Even
when we make a sincere
confession
GOD knows a true heart from a false one. For me king David is a
perfect example of one who's heart was right with the LORD. Our
example is found in 2Samuel chapter 24 and if you look at it do so
seeking God's revealtion contained within it. That being said turn
with me to Matthew 26 where we find Judas' betrayal through his use
of treachery. Beginning at verse 47 through the end of verse 50;
“While he yet spoke, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with a
great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and
elders of the people. Now
he that betrayed Him gave them a sign, saying, Whomever I
shall kiss, that same is He: hold Him fast.
And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, Master; and kissed
Him. And Jesus said to him, Friend,
wherefore are you come?
Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took Him.”
With this I will also turn to Luke 22 to get more on this story beginning with verse 1 through 13 where we have this stated, “The
feast of unleavened bread drew near, which is called the Passover.
And the chief Priests and scribes sought how they might kill Jesus;
for they feared the people. Then
entered Satan into Judas
surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went his
way, and communed
with the chief Priests and captains, how he might betray Him to them.
And
they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. And he promised,
and sought
opportunity to betray Jesus
to them in the absence of the multitude. Then came the day of
unleavened bread, when the Passover must be killed. And Jesus sent
Peter and John, saying, Go
and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.
And they said, Where will You that we prepare? Jesus answered,
Behold,
when you are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you,
bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he enters
in.
You
shall say to the goodman of the house, The Master asks of you, Where
is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the Passover with My
disciples?
And
he shall show you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.
And they went, and found as He had said to them: and they made ready
the passover.”
Our third witness to this important event is found
in John's synoptic gosple looking at chapter 12 first and then 13.
First 12 beginning at verse 1 through 6 where this statement is made,
“Jesus six days before the Passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus
was which had been dead, whom He raised from the dead. There
they made Him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of
them that sat at the table with Him. Then took Mary a pound of
ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus,
and wiped His feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the
odour of the ointment. Then
saith one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son,
which should betray Him, Why was not this ointment sold for three
hundred pence, and given to the poor? This he said, not that he cared
for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare
what was put therein.”
This tells the true heart condition which
governed Judas and set him up for what was to come. Now chapter 13
beginning at verse 1 through 38, I will break this up in this fashion
1-11, 12-20, 21-30, 31-35, 36-38, here is what it says, “Before the
feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour was come that He
should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own
which were in the world, He loved them to the end. And
supper being ended, the
devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son,
to betray Him;
Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands,
and that He was come from God, and went (would
return)
to God; He rose from supper, and laid aside His garments; and took a
towel, and girded Himself. After that He poured water into a bason,
and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them
with the towel wherewith He was girded. Then came He to Simon Peter:
and Peter said, Lord, do You wash my feet? Jesus answering him said,
What
I do you know not now; but you shall know hereafter.
To this Peter said, You shall never wash my feet. Jesus answered him,
If
I wash not you, you have no part with Me.
(The
disciples do not know or understand the things that were already set
in place and motion by God, just as many of our own generation do not
still, some 1986 years later.)
Simon Peter responded to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my
hands and my
head. Jesus said to him, He
that is washed need not save to wash
his
feet,
but is clean every bight: and you are clean, but not all.
(Jesus
knowing who His betrayer was)
For he knew who should betray Him; therefore said He, You
are not all clean.
After
Jesus had washed their feet, and had taken His garments, and was set
down again, He said to them, Know
you what I have done to you?
You
call me Master and Lord: and you say well; for
so
I
am.
If
I then,
be
your
LORD
and Master, have washed your feet; you also ought to wash one
another's feet.
For
I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to
you.
Verily,
verily, I say to you, The servant is not greater than his Lord;
neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
If
you know these things, happy are you if you do them.
I
speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the
scripture may be fulfilled, He that eats bread with Me has lifted up
his heel against Me.
Now
I tell you before it comes, that, when it is come to pass, you may
believe that I am
HE.
Verily, verily, I say to you, He that receives whomsoever I send
receives Me; and he that receives Me receives HIM that sent Me.
When
Jesus had thus said, He was troubled in spirit, and testified, and
said, Verily,
verily, I say to you, that one of you shall betray Me.
Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting (this
is an operation of the evil one, for he causes all to question and
doubt
GOD and HIS Word) of whom He spoke of. Now there was leaning on
Jesus' bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter
therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of
whom He spoke. He then lying on Jesus' breast asked Him, Lord, who is
it? Jesus answered, He
it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it.
And when He had dipped the sop, He gave it
to Judas Iscariot, the
son
of Simon. And after the sop Satan
entered into him.
Then said Jesus to him, That
you do, do quickly.
Now no man at the table knew for what intent He spoke this to him.
(These
things all remained hidden to them.)
For some of
them
thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said to him, Buy
those
things
that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give
something to the poor. He then having received the sop went
immediately out: and it was night (darkness
was upon him).
Therefore,
when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now
is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in Him. (Revealing
what was about to take place but hidden from most of humanity still.)
If
God be glorified in Him, God shall also glorify Him in Himself, and
shall straightway glorify Him.
Little
children, yet a little while I am with you. You shall seek Me: and as
I said to the Jews, Where I go, you cannot come; so now I say to you.
A
new commandment I give to you, That you love one another; as I have
loved you, that you also love one another.
By
this shall all men
know
that you are My disciples, if you have love one to another.
Simon
Peter said to Him, Lord, where go You? Jesus answered him, Where
I go, you can not follow Me now; but you shall follow Me afterwards.
(This
includes two revelations, the first is that accepted by most of the
practical mindset, that being when we fall to sleep in what ever
fashion it may take we will be with the Lord. The second is much
harder to accept and it is this that Paul reveals by way of
revelation of the secrets which God keep to Himself until the day of
the LORD received it fullness. This happened on the day of Pentecost
and continues on through today. Which is GOD in you, per John's
synoptic gosple chapter 17 and all that Paul reveals.)
Peter said to Him, Lord, why cannot I follow You now? I will lay down
my life for Your sake. To this Jesus answered him, Will
you lay down your life for My sake? Verily, verily, I say to you, The
cock shall not crow, till you have denied Me thrice (three
times).”
The
use of treachery has been the history of the church in the wilderness
where Israel as a young nation began on through its history. This
same treachery is active in what is called the “Christians faith”
which to day is far from what it started out as.
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