Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Refusing to take "Yes" as an answer...

When it was evening, he reclined at table with the twelve. And as they were eating, he said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” And they were very sorrowful and began to say to him one after another, “Is it I, Lord?” He answered, “He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me will betray me. The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.” Judas, who would betray him, answered, “Is it I, Rabbi?” He said to him, “You have said so.: (Matthew 26:20-25 ESV)
As the disciples gathered with Jesus for the Passover celebration, He was heavy of heart and mind with so many issues He wanted to review with them.  Judas was one of those issues.  Jesus knew he was going to betray him.  He knew Judas was consumed with the things of this world.  He knew that on the outside people viewed Judas as one of His, but Judas had a hard heart. He refused to own up to what he was all about - even when confronted by the One who knows all.  Judas truly expected Jesus to answer: "No, Judas, it could never be you."  But even when Jesus acknowledged him as the one, Judas acts as if Jesus had given him the answer he wanted.  Judas refused to be examined by God, admit the truth, and receive the forgiveness He was offered.  How about you?

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