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1 | What Did Judas Do to be called Traitor? | Luke 6:16 | jeremiah1five | 241752 | ||
PART TWO: On the question of Judas Iscariot, a brother in whom most in Christendom as well as the world looks to with great disgust and hatred, I have found to be a man whose name is in the book of life, hand-picked by the Lord after spending all night in prayer with His Father "to be with him" (Mk. 3:14 implying intimacy), that Jesus' statement "better if he'd not been born" somewhat a peculiar statement indeed. If he had not been born he would not be "among the twelve" (as the Holy Spirit says many times in what I see as His attempt to drive home the fact that he was truly elect of God), he would not have covenanted for 30 pieces, would not have led others to arrest Jesus, there would be no midnight trial, no conviction and sentence of death, no beatings and crucifixion of the Lamb of God, no substitutionary death in my stead, no atonement and we would all still be in our sins without hope. Tell me, would it truly have been better? It wasn't the guilt that caused him to commit suicide, as you say, but something else. Jesus said "woe [grief] to that man that would betray Him, and grief is what Judas' actions brought him. But what caused him to commit suicide? It was his obedience to God's Law which required eye for eye and life for life. Did you forget what the Law says about a person under this Covenant that was complicit in the death of an innocent brethren? Yes, it is life for life. Judas SAW the Lord was condemned and this is what led to his repentance to try to buy back the life of Jesus with the same silver that brought His condemnation. If the priests were obedient to the Law themselves they would have accepted Judas' confession of sin and took him out back and stoned him, but what did they say instead? Matthew 27:4 (KJV) "Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that." In other words, they told him "YOU handle it!" And he did. Other than falling on a sword he chose the rope and hung himself in obedience to the Law of God which required life for life. Scripture in Matthew 27 also says Judas "brought forth fruits worthy of repentance" when he BROUGHT BACK the silver and tried to buy back the life of Jesus. When that didn't work he threw the money on the Temple floor (repentance completed - he rejected the mammon), and went out and committed suicide. Now, isn't confession of one's sins, repentance (180 degree turn), obedience to God's Law all elements of salvation in Christian, or should I say, Biblical doctrine? Indeed it is. It is on these grounds and others upon which I base my faith that Judas Iscariot was elect of God and saved, and will be among the great cloud of witnesses that will return with the Lord to reclaim a perfectly restored, changed, and resurrected body. |
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2 | What Did Judas Do to be called Traitor? | Luke 6:16 | justme | 241774 | ||
Jerimiah: You indeed have a unique understanding about Judas. In sincere Christian love I mean no harm to you. If you think your study on the salvation of Judas is backed by Scripture, I personally have never heard or read such a conclusion. However, in the end judas like me and the rest of the world will face Jesus Christ, my prayer is He will welcome me into His heaven. There is nothing I have done to merit Heaven, it is the Grace, and Mercy, that Jesus paid the price for my sins, and I have repented, that permit me, a wretched sinner, th enter His heaven. I find no place in the Gospels that Judas did anything but feel sadness and guilt, and that friend is not repentance. Only the Father knows for sure where Judas is,, but the WORD indicates Judas is not with Jesus now. justme |
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3 | What Did Judas Do to be called Traitor? | Luke 6:16 | jeremiah1five | 241776 | ||
No, sadness and guilt is not repentance. Returning the money is. Don't ignore this fact. It's right there in Scripture. It's not I that has a "unique understanding," I have a Biblical understanding. I am not rejecting the Scripture for a leaning on my own understanding as I do and say things that are right in my own eyes. And whatever is revealed in Scripture is for [us] and our children so that we may DO all the words of this law (Deut. 29:29). I'm sure others can read and see in the Scripture that Judas did repent [change his mind], except they don't have the courage or the Biblical constancy to contradict you in public. I run into that spirit all the time. |
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4 | What Did Judas Do to be called Traitor? | Luke 6:16 | justme | 241801 | ||
Jeremiah; I wish you would put something about your self in the Update Account. It gives some idea who we are talking to. After the many posts you have made it is long over due. justme |
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