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NASB | John 13:11 For He knew the one who was betraying Him; for this reason He said, "Not all of you are clean." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 13:11 For He knew who was going to betray Him; for that reason He said, "Not all of you are clean." |
Subject: Do you forgive Judas? |
Bible Note: Dear Myah: I respectfully disagree that Judas will be part of the 12 who will judge the 12 tribes of Israel. Judas died unforgiven. Judas made a choice and that choice was to sell the Lord Jesus thinking that silver was more precious than the Son of God. Judas did not appreciate who Jesus was even though he had heard his words and saw his mighty miracles. One would think that such a testimony would have convinced anyone as close as Judas to accept Jesus as the Son of God. In Matthew 26 Jesus says "Woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born." Matt. 26:25 Even at this point Judas asked question "Is it I" somehow thinking that Jesus did not know the choice he had already made. Even with this warning Judas did not change his mind or repent of his deed. He is an example of an apostate, one who has been near the truth, saw evidence of the truth and yet, turned against it. Judas was a privileged man, who in the end kissed the door of heaven and then went into a lost hell. We read in Acts of his suicide, and what the prophets had written of him "For it is written in the book of the Psalms, let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein; and his overseership let another take" Acts 1:20 It was at that time that Matthias was chosen to take the overseership of Judas. Judas is an example of one who knew about Jesus, but turned against him making a choice to betray him which was the ultimate sin of unbelief. Where is Judas? I would ask where are all unbelievers who have turned against the strivings of the Spirit of God in grace and have died in their sins? God bless you Robert Nicholson |