SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 10/17/2016 9:35 AM
My Worship Time Focus: The Satanic Rejection of Christ’s Love
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: John 13:2
Message of the verses: 2 During supper, the devil having already put
into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him.”
As we read
verse two we see that the attentions abruptly shifts from what we saw in verse
one which was the brilliant light of Christ’s love to the satanic darkness of
Judas’s heart. We can also see from this
verse that the devil had already put into the heart of Judas to betray
Jesus. Now we know from other Scriptures
that there was prophecy in the OT that someone would betray the Lord Jesus
Christ, and that someone we now know is Judas.
In our study of Zechariah chapter 11 we read the prophecy of what Judas
would do as he sold the Lord for the price of a slave, 30 pieces of silver,
however when we looked at that passage in Zechariah we saw that the Messiah was
asking what they were going to pay Him for His service and then we read that
they would pay Him 30 pieces of silver and this money would be used for the
potter’s field. Now the point that I
want to make here is that Jesus Christ came to earth to preach and teach the
children of Israel, and He did this for a little over three years, as He healed
the sick, brought the dead back to life, cast out demons from those who had
demons, and after three plus years the nation of Israel though that He was only
worth 30 pieces of silver for that is what they would give Judas to betray Him,
the price of a slave is what they thought He was worth, and that is a sad, very
sad commentary. One may wonder why Judas
did this and could say perhaps that because it was prophesized that he would do
this that he had to do this, but the truth is that he wanted to do this and
that is why he did it. He, like the
other disciples were looking for Jesus Christ to bring in the promised kingdom,
the physical kingdom and were disappointed when Jesus would bring in the spiritual
kingdom of God, however the others did not go out and betray Him, yes we know
that Peter denied he knew Him, but when we get to John 21 we will see that
Jesus brings Peter back on board for the work that He had for him to do.
MacArthur
writes “The contrast between Christ’s love and Judas’s hatred is stark; the
later provides the black backdrop against which the former appears all the more
glorious.”
Let us look
at John 12:4 “4-6 “But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was intending
to betray Him, said, 5 "Why was
this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to poor people?"
6 Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he
was a thief, and as he had the money box, he used to pilfer what was put into
it.” Judas was ripe to be picked by
Satan to do his bidding in having him betray Jesus, and Judas was more than
willing. MacArthur adds “Although Satan
inspired his betrayal of Jesus Christ, Judas was full responsible for his
heinous act. His own evil heard desired
the same thing Satan did—Jesus’ death.
Satan and Judas were in complete accord; they were coconspirators in the
plot to kill Jesus Christ. Soon Judas
would be under Satan’s complete control (vs. 27) and would carry out his plan
to betray the Son of God (vs. 30; cf. Matt. 26:24).”
In our next
SD we will be looking again at love as we look at nine verses (3-11) on the
shocking revelation of Christ’s love.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: In order for me not to be tempted by Satan I
need to keep my Spiritual Armor on and trust the Lord to keep me clean, but if
this does happen it will be in Christ’s control as it was when Peter was
tempted and fell to that temptation.
My Steps of Faith for
Today: I need wisdom from above to
continue working on my tasks for the program I am involved in at church.
Memory verse for the week:
(Romans 6:14) “For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not
under law but under grace.”
Answer to yesterday’s Bible question: “Exodus.”
Today’s Bible question:
“What nationality was Hagar?”
Answer in our next SD.
10/17/2016 10:21 AM
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