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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: Jesus knew.......... |
Bible Note: You wrote: "The fact is Judas repented and gave back the money which clearly shows a change of heart. Jesus taught you cannot serve two masters and must choose one. Did not Judas give back the one and choose the other? I believe he did and yet man still has the guts to say that Judas' repentance wasn't sincere? Who knows the heart of man?" Well, no one knows the heart of man but God, but I must point out that the word "repentance" is never used in conjunction with what Judas did. What we see is that Judas is sorry for what he did, but the apostle Paul makes it very clear that there are two kinds of sorrow when he writes to the Corinthians: "For though I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it; though I did regret it--for I see that that letter caused you sorrow, though only for a while--I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, so that you might not suffer loss in anything through us. For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death. For behold what earnestness this very thing, this godly sorrow, has produced in you: what vindication of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what avenging of wrong! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be innocent in the matter." --2 Corinthians 7:8-11 Note that he contrasts a "godly" sorrow, which leads to a repentance without regret, and a "worldly" sorrow, which leads to death. Repentance is not merely sorrow for one's sins. True repentance bears fruit which glorifies God. So let's look at Judas. Do we see a repentance without regret? Do we see the results of a godly repentance in Judas' life? We do in Peter's godly sorrow after his denial of Christ, but how does Judas end up? Death. Something to think about. There are undoubtedly many souls who will be suffering the eternal, just wrath of God, very "sorry" about the decisions they had made in this life. Repentance is not granted to them, however. Sorrow and repentance need to be distinguished biblically. --Joe! |