PT-1 "The Contrast Between Guilty Judas and Innocent Jesus" (Matt. 27:3-5)

 

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 7/10/2024 9:12 AM

 

My Worship Time            Focus:  PT-1 “The Contrast Between Guilty Judas and Innocent Jesus”

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                                                        Reference:  Matt. 27:3-5

 

            Message of the verses:  “3 Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4  saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? See to that yourself!" 5 And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.”

 

            The Bible does not tell us where Judas was, but as we read these words we can be sure that he knew what was going on with Jesus during His trials.  MacArthur writes “It is possible that he was called as one of the witnesses against Jesus, but that seems unlikely.  Judas still had the onus of being a disciple of Jesus and, in any case, the very fact he was a traitor would have made his testimony suspect.”  It is certain that Judas had fulfilled his usefulness to the Jewish chief priests and the elders and they wanted no more from him.  He was now a rejected outcast not only to them but to the rest of Jesus’ disciples and to Jesus too.  Jesus had given Judas a chance to repent of what he was about to do, but he turned Him down, and so at that point when Satan had filled him, I believe that Jesus was done with him, knowing what his fate would be as Judas had crossed the line and would not come back, because he could not.

 

            The following is a song that has to do with what I just wrote about:

 

1 O sinner, the Saviour is calling for thee,
Long, long has he called thee in vain;
He called thee when joy lent its crown to thy days,
He called thee in sorrow and pain.

Chorus:
O turn, while the Saviour in mercy is waiting,
And steer for the harbor light;
For how do you know but your soul may be drifting
Over the dead-line tonight?

2 O sinner, thine ears have been deaf to his voice,
Thine eyes to his glory been dim;
The calls of thy Saviour have so wearied thee,
Oh, what if they should weary him? [Chorus]

3 O sinner, the Spirit is striving with thee;
What if he should strive never more,
But leave thee alone, in thy darkness to dwell,
In sight of the heavenly shore? [Chorus]

4 O sinner, God's patience may weary some day,
And leave thy sad soul in the blast;
By willful resistance you've drifted away,
Over the dead-line at last. [Chorus]

            Please think about the verses to this song.  Think about how Judas had gone over the dead-line right after he left the Lord and His other disciples on the night of the last real Passover meal, and the very first Lord’s Supper.  It was too late for Judas, but may not be too late for those who read this and do not know the Savior.  I will stop at this point because I want everyone who reads this to have an understanding of what it takes to be a believer in Jesus Christ.  We are all born sinners because of our relationship with Adam; we all sin because we are sinners.  By realizing this then it is a must that we confess these facts to the Lord, realizing that there is nothing that we can do to gain salvation on our own.  After confessing that we are a sinner and can do nothing on our own next we cry out to the Lord to save us for that was why He came to earth, that is why He went through what He went through, for us.  Tell the Lord that you are a sinner and that you believe that He died for you and then ask Jesus into your heart to save you from your sins, and my friend He will do that for that is why he came.

 

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