SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 7/11/2024 8:56 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-2 "The Contrast Between Guilty
Judas and Innocent Jesus"
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew
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.”
I want to begin with the lyrics of a song by Michael
Card entitled “A Traitors Look” which is a song about Judas and about believers
as well.
“How did it feel to take the place
Of honor at the meal?
To take the sup from His own hand
A prophesy to seal?
Was it because He washed your feet
That you sold Him as a slave?
The Son of Man, the Lamb of God
Who'd only come to save
The silver that they paid to you
From out their precious till
Was meant to buy a spotless lamb
A sacrifice to kill
How heavy was the money bag
That couldn't set you free
It became a heavy millstone
As you fell into the sea
Now Judas, don't you come to close
I fear that I might see
That traitor's look upon your face
Might look too much like me
'Cause just like you I've sold the Lord
And often for much less
And like a wretched traitor
I betrayed Him with a kiss”
I have probably said in earlier SD’s that I really like
the music of Michael Card and I suppose that the reason that I like it is
because for one thing he is an ordained minister, and the second thing is that
he writes all of his music and before it is released on song to the public he
presents it before the church that he attends in Nashville Tennessee. Take a
few moments to think about this song, especially the last part that speaks of
believers. I realize that it was
prophesied that someone would betray the Lord, and Judas was the one who
desired to do this, which actually fulfilled that prophecy, and that I have
heard that Judas may well be punished in the hottest part of hell because of
the advantage that he had as one of the Lord’s disciples. Knowing this, and knowing that I as a
believer can betray the Lord from time to time according to this song makes me
like Judas, something that I surely need to repent of when that happens. I will say that I must allow the Lord to take
care of Judas’s punishment and that I must confess my sins in order to have a continuous
walk with the Lord in order to serve Him by doing the things that He has called
me to do for the cause of Christ.
I have to also say that I do not like studying about the
life of Judas, but because it is in the Word of God and because I am studying
this section of Scripture in the Gospel of Matthew I have to learn from it and
also have to write about it in order to put it onto my blogs so that the Lord
may be pleased to use it to help those who do not know the Lord to, by the
grace of God find the Savior and those who know the Lord grow in their
relationship with the Lord.
Once again I did not advance much in this section of
verses, but there are times when I must just write things that are on my mind,
and pray that the Lord will use them for His glory.
7/11/2024 9:15 AM
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