13:27 | kalos | 145386 | ||
"Judas proved his repentance to be false by immediately committing another sin, suicide. Peter proved his to be true by serving the Lord faithfully ever after." - - - - - - - - - - Smith's Bible Dictionary NASB Acts 1:25 "to occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place." AMPLIFIED Acts 1:25 To take the place in this ministry and receive the position of an apostle, from which Judas fell away and went astray to go [where he belonged] to his own [proper] place. ************* Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament "To his own place (eiB ton topon ton idion). A bold and picturesque description of the destiny of Judas worthy of Dante's Inferno. There is no doubt in Peter's mind of the destiny of Judas nor of his own guilt. He made ready his own berth and went to it." (http://bible.crosswalk.com/Commentaries/RobertsonsWordPictures/) ************* John Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible 1:25 Fell - By his transgression - Some time before his death: to go to his own place - That which his crimes had deserved, and which he had chosen for himself, far from the other apostles, in the region of death. (http://bible.crosswalk.com/Commentaries/WesleysExplanatoryNotes/) ************* Easton's Bible Dictionary 'He perished in his guilt, and "went unto his own place" (Acts 1:25 ).' (http://www.biblestudytools.net/Dictionaries/EastonBibleDictionary/) ************* Smith's Bible Dictionary Ju’das Iscar’iot The end of Judas. -- (1) Judas, when he saw the results of his betrayal, "repented himself." (Matthew 27:3-10) He saw his sin in a new light, and "his conscience bounded into fury." (2) He made ineffectual struggles to escape, by attempting to return the reward to the Pharisees, and when they would not receive it, he cast it down at their feet and left it. (Matthew 27:5) But, (a) restitution of the silver did not undo the wrong; (b) it was restored in a wrong spirit, --a desire for relief rather than hatred of sin; (c) he confessed to the wrong party, or rather to those who should have been secondary, and who could not grand forgiveness; (d) "compunction is not conversion." (3) The money was used to buy a burial-field for poor strangers. (Matthew 27:6-10) (4) Judas himself, in his despair, went out and hanged himself, (Matthew 27:5) at Aceldama, on the southern slope of the valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, and in the act he fell down a precipice and was dashed into pieces. (Acts 1:18) "And he went to his own place." (Acts 1:25 ) "A guilty conscience must find neither hell or pardon." (5) Judas’ repentance may be compared to that of Esau. (Genesis 27:32-38; Hebrews 12:16,17) It is contrasted with that of Peter. Judas proved his repentance to be false by immediately committing another sin, suicide. Peter proved his to be true by serving the Lord faithfully ever after. --ED.) (http://www.biblestudytools.net/Dictionaries/SmithsBibleDictionary/) |
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3 | Why did Jesus encourage to betray? | John 13:27 | JCrichton | 145438 | ||
Hi, Kalos! Again, Faraoh was made blind to God's Power... this did not happen because he was a greater sinner than any of the other pagan kings... this happened because he happened to be the king enslaving Israel at the appointed time of God's deliverance! In the same manner, Judas was Jesus' betrayer not because he had the greatest and deepest sins in Israel, but simply because he was destined by God to initiate Jesus' crucifixion... Many choose to believe that Judas had complete control in what he did or that there was no need for him to betray Jesus because the high priest and the others would eventually manage to "get" Jesus... God's Plan does not count on man's intercession... it is the other way around: God intercedes in order that His Divine Plan comes to terms! Scriptures are beautiful when used properly, closing salvation on Judas is not a factor of Scripture for Jesus was clear that only one sin would not be forgiven of man and He asked the Father to forgive those who would crucify Him! God Bless! Angel |
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