Shall we bow our
heads for prayer?
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Our Father and our God,
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we thank You for
the awesome privilege
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of coming to Your house
to sing praises to Your name,
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to speak with You in prayer
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and to hear Your voice speaking
to us through Your word.
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We ask Father,
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for the enlightenment
of your Holy Spirit.
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Help us to learn the lessons
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which will be beneficial
to our spiritual life.
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As we open Your
word, hover over this place
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through the ministration of
Your spirit and Your angels.
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We pray this in
the precious name
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of your beloved Son Jesus, amen.
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In the news in
the last several weeks
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has been a very
interesting document.
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It is a very ancient document
in fact scholars believe
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that it was written probably
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at least the year
180 of the Christian era.
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It was
discovered actually in 1971
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in Nag Hammadi in
the Egyptian desert.
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We know that even though
this particular manuscript
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is probably dated to 280,
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it was actually
in existence already
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as I mentioned in the year 180.
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And the reason
for that is because
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one of the early
church fathers, Irenaeus
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who lived approximately 180 AD
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speaks about this gospel
which has been discovered
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the name of the gospel
is the Gospel of Judas.
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Basically Irenaeus says this,
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"Judas was
acquainted with the truth
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as no others were."
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Irenaeus is
saying about this gospel.
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"And had produced a
fabricated work to this effect
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which they entitle
the Gospel of Thomas."
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In other words,
Irenaeus is saying
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that around the year
180 there was a gospel,
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the Gospel of Judas
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which was in existence
it was a Gnostic gospel
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where those who
actually wrote it were teaching
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that Judas was the
closest of all of the disciples
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and that he was acquainted
with the truths of Jesus
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more than any of
the other disciples.
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It's interesting to notice
the content of this gospel.
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It actually rehabilitates
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the Judas of the
biblical gospels.
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In fact, it tells us
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that Judas was the
favorite disciple of Jesus
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with whom Jesus shared
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the deepest
mysteries of the kingdom.
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Now this gospel there is
no doubt was a Gnostic gospel,
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it was written by the Gnostics.
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And I need to share
with you a little bit about
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what the Gnostics believed.
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They believed that
the Old Testament God
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the Creator was
actually an evil demigod.
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And the reason why He was evil
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is because He
created the material world.
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And according to the
Gnostics matter is evil.
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They taught that imprisoned
inside the material body
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is what they called gnosis.
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The word gnosis in
Greek means knowledge.
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They believe that
gnosis was incarcerated
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within the
fleshly material body.
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And that the
epitome of the desire
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of every human being should be
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the liberation of
gnosis or the liberation
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of that special
knowledge or wisdom
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which was contained
inside the evil material body.
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In other words the
ultimate spiritual goal in life
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was to liberate gnosis
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which many
Christians call the soul today
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from the material body
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so that the individual
could enter the fullest
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and most complete
spear of acknowledge.
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This is where the
Gospel of Judas comes in.
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You see, this gospel says
that Judas was the closest
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of the apostles
of Jesus to the Lord.
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It teaches that Jesus had a body
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and of course according to
their view the body is evil,
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because it's composed of matter.
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And so Jesus more than anything
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desired to liberate
gnosis from within Him.
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But He had this cumbersome
body composed of matter
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and so Jesus actually whispered
in Judas's ear and He said,
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"Judas I need to have
some way to be liberated
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from this cumbersome body
would you please deliver me
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to the authorities so
that they will kill me
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so that gnosis can be delivered
from this physical body."
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Now let me ask you the question.
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Does this sound like
the biblical gospels?
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This is totally
opposite, totally different
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than what the biblical gospels
teach about Jesus Christ.
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And yet I find it amazing
that many Christians today
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will read "The Da Vinci Code,"
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they'll watch the movie
"The Passion of the Christ"
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and they'll read
the Gospel of Judas
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and they'll say well,
maybe there's some information
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that we didn't know
about, maybe perhaps
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the Bible isn't exactly
acrid in its description.
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It's amazing how Christians
will accept extra biblical
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sources as being trustworthy
and they will question
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the authority of Holy Scripture.
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The question is this morning
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who really was Judas Iscariot?
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We are in the midst of a series
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called great
apostasy of the Bible
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and today we're gonna study
about the apostasy of Judas.
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We're gonna notice what
the Bible really has to say
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about this enigmatic
figure Judas Iscariot.
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Now we've studied
in our previous lecture
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actually it was
the one on Absalom.
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That Absalom was actually
a miniature copy of Lucifer
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and his rebellion in heaven.
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And we studied that
Lucifer had four basic problems.
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Number one, he was wise
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and you say, well,
that's not a problem.
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It's a problem when you
get caught up in your wisdom,
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in other words, when
you corrupt your wisdom.
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So what I'm going to mention now
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has to do with the
corruption of these qualities.
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We're told in
scripture that Lucifer was wise.
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He was rich, he had
a position of power,
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he was powerful.
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And of course we studied
that he was very beautiful.
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None of these four things
are negative in themselves.
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None of them are
intrinsically evil,
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but they can be corrupted
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when these
characteristics become focused
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and centered on self.
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We're gonna notice in our study
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that the same four
pitfalls of Lucifer
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were the pitfalls of Judas.
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And those four things once
again intelligence and wisdom,
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riches, power
and physical beauty,
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physical attraction.
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Allow me to say a few
things about the qualities,
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the personal
qualities of Judas Iscariot.
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We know that Julius was
more physically imposing
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then any of the other apostles.
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We also know that
he was most likely
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more intelligent
then any of them.
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We also know
that Judas first step
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for power more than
any of the other disciples.
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He was the
ringleader and of course
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it goes without saying
that Judas coveted money
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and material possessions.
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I like to call them
the four sins of pride.
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We know that Judas
was a shrewd politician
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and he was an able financier.
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His whole life seed to revolve
around position and money.
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And the idea that he had
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that he was
wiser more intelligent
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and more capable
than his fellows.
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I'd like to read a
couple of statements
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actually
there's three statements
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from the Spirit of Prophecy
where Ellen White describes
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the personal
qualities of Judas Iscariot.
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Desire of Ages,
page 294 she says this.
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"He was of
commanding appearance."
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By the way she goes on
to say that the reason why,
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Judas, you know
the Bible seems to have
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two contradictory accounts.
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I said seems to have,
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because one account
says that he hanged himself,
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another account in
the Book of Acts says
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that he burst open and
the dogs came and ate him.
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So how can you
reconcile those two?
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Ellen White
explains it beautifully.
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She says that Judas
was a very heavy man,
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he was very tall, very imposing.
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And he hung himself
on a limb over a cliff
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and his body was so
heavy that it broke the branch,
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he fell a great
distance to the ground,
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he burst open and then
the dogs came and ate him.
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Very interesting.
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He was physically more imposing
than any of the other disciples.
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She says "He was of
commanding appearance,
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a man of keen discernment
and executive ability."
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There's the wisdom.
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"And they the
disciples commended him to Jesus
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as one who would
greatly assist Him in his work.
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They were surprised that
Jesus received him so coolly."
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In another statement that
we find in the Bible Commentary
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volume 5 page 1001 and 1002.
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We find this description.
"But Judas was a speculator."
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He would have fit
very well at Wall Street.
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"He thought that he could manage
the finances of the church,
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and by his sharpness
in business get gain.
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He was divided in heart.
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He loved the
praise of the world.
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He refused to give
up the world for Christ.
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He never committed his
eternal interests to Christ.
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He had a superficial religion,
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and therefore he
speculated upon his Master
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and betrayed Him to the
priests, being fully persuaded
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that Christ would not
allow Himself to be taken.
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Judas was a religious fraud.
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He held up a high
standard for others,
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but he himself utterly failed
to reach the Bible standard.
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He did not bring the religion
of Christ into his life."
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Keen business ability,
intelligent, smart, sharp,
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according to the description.
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Very much in love with money
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and very much a
physically imposing figure.
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Desire of Ages, page 717
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we find a description
of where his problem was.
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"Judas was highly
regarded by the disciples
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and had great
influence over them."
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Now I want you to notice
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and want to
underline certain words.
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"He himself had a high opinion
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of his own qualifications."
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Is that true of
Lucifer? Oh, yes.
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"And looked upon his brethren
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as greatly inferior to
him in judgment and ability.
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They did not see their
opportunities, he thought,
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and take
advantage of circumstances.
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The church would never prosper
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with such
shortsighted men as leaders."
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That is the disciples.
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"Judas summed up
all the disciples."
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I'm synthesizing
because Ellen White
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even mention
certain disciples by name
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and what Judas
thought about them.
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"Judas summed up
all the disciples,
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and flattered
himself that the church
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would often be
brought into perplexity
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and embarrassment
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if it were not for
his ability as a manager.
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Judas regarded
himself as the capable one,
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who could not be overreached.
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In his own estimation he
was an honor to the cause,
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and as such he
always represented himself."
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Do you see where the problem is?
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He had a high opinion
of himself and his wisdom,
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and his
intelligence, and his stature,
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and his position.
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But he was attracted to Jesus.
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In fact, did you know
probably many of you do
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that he actually
offered his services to Jesus.
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Notice Matthew 8:19-21.
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Many people fail to
realize that this is Judas.
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It says there
in Matthew 8:19-21.
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"Then a certain
scribe came and said to Him,
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'Teacher, I will
follow You wherever you go.'"
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And Jesus said to him,
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"Foxes have holes and
birds of the air have nests,
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but the Son of Man has
nowhere to lay His head."
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Did you know that that was Judas
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that was offering
his services to Jesus?
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He was saying I will
be one of your disciples.
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I offer my services
as one of your disciples.
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Now why would Jesus say
the birds of the air have nests
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and the foxes have holes,
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but the Son of Man has
no place to lay his head.
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Because He was telling Judas
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if you're in
this for the position
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and for the money
it's not gonna happen.
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You're not gonna get fame
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and you're not
going to get riches
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from your connection with me.
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Desire of Ages, page
716, we find these words.
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"He felt" now this is amazing,
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"He felt a
desire to be changed."
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He wanted to be
changed but partially.
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"He felt a desire to be
changed in character in life,
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and he hoped to experience this
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through connecting
himself with Jesus.
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The Savior did
not repulse Judas.
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He gave him a
place among the twelve.
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He trusted him to do
the work of an evangelist.
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He endowed him with
power to heal the sick
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and to cast out devils.
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But Judas did not come to
the point" now listen to this
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"of surrendering
himself fully to Christ.
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He did not give up
his worldly ambition."
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That's position,
that's powered by the way.
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"His worldly ambition
or his love for money.
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While he accepted the position
of a ministry of Christ,
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he did not bring himself
under the divine molding.
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He felt that he could retain
his own judgment and opinions,
00:17:58.32\00:18:02.76
and he cultivated a disposition
to criticize and accuse."
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Now as we study
along you're gonna notice
00:18:10.04\00:18:11.89
that the character of
Judas is the character of Satan
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because the
very same four things
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which led to the
fall of Lucifer in heaven
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where the four things
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which led to the
fall a Judas Iscariot.
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He was a
small-scale copy of Satan.
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And you can tell that Satan
was working upon his heart.
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And so Judas offers
his services and Jesus says
00:18:32.61\00:18:35.73
"Okay, I will choose you,
00:18:35.76\00:18:38.98
I will include
you among the twelve."
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Now I want you to notice
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what we find in the
Gospel of Mark 3:13.
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Here we have the
calling of the twelve.
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See, the offering
of Judas to serve Jesus
00:18:52.42\00:18:56.83
and become one of the
disciples happened before
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and evidently the disciples
continued insisting upon Jesus
00:18:59.41\00:19:03.46
saying, "this is a
good asset for the church,
00:19:03.49\00:19:06.20
you need to include
him among the twelve."
00:19:06.23\00:19:07.99
So Jesus says
"Okay, I will choose him
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and I will include
him among the twelve."
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It says there "And He
went up on the mountain
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and call to Him
those He Himself wanted.
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And they came to Him.
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Then He appointed twelve,
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that they might be with Him
00:19:23.78\00:19:25.75
and that He might
send them out to preach
00:19:25.78\00:19:28.36
and to have power
to heal sicknesses
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and to cast out demons.
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Simon, to whom He
gave the name Peter,
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James the son of Zebedee
and John the brother of James,
00:19:35.42\00:19:39.10
to whom He gave
the name Boanerges,
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that is, 'Sons of Thunders.'
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Andrew, Philip,
Bartholomew, Matthew,
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Thomas, James
the son of Alpheus,
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Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananite"
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and now notice last on the list
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and there's a
special purpose for that.
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"And Judas Iscariot,
who also betrayed Him.
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And they went into the house."
00:20:06.16\00:20:11.44
It's interesting to notice that
00:20:11.47\00:20:13.68
Judas then became
part of the inner circle
00:20:13.71\00:20:18.65
of the followers of Jesus.
00:20:18.68\00:20:20.44
He was an insider,
he wasn't an outside.
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This is important,
because in our next study
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we're gonna talk
about the antichrist.
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The antichrist is
not some blasphemous
00:20:30.81\00:20:32.67
individual from outside
00:20:32.70\00:20:34.50
the antichrist
will be an insider.
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We're gonna notice in our study.
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Who will bear the
characteristics of Satan
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and particularly of Judas.
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Ellen White says
speaking about Judas
00:20:44.44\00:20:47.09
and his influence
on the inner circle.
00:20:47.12\00:20:49.76
She says that "Judas
manifested a continuous
00:20:49.79\00:20:53.83
secret and subtle and
antagonism against Christ.
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Education page 92.
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You see if you
seeing Judas on the surface
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it would have look like
he was supporting Jesus,
00:21:05.50\00:21:08.39
he was in favor of Jesus,
00:21:08.42\00:21:10.18
but when Jesus wasn't around,
00:21:10.21\00:21:12.64
and he was with the
disciples in an underhanded way
00:21:12.67\00:21:15.64
he tried to undermine the work
of Jesus in a secretive fashion.
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Now let's go to the
moment when Jesus fed the 5,000.
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It's interesting
what Jesus had to say
00:21:27.21\00:21:29.90
immediately after
feeding the 5,000.
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Go with me to John 6
and we'll read verse 64
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and then we'll
jump down to verse 70.
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John 6:64 it says,
00:21:37.95\00:21:41.46
"But there are some of you
who do not believe." Jesus says.
00:21:41.49\00:21:44.98
"For Jesus knew
from the beginning,
00:21:45.01\00:21:48.15
who they were
who did not believe,
00:21:48.18\00:21:50.81
and who would betray Him."
00:21:50.84\00:21:53.57
And then we jump
down to verse 70.
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"Jesus answered them,
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Did I not choose
you, the Twelve?"
00:21:58.09\00:22:01.81
And now notice this and
one of you is a diabolos.
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"One of you is a devil."
00:22:08.09\00:22:12.63
Did Jesus know what
was in the heart of Judas
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from the very start? Yes.
00:22:15.41\00:22:17.50
He spoke of Judas
Iscariot the son of Simon
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for it was he
who would betray Him
00:22:20.65\00:22:23.10
being one of the twelve.
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Now it's interested to know
00:22:26.29\00:22:27.32
what's the
previous context of this.
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Jesus had fed 5,000 and
the people were impressed.
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They said, well, this
guy has to be the Messiah.
00:22:33.83\00:22:37.08
Nobody could feed 5,000 people
00:22:37.11\00:22:39.52
with five loaves and two
fishes, its an impossibility.
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And so Judas actually
went among the people,
00:22:44.45\00:22:48.96
among the molted and he said,
00:22:48.99\00:22:50.21
wouldn't it be great if
this man became King in Israel?
00:22:50.24\00:22:55.53
Just think what He
could do to the Romans?
00:22:55.56\00:22:59.28
The army's wouldn't even
have to carry provisions.
00:22:59.31\00:23:02.91
He could say abracadabra
00:23:02.94\00:23:05.85
and lo, behold enough
food to feed everyone.
00:23:05.88\00:23:10.61
Do you know as a
result according to John 6:15
00:23:10.64\00:23:14.42
the people tried to forcefully
take Jesus and make Him king.
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Did you know that
Judas was behind a plot?
00:23:19.71\00:23:23.30
Because he wanted
power, he wanted position,
00:23:23.33\00:23:28.17
he wanted a place of influence.
00:23:28.20\00:23:30.46
Notice Desire of
Ages pages 718 and 719.
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Here Ellen White
caught the contest,
00:23:35.15\00:23:37.30
she knew that it was Judas
00:23:37.33\00:23:39.24
who would encouraged the
people to place Jesus as king
00:23:39.27\00:23:42.78
that's why Jesus
at the end calls,
00:23:42.81\00:23:44.64
he says one of
you is the diabolos,
00:23:44.67\00:23:46.90
one of you is the
devil or is a devil.
00:23:46.93\00:23:51.59
She says this "Judas was first
00:23:51.62\00:23:54.12
to take
advantage of the enthusiasm
00:23:54.15\00:23:56.55
excited by the
miracle of the loaves.
00:23:56.58\00:23:59.77
It was he who set on foot
00:23:59.80\00:24:03.70
the project to take Christ
by force and make Him king.
00:24:03.73\00:24:09.49
His hopes were high.
00:24:09.52\00:24:12.06
And his
disappointment was bitter."
00:24:12.09\00:24:17.16
You see Judas loved to
be praised by the world.
00:24:17.19\00:24:19.69
Judas hated it when Jesus said
00:24:19.72\00:24:21.58
my kingdom is not of this world.
00:24:21.61\00:24:24.98
He hated it when Jesus said
blessed are the peacemakers.
00:24:25.01\00:24:29.60
He hated it when Jesus
spoke about loving your neighbor
00:24:29.63\00:24:33.40
and turning the other cheek,
00:24:33.43\00:24:35.75
because he says, you have
to occupy a position of power.
00:24:35.78\00:24:39.58
This is not the kind of
Messiah that I'm envisioning.
00:24:39.61\00:24:46.29
And in the
Sanctified Life page 59
00:24:46.32\00:24:49.78
Ellen White
describes his character.
00:24:49.81\00:24:51.40
She says "Judas
possessed a form of godliness."
00:24:51.43\00:24:54.73
In fact you
know Ellen White says
00:24:54.76\00:24:56.10
that if Judas had died
on the way to Jerusalem
00:24:56.13\00:24:58.92
that last journey to Jerusalem
00:24:58.95\00:25:00.70
he would have gone down
00:25:00.73\00:25:01.76
as one of the
greatest of the disciples.
00:25:01.79\00:25:04.94
Everybody would
have thought that
00:25:04.97\00:25:06.14
he had been a tremendous
asset to the twelve apostles
00:25:06.17\00:25:09.43
if he died on
the way to Jerusalem
00:25:09.46\00:25:11.17
before his plot was unmasked.
00:25:11.20\00:25:13.54
You see, he was undercover.
00:25:13.57\00:25:15.85
Second Thessalonians
2 we're gonna notice
00:25:15.88\00:25:17.41
that the
antichrist is also undercover,
00:25:17.44\00:25:19.77
but he's gonna be
revealed at some point.
00:25:19.80\00:25:22.14
And he's gonna have the
same characteristics as Judas.
00:25:22.17\00:25:27.08
She continues saying,
00:25:27.11\00:25:28.14
"Judas possessed
the form of godliness,
00:25:28.17\00:25:30.15
while his character was
more satanic than divine.
00:25:30.18\00:25:35.59
He professed to be
a disciple of Christ,
00:25:35.62\00:25:38.54
but in words and in
the works denied him."
00:25:38.57\00:25:44.52
And then we move
forward to the moment
00:25:44.55\00:25:46.86
that the feet of
Jesus were anointed by Mary.
00:25:46.89\00:25:52.94
It's found in John 12:1-8.
00:25:52.97\00:25:55.90
And we catch another glimpse
of the problem the Judas had.
00:25:55.93\00:25:58.70
See, Judas had problems
with his physical stature,
00:25:58.73\00:26:04.98
he had problems with
the praise of the world
00:26:05.01\00:26:07.83
with a position of power,
00:26:07.86\00:26:10.01
he had problems with money
with prestige and with riches.
00:26:10.04\00:26:16.98
Notice John 12:1-8.
00:26:17.01\00:26:19.93
"Then six days
before the Passover,
00:26:19.96\00:26:21.81
Jesus came to Bethany,
00:26:21.84\00:26:23.11
where Lazarus was
whom had been dead,
00:26:23.14\00:26:27.28
whom He had
raised from the dead.
00:26:27.31\00:26:29.90
There they made Him a
supper, and Martha served,
00:26:29.93\00:26:32.33
but Lazarus was one of those
who sat at the table with Him.
00:26:32.36\00:26:36.93
Then Mary took a pound of
very costly oil of spikenard,
00:26:36.96\00:26:40.90
anointed the feet of Jesus,
00:26:40.93\00:26:42.50
and wipes His
feet with her hair.
00:26:42.53\00:26:45.67
And the house was filled
with the fragrance of the oil.
00:26:45.70\00:26:50.26
Then one of His disciples,
Judas Iscariot, Simon's son,
00:26:50.29\00:26:55.56
who would betray Him, said,
00:26:55.59\00:26:57.86
Why was this
fragrant oil not sold
00:26:57.89\00:27:01.37
for three hundred
denarii and given to the poor?'"
00:27:01.40\00:27:04.96
Now the gospel writer
John provides some insight.
00:27:08.22\00:27:13.15
Notice verse 6. This he said.
00:27:13.18\00:27:17.29
"Not that he cared for the poor,
00:27:17.32\00:27:20.27
but because he was a
thief, and had the money box,
00:27:20.30\00:27:24.88
and he used to take
what was put in it."
00:27:24.91\00:27:28.72
In other words he used the money
for his own personnel benefit.
00:27:28.75\00:27:36.14
He was an
embezzler if you please.
00:27:36.17\00:27:39.97
"But Jesus said, 'Let her alone,
00:27:40.00\00:27:42.38
she has kept this
for the day of My burial.
00:27:42.41\00:27:44.92
For the poor you
have with you always,
00:27:44.95\00:27:47.51
but Me you did not have always."
00:27:47.54\00:27:50.15
Do you notice that Jesus
never openly criticize Judas?
00:27:50.18\00:27:54.48
It would have been a disaster
if Jesus had criticized Judas.
00:27:54.51\00:27:57.79
The disciples would not
have been able to understand
00:27:57.82\00:28:00.41
exactly what was going on,
00:28:00.44\00:28:01.82
because to all appearances
Judas appeared to be okay.
00:28:01.85\00:28:07.20
His principles needed to
develop so that the disciples
00:28:07.23\00:28:10.82
could finally see
the fruition of his life.
00:28:10.85\00:28:14.55
Is that also a true
of Lucifer in heaven?
00:28:14.58\00:28:17.53
Absolutely.
00:28:17.56\00:28:21.00
Now we come to the
moment of the events
00:28:21.03\00:28:23.11
that take place
in the Upper Room.
00:28:23.14\00:28:27.27
In Luke 22:3,
00:28:27.30\00:28:30.27
we are told "Then
Satan." Listen to this.
00:28:30.30\00:28:33.92
"Then Satan entered
Judas, surnamed Iscariot,
00:28:33.95\00:28:40.29
who was numbered
among the twelve."
00:28:40.32\00:28:43.81
Satan entered Judas.
00:28:43.84\00:28:47.25
Could we say that Judas
was Satan's vice regent?
00:28:47.28\00:28:53.19
Could we say that Judas
was Satan's right-hand man
00:28:53.22\00:28:58.10
to carry on the
betrayal of Jesus?
00:28:58.13\00:29:00.50
Is it just
possible at the end of time
00:29:00.53\00:29:02.81
the devil is
gonna have an antichrist
00:29:02.84\00:29:06.17
who will serve as
His right-hand man
00:29:06.20\00:29:09.30
not to betray Jesus,
00:29:09.33\00:29:11.35
but to betray the body of
Jesus which is His church.
00:29:11.38\00:29:17.33
And it will be not some
outside blasphemous atheist,
00:29:17.36\00:29:23.91
but it would be someone
00:29:23.94\00:29:25.28
from the inner
circle of Christianity.
00:29:25.31\00:29:29.07
In fact, Ellen White says
in Desire of Ages page 295.
00:29:29.10\00:29:32.77
"Judas became a representative
of the enemy of Christ."
00:29:32.80\00:29:39.15
We continue
noticing the problems
00:29:41.21\00:29:43.02
that Judas had with money.
00:29:43.05\00:29:45.60
In Matthew
26:14-16 we find the moment
00:29:45.63\00:29:51.14
when Judas signs
the bill of sale.
00:29:51.17\00:29:53.38
And by the way it's
interesting to notice
00:29:53.41\00:29:55.62
that Judas unites
with the religious leaders.
00:29:55.65\00:29:59.21
You have a
two-fold religious coalition
00:29:59.24\00:30:02.46
that is going to deliver Jesus
00:30:02.49\00:30:04.20
into the hands
of the civil power.
00:30:04.23\00:30:07.21
That's important,
because in Revelation
00:30:07.24\00:30:09.97
we're gonna
notice that we have also
00:30:10.00\00:30:12.04
two religious powers, the
beast and the false prophet
00:30:12.07\00:30:15.80
who join together to deliver
God's remnant into the hands
00:30:15.83\00:30:19.64
of the civil
powers of the world.
00:30:19.67\00:30:22.49
And so Judas becomes allied
with the religious leaders
00:30:22.52\00:30:29.59
to deliver Jesus
into their hands.
00:30:29.62\00:30:32.01
And by the way we'll
just read the passage
00:30:32.04\00:30:34.46
and then we'll come back
to a very important point.
00:30:34.49\00:30:36.66
It says than one of the
twelve called Judas Iscariot
00:30:36.69\00:30:39.73
went to the
chief priests and said
00:30:39.76\00:30:42.80
what are you willing to
give me if I deliver Him to you?
00:30:42.83\00:30:45.97
And they counted out to
him 30 pieces of silver,
00:30:46.00\00:30:50.50
so from that time he saw
opportunity to betray Him.
00:30:50.53\00:30:53.81
Listen folks, that
was in the mind of Judas
00:30:53.84\00:30:57.32
only the down
payment for betraying Jesus.
00:30:57.35\00:31:01.04
Do you know what
plan Judas really had?
00:31:01.07\00:31:04.04
He says, I will betray Him now
00:31:04.07\00:31:07.55
and I'll get the down
payment 30 pieces of silver
00:31:07.58\00:31:10.54
and then what He will
do is deliver Himself.
00:31:10.57\00:31:15.51
And when He delivers
Himself He'll take the throne
00:31:15.54\00:31:19.05
and when He takes the throne
He'll make me His vice regent
00:31:19.08\00:31:22.61
and then there
will be a lot more
00:31:22.64\00:31:24.34
where this came from.
00:31:24.37\00:31:27.72
And you say how do we know that?
00:31:27.75\00:31:28.91
Well, it's very simple,
00:31:28.94\00:31:30.65
when he saw that
his plan backfired,
00:31:30.68\00:31:32.32
when he saw that Jesus
was gonna go to the cross
00:31:32.35\00:31:34.30
and He was gonna
die what did he do?
00:31:34.33\00:31:36.60
He committed suicide.
00:31:36.63\00:31:38.88
It wasn't his plan
for Jesus to be killed.
00:31:38.91\00:31:41.10
It was his plan for
Jesus to deliver Himself,
00:31:41.13\00:31:43.41
become king and make
Judas His vice regent.
00:31:43.44\00:31:46.16
Notice once again
power and money are involved.
00:31:46.19\00:31:51.23
And then we go
to the Last Supper,
00:31:51.26\00:31:54.17
we're moving chronologically
through the life of Judas.
00:31:54.20\00:31:59.32
Matthew 26:20-25 Jesus
is sitting at the table
00:31:59.35\00:32:03.36
in the Upper Room
with the disciples.
00:32:03.39\00:32:05.99
It says there
"When evening had come,
00:32:06.02\00:32:08.58
He sat down with the twelve.
00:32:08.61\00:32:11.51
Now as they
were eating, He said,
00:32:11.54\00:32:14.32
Assuredly I say to you,
one of you will betray Me.
00:32:14.35\00:32:19.47
And they were
exceedingly sorrowful,
00:32:19.50\00:32:22.37
and each of them
began to say to Him,
00:32:22.40\00:32:24.35
Lord, is it I? He
answered and said,
00:32:24.38\00:32:29.29
'He who dipped his hand with Me
00:32:29.32\00:32:31.30
in the dish will betray Me.
00:32:31.33\00:32:34.58
The Son of Man indeed goes
just as it is written of Him,
00:32:34.61\00:32:39.05
but woe to that man
00:32:39.08\00:32:41.03
by whom the Son
of Man is betrayed!
00:32:41.06\00:32:43.16
It would have
been good for that man
00:32:43.19\00:32:45.54
if he had not been born.'"
00:32:45.57\00:32:47.41
And now noticed
the hypocrisy of Judas.
00:32:50.43\00:32:52.59
He still trying to hide
his identity to the disciples.
00:32:52.62\00:32:59.41
Verse 25 "Then Judas,
who was betraying Him,
00:32:59.44\00:33:02.90
answered and
said, "Rabbi, is it I?"
00:33:02.93\00:33:09.96
He said to him,
"You have said so.'"
00:33:09.99\00:33:15.15
In John 13:2
00:33:15.18\00:33:19.12
we find that it was the devil
00:33:19.15\00:33:20.38
who put this plan
into the heart of Judas.
00:33:20.41\00:33:22.34
It says "And supper
being ended, the devil having
00:33:22.37\00:33:25.59
already put it into the
heart of Judas Iscariot,
00:33:25.62\00:33:28.49
Simon's son, to betray Him."
00:33:28.52\00:33:33.18
And then after they had supper
00:33:33.21\00:33:36.41
Jesus girded Himself
00:33:36.44\00:33:40.58
takes a towel and water
00:33:40.61\00:33:45.09
and now Jesus is going to
wash the feet of the disciples.
00:33:45.12\00:33:51.68
Notice what we
find in John 13:2-6,
00:33:51.71\00:33:55.90
John 13:2-6.
00:33:55.93\00:33:59.62
"And supper being ended,
the devil having already put it
00:33:59.65\00:34:03.72
into the heart
of Judas Iscariot,
00:34:03.75\00:34:05.32
Simon's son, to betray Him,
00:34:05.35\00:34:07.86
Jesus, knowing that the Father
00:34:07.89\00:34:09.22
had given all
things into His hands,
00:34:09.25\00:34:11.55
and that He had come
from God and was going to God,
00:34:11.58\00:34:15.15
rose from supper and
laid aside His garments,
00:34:15.18\00:34:19.94
took a towel and girded Himself.
00:34:19.97\00:34:24.32
After that, He
poured water into a basin
00:34:24.35\00:34:26.62
and began to wash
the disciples' feet,
00:34:26.65\00:34:29.18
and to wipe them with the towel
00:34:29.21\00:34:31.25
with which He was girded."
00:34:31.28\00:34:35.02
Whose feet did Jesus wash first?
00:34:35.05\00:34:40.00
He washed the
feet of Judas first
00:34:40.03\00:34:43.71
according to Desire of Ages.
00:34:43.74\00:34:47.25
Probably to read your statement
00:34:47.28\00:34:48.31
from Bible
Commentary volume 5, pages 1138
00:34:48.34\00:34:52.29
very interesting remark.
00:34:52.32\00:34:55.40
Ellen White says "Christ
gave His disciples to understand
00:34:55.43\00:34:59.03
that the washing of their feet
did not cleanse away their sin,
00:34:59.06\00:35:03.79
but that the cleansing
of their heart was tested
00:35:03.82\00:35:06.56
in this humble service."
00:35:06.59\00:35:08.84
Notice by washing the feet
their hearts went cleansed,
00:35:08.87\00:35:11.95
but by them being willing
to wash one another's feet
00:35:11.98\00:35:15.12
they were showing that
their heart had been cleansed.
00:35:15.15\00:35:19.02
She continues saying,
00:35:19.05\00:35:21.07
"If the heart was
cleansed this act was all
00:35:21.10\00:35:24.93
that was essential
to reveal the fact.
00:35:24.96\00:35:28.44
He had washed the feet of Judas,
00:35:28.47\00:35:31.48
but he said, 'Ye
are not all clean.'"
00:35:31.51\00:35:33.53
That shows that the water
didn't cleanse the individual
00:35:33.56\00:35:36.31
because he washed the feet
of Judas and Judas wasn't clean.
00:35:36.34\00:35:39.14
"He had washed the feet of Judas
00:35:42.22\00:35:43.57
but he said, "Ye
are not al clean."
00:35:43.60\00:35:46.30
Judas brought a
traitors heart to this scene,
00:35:46.33\00:35:49.46
and Christ reveal to all
00:35:49.49\00:35:52.17
that He knew him to be
the betrayer of his Lord,
00:35:52.20\00:35:55.49
and that the washing of his feet
00:35:55.52\00:35:57.09
was not on
ordinance to cleanse the soul
00:35:57.12\00:36:00.26
from its moral defilement."
00:36:00.29\00:36:01.64
In other words the
washing of the feet
00:36:01.67\00:36:03.41
was a signal that
the heart was clean.
00:36:03.44\00:36:07.05
The washing of the feet
was not to clean the heart
00:36:07.08\00:36:09.68
but to show that
the heart was clean.
00:36:09.71\00:36:12.97
And Judas according to this
00:36:13.00\00:36:14.62
had come with
the traitor's heart.
00:36:14.65\00:36:18.44
You see, Jesus was trying
to reach the heart of Judas
00:36:18.47\00:36:22.59
with His act of love,
00:36:22.62\00:36:24.40
this with, with
His act of humility.
00:36:24.43\00:36:26.78
What it did was
hearting the heart of Judas.
00:36:26.81\00:36:32.06
And it's not Jesus' fault
that his heart was hardened
00:36:32.09\00:36:35.43
it was because
of Judas's choices.
00:36:35.46\00:36:39.48
Notice what we find in
Review and Herald June 14, 1898.
00:36:39.51\00:36:44.54
"If this service of his Master,
00:36:44.57\00:36:47.75
in humbling Himself to wash
the feet of the worst sinner,
00:36:47.78\00:36:52.00
did not break his
heart, what more could be done?
00:36:52.03\00:36:57.52
It was the last act of love
00:36:57.55\00:36:59.97
that Jesus could
evidence in behalf of Judas.
00:37:00.00\00:37:04.22
Infinite love could
not compel Judas to repent
00:37:04.25\00:37:08.04
confesses his sin and be saved.
00:37:08.07\00:37:11.64
Every
opportunity was granted him.
00:37:11.67\00:37:14.68
Nothing was left
undone that could be done
00:37:14.71\00:37:18.24
to save him from
the snare of Satan."
00:37:18.27\00:37:22.91
And then there's this
very significant passage
00:37:22.94\00:37:26.48
that we find in
Desire of Ages page 645
00:37:26.51\00:37:30.32
where we discover but at first
Judas was impressed positively
00:37:30.35\00:37:35.73
with what Jesus did
but then he was disgusted.
00:37:35.76\00:37:40.03
You see, because this act
00:37:40.06\00:37:41.24
what king would wash
the feet of his subjects.
00:37:41.27\00:37:45.47
What king in his right mind
00:37:45.50\00:37:47.18
who should be
sitting on the throne
00:37:47.21\00:37:48.90
and having a subject serve Him
00:37:48.93\00:37:51.29
would actually bow and stoop
00:37:51.32\00:37:55.00
to wash the
feet of his subjects.
00:37:55.03\00:37:56.91
That was disgusting.
00:37:56.94\00:37:59.54
Notice this statement,
00:37:59.57\00:38:01.91
"When the Savior's hands
were bathing those soiled feet,
00:38:01.94\00:38:08.71
and wiping them with the towel,
00:38:08.74\00:38:11.56
the heart of Judas thrilled
00:38:11.59\00:38:15.06
through and
through with the impulse
00:38:15.09\00:38:18.89
then and there
to confess his sin."
00:38:18.92\00:38:22.58
Wow, did that
happened to Lucifer heaven
00:38:22.61\00:38:26.44
where God call all
the Angels before Him
00:38:26.47\00:38:30.03
and for a moment
there Lucifer said,
00:38:30.06\00:38:32.81
I should confess my sin.
00:38:32.84\00:38:34.91
See this is
repeating the story of Lucifer
00:38:34.94\00:38:37.66
because Judas is
possessed by Lucifer.
00:38:37.69\00:38:41.40
That's why all
these stories are similar.
00:38:41.43\00:38:43.07
Absalom you say.
00:38:43.10\00:38:44.15
Well, why is the story of
Absalom similar to the story
00:38:44.18\00:38:47.19
of the rebellion
of Lucifer in heaven
00:38:47.22\00:38:49.49
because Absalom is serving
as and instrument of Satan.
00:38:49.52\00:38:55.22
And this how was the
story being written in us?
00:38:55.25\00:38:58.91
Is Jesus tapping
His character in us
00:38:58.94\00:39:02.57
or is Lucifer
stamping his character in us?
00:39:02.60\00:39:05.58
Very important question.
00:39:05.61\00:39:08.21
She continues saying,
00:39:08.24\00:39:09.66
"But he would
not humble himself."
00:39:09.69\00:39:14.94
So hard to humble
yourself isn't it.
00:39:14.97\00:39:18.15
"He hardened his
heart against repentance
00:39:18.18\00:39:21.37
and the old impulses,
for the moment put aside,"
00:39:21.40\00:39:24.55
almost identical to
the terms about Lucifer
00:39:24.58\00:39:26.55
when he was in heaven.
00:39:26.58\00:39:27.96
For a moment he
felt like confessing
00:39:27.99\00:39:30.55
and then all of
those selfish feelings
00:39:30.58\00:39:33.28
rushed back into his heart
00:39:33.31\00:39:36.93
"and the old impulses
for the moment put aside,
00:39:36.96\00:39:38.99
again controlled him.
00:39:39.02\00:39:40.13
Judas was now offended."
00:39:40.16\00:39:42.42
See he was not
melted so now he's offended.
00:39:42.45\00:39:46.64
"Was now offended at Christ act
00:39:46.67\00:39:48.47
in the washing the
feet of the disciples,
00:39:48.50\00:39:51.17
of his disciples.
00:39:51.20\00:39:52.50
If Jesus could
so humble Himself,
00:39:52.53\00:39:55.24
he thought, He could
not be Israel's King.
00:39:55.27\00:39:59.15
All hope of worldly honor
00:39:59.18\00:40:02.87
in a temporal
kingdom was destroyed."
00:40:02.90\00:40:09.47
What did he want?
00:40:09.50\00:40:10.96
Worldly honor, temple kingdom,
00:40:10.99\00:40:14.91
position of
power, money, influence.
00:40:14.94\00:40:21.06
She continues
saying "Judas was satisfied
00:40:21.09\00:40:23.71
that there was nothing to
be gained by following Christ."
00:40:23.74\00:40:28.82
Sounds like
many Christians today
00:40:28.85\00:40:30.21
we're into the
prosperity gospel.
00:40:30.24\00:40:33.52
Serve Jesus and you get rich.
00:40:33.55\00:40:37.37
Oh, there's nothing
wrong with having lots of money
00:40:37.40\00:40:41.14
and multiple houses and
lots of money in the bank
00:40:41.17\00:40:44.05
and lots of toys to play
with and lots of automobile.
00:40:44.08\00:40:47.05
There's nothing wrong with that
00:40:47.08\00:40:48.23
God wants you to be
rich and prosperous.
00:40:48.26\00:40:50.85
And meanwhile the
work of God languishes
00:40:50.88\00:40:53.55
the church budget likes behind.
00:40:53.58\00:40:56.45
I had to get that in.
00:40:56.48\00:40:57.68
After, notice this, "After
seeing him degrade himself,"
00:41:02.06\00:41:06.30
after Judas saw
Jesus degrade himself
00:41:06.33\00:41:08.42
and he's in his
mind "as he thought,
00:41:08.45\00:41:12.37
he was confirmed in
his purpose to disown Him,
00:41:12.40\00:41:16.94
and confessed himself deceived.
00:41:16.97\00:41:20.35
He was possessed" notice this,
00:41:20.38\00:41:22.07
"He was possessed by a demon."
00:41:22.10\00:41:26.79
Ellen White calls it
the demand of selfishness.
00:41:26.82\00:41:30.33
"And he resolved
to complete the work
00:41:30.36\00:41:33.14
he had agreed to do
in betraying his Lord."
00:41:33.17\00:41:39.74
And then you have a closing
events in the Upper Room.
00:41:39.77\00:41:43.48
Notice John 13:26-30.
00:41:43.51\00:41:48.22
Jesus answered, "it is he"
00:41:48.25\00:41:51.89
because all of
them are asking is it I?
00:41:51.92\00:41:54.78
"It is he to whom I
shall give a piece of bread
00:41:54.81\00:41:58.71
when I have dipped it
and having dipped the bread
00:41:58.74\00:42:02.46
he gave it to Judas Iscariot,"
00:42:02.49\00:42:07.23
I wish I had time to
talk about the name Iscariot.
00:42:07.26\00:42:10.06
Very interesting.
"The son of Simon.
00:42:10.09\00:42:14.38
Now after the piece of bread"
00:42:14.41\00:42:16.38
notice this,
"Satan entered him."
00:42:16.41\00:42:20.33
When he says is it
I? Satan enters him.
00:42:20.36\00:42:24.52
In other words, he
becomes a vice regent of saint,
00:42:24.55\00:42:26.43
he becomes the
instrument of Satan,
00:42:26.46\00:42:27.96
he becomes possessed by Satan.
00:42:27.99\00:42:31.10
"Then Jesus said to him,
'What you do, do quickly.'"
00:42:31.13\00:42:36.94
Now notice this,
"But no one at the table
00:42:36.97\00:42:39.36
knew for what reason
He said this to him."
00:42:39.39\00:42:41.63
The disciples were
deceived even to the moment
00:42:41.66\00:42:43.77
that Judas got up
and left the table.
00:42:43.80\00:42:47.69
How many Christians
are gonna be deceived
00:42:47.72\00:42:49.37
till the very end by
the end time antichrist?
00:42:49.40\00:42:52.79
Most.
00:42:52.82\00:42:55.12
They actually thought that Jesus
was sending Judas on an errand.
00:42:55.15\00:43:01.36
It continues saying, verse 29,
00:43:01.39\00:43:04.41
"For some thought,
because Judas had the money box,
00:43:04.44\00:43:07.90
that Jesus had said to him,
00:43:07.93\00:43:09.48
'Buy those things
we need for the feast,'
00:43:09.51\00:43:12.55
or that he should
give something to the poor.
00:43:12.58\00:43:16.07
Having received
the piece of bread,
00:43:16.10\00:43:18.06
he then went out immediately.
00:43:18.09\00:43:20.10
And it was night."
00:43:20.13\00:43:22.34
Allow me to read a statement
from the Sprit of Prophecy
00:43:22.37\00:43:24.92
on that comment it was night.
00:43:24.95\00:43:27.13
Desire of Ages 654 and 655,
00:43:27.16\00:43:30.16
the Lord's servant says this,
"Night it was to the traitor
00:43:30.19\00:43:36.55
as he turned away from
Christ into the outer darkness.
00:43:36.58\00:43:40.31
Until this step was taken
00:43:40.34\00:43:42.58
that is when he
left the Upper Room,
00:43:42.61\00:43:44.78
Judas have not passed beyond
the possibility of repentance.
00:43:44.81\00:43:49.23
But when he left
the presence of his Lord
00:43:49.26\00:43:51.59
and his fellow disciples,
00:43:51.62\00:43:53.73
the final
decision had been made.
00:43:53.76\00:43:56.77
He had passed
the boundary line."
00:43:56.80\00:43:59.83
In other words she had
committed the unpardonable sin.
00:43:59.86\00:44:04.35
Pride, over his physical
stature his keen intelligence
00:44:04.38\00:44:10.07
and ability pride over the
desire for position and power
00:44:10.10\00:44:15.11
enriches over around him
00:44:15.14\00:44:18.32
and he became the
dominating force in his life.
00:44:18.35\00:44:22.84
Interestingly
enough in John 17: 12,
00:44:22.87\00:44:27.24
Judas is given a unique name.
00:44:27.27\00:44:31.56
and we'll come back to this,
this is on our next subject
00:44:37.05\00:44:39.56
we're gonna talk about
another son of perdition,
00:44:39.59\00:44:43.57
the end time son of perdition.
00:44:43.60\00:44:46.70
Here Jesus says, "While I
was with them in the world,"
00:44:46.73\00:44:50.15
He is praying to His Father
"I kept them in Your name.
00:44:50.18\00:44:55.45
Those whom You
gave Me I have kept
00:44:55.48\00:44:58.91
and none of them
is lost" except whom?
00:44:58.94\00:45:03.76
"Except the son of perdition,
00:45:03.79\00:45:06.69
that the
Scripture" might be what?
00:45:06.72\00:45:09.67
"That the Scripture
might be fulfilled."
00:45:09.70\00:45:12.99
What is the name
that is given to Judas?
00:45:13.02\00:45:15.44
The son of perdition.
00:45:15.47\00:45:20.01
By the way did
Jesus, did Judas know
00:45:20.04\00:45:22.15
where to find Jesus in
the garden of Gethsemane?
00:45:22.18\00:45:26.71
Yes.
00:45:26.74\00:45:27.82
In fact, Judas was
the one who led the guard
00:45:27.85\00:45:32.47
of the high priest
to Jesus in the garden.
00:45:32.50\00:45:35.65
So is this on insider
who is betraying his Lord?
00:45:35.68\00:45:40.19
Yes, it's no
atheistic blasphemous outsider
00:45:40.22\00:45:44.60
who is betraying Jesus,
00:45:44.63\00:45:46.08
it is one who
belongs to the inner circle.
00:45:46.11\00:45:49.71
Jesus is being
betrayed from within.
00:45:49.74\00:45:54.54
How did Judas betray Jesus?
00:45:54.57\00:45:57.42
Even to the way in
which he betrayed Jesus
00:45:57.45\00:46:00.51
he's professing
loyalty to Christ.
00:46:00.54\00:46:05.14
Notice Matthew 26:47,
00:46:05.17\00:46:09.14
"And while he
was still speaking,"
00:46:09.17\00:46:10.87
that is Jesus "behold,
Judas, one of the twelve,
00:46:10.90\00:46:13.25
with a great
multitude with sergeant clubs,
00:46:13.28\00:46:15.43
came from the chief priests
and elders of the people.
00:46:15.46\00:46:19.05
Now His betrayer had
given them a sign saying,
00:46:19.08\00:46:21.91
Whomever I kiss, He
is the one, seize Him.
00:46:21.94\00:46:25.88
Immediately he went
up to Jesus and said,
00:46:25.91\00:46:28.85
"Greetings,
Rabbi!" and kissed Him."
00:46:28.88\00:46:34.53
Is it just
possible that the end time
00:46:34.56\00:46:36.49
antichrist will
deliver the body of Christ
00:46:36.52\00:46:41.37
so to speak with a kiss?
00:46:41.40\00:46:45.79
No doubt
whatsoever about it folks,
00:46:45.82\00:46:48.36
this story is
going to be repeated
00:46:48.39\00:46:51.78
and the awesome sad
thing is that everyone
00:46:51.81\00:46:55.42
who has the same spirit of
Judas will end up in that camp,
00:46:55.45\00:47:01.23
in the camp of the antichrist.
00:47:01.26\00:47:04.60
Unless these sins are
expelled from the life
00:47:04.63\00:47:07.22
through the power of Jesus,
through the power of spirit
00:47:07.25\00:47:10.11
we will end up in that system
00:47:10.14\00:47:12.41
which is called
the son of perdition
00:47:12.44\00:47:14.69
the end time antichrist system
00:47:14.72\00:47:18.02
and we will end up not
betraying possibly Jesus
00:47:18.05\00:47:21.70
because those who
will live in the end time
00:47:21.73\00:47:24.74
will be a Christian system
00:47:24.77\00:47:27.22
but they will betray the
body of Jesus the church.
00:47:27.25\00:47:34.32
And then of course we
have the repentance of Judas,
00:47:34.35\00:47:37.57
crocodile tears.
00:47:37.60\00:47:40.16
He was sad at the consequences
of what he had done,
00:47:40.19\00:47:44.15
his plan had back fired.
00:47:44.18\00:47:45.46
He wasn't sorry that he
delivered the Son of Man.
00:47:45.49\00:47:48.99
He was sorry that
his plan hadn't worked.
00:47:49.02\00:47:51.76
He was sorry of the results
of sin not the sin itself.
00:47:51.79\00:47:56.06
And notice Matthew 27:3-6,
00:47:56.09\00:47:58.93
how this tragic story ends.
00:47:58.96\00:48:00.60
By the way do you remember
how the life of Saul ended?
00:48:00.63\00:48:04.37
There's a
striking similar to between
00:48:04.40\00:48:06.48
the life a Judas
and the life of Saul.
00:48:06.51\00:48:09.66
Because Saul was
also possessed by a demon
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at the end of his life,
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because Saul had
the same qualities
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that Lucifer had in heaven
the same qualities of Absalom,
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the same qualities of
Judas the same qualities
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as the end time
son of perdition.
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If we know how the devil worked
in these preliminary cases
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we will know how to
flee from the antichrist
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who is here now who will soon
be manifested as the antichrist.
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Notice Matthew 27:3,
"Then Judas, His betrayer,
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seeing that He
had been condemned,
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was remorseful and brought
back the thirty pieces of silver
00:48:45.92\00:48:50.35
to the chief
priests and elders, saying,
00:48:50.38\00:48:52.16
'I have sinned by
betraying innocent blood.'
00:48:52.19\00:48:56.21
And they said
"What is that to us.
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You will see to it!"
00:48:58.70\00:49:00.89
Then he threw down
00:49:00.92\00:49:02.47
the pieces of silver in
the temple and departed,
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and went and he what?
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"And he hanged himself."
00:49:09.40\00:49:12.34
Did Saul commit
suicide? He most certainly did.
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Notice the comment on this
in Desire of Ages 721 and 722.
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"As the trial drew to a close"
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trial of Jesus,
"Judas could endure
00:49:27.00\00:49:30.47
the torture of his
guilty conscience no longer.
00:49:30.50\00:49:34.82
Suddenly a hoarse
voice rang through the hall
00:49:34.85\00:49:38.47
sending a thrill of
terror to all hearts,
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He is innocent;
spare Him O Caiaphas!
00:49:43.01\00:49:48.02
The tall form of
Judas was now seen
00:49:48.05\00:49:51.47
pressing through
the startled throng.
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His face was pale and haggard
00:49:54.73\00:49:57.84
and great drops of
sweat stood on his forehead."
00:49:57.87\00:50:01.78
Ellen White saw this in vision.
00:50:01.81\00:50:05.99
"Rushing to the
throne of judgment,
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he threw down
before the high priest
00:50:08.22\00:50:10.78
the pieces of silver
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that had been the price
of the Lord's betrayal."
00:50:12.18\00:50:14.16
By the way at the end of time
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our people gonna take
their silver and their gold
00:50:15.34\00:50:16.99
and throw them on the streets
00:50:17.02\00:50:18.09
when they realize
that they are lost.
00:50:18.12\00:50:20.79
Ezekiel 7:19 says,
00:50:20.82\00:50:22.55
"Their silver and their gold
will not be able to save them
00:50:22.58\00:50:25.88
in the day of the Lord's wrath.
00:50:25.91\00:50:27.36
They will throw their silver
and gold into the streets."
00:50:27.39\00:50:31.22
Revelation 18 describes
it as "Babylon crying out
00:50:31.25\00:50:34.51
because all of the
merchants of the earth
00:50:34.54\00:50:36.17
can no longer make themselves
rich through this system."
00:50:36.20\00:50:43.43
"Eagerly grasping
the robe of Caiaphas,
00:50:43.46\00:50:45.92
he implored him
to release Jesus,
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declaring that He had
done nothing worthy of death."
00:50:48.96\00:50:54.72
And then interestingly enough
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and I'm not
gonna read the passage
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it's a rather long passage
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you can read it in Acts 1:16-26.
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An election takes
place in the Upper Room
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before the day of Pentecost.
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The successor of Judas.
00:51:10.45\00:51:13.51
Have you ever read in
Scripture where it says
00:51:13.54\00:51:15.71
there were suppose
to be a carefulness
00:51:15.74\00:51:17.27
anyone takes our crown.
00:51:17.30\00:51:20.81
Have you read that that verse?
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Here we have the case
00:51:23.55\00:51:25.90
someone else is taking
Judas's crown, its Matthias.
00:51:25.93\00:51:31.85
In fact what Judas did
was a fulfillment of Psalm 109
00:51:31.88\00:51:37.49
where it says in that Psalm
00:51:37.52\00:51:39.11
that another
would take his office
00:51:39.14\00:51:43.10
and that's
exactly what happened,
00:51:43.13\00:51:45.05
another took his office.
00:51:45.08\00:51:47.92
Do you know who was sitting
on the left side of Jesus
00:51:51.47\00:51:55.88
at the last supper? Judas.
00:51:55.91\00:52:00.82
Do you know who was sitting
on the right side of Jesus?
00:52:00.85\00:52:04.25
John. Interesting.
00:52:04.28\00:52:08.19
John was reclining upon Jesus
00:52:08.22\00:52:10.17
and Judas was on
the left hand side
00:52:10.20\00:52:12.10
trying to press close.
00:52:12.13\00:52:13.44
Desire of Ages tells us
00:52:13.47\00:52:14.75
that if there was gonna be
a first place in the kingdom
00:52:14.78\00:52:17.08
Judas wanted to
be real near Jesus,
00:52:17.11\00:52:20.13
'cause he wanted that position.
00:52:20.16\00:52:22.31
Do you know that
these two disciples
00:52:22.34\00:52:24.61
describe two kinds of
people that exist in the world
00:52:24.64\00:52:27.67
today and will exist
till the very end of time?
00:52:27.70\00:52:30.18
Did John have
serious defects of character?
00:52:30.21\00:52:34.13
He was called a son of thunder.
00:52:34.16\00:52:39.43
He has serious
defects in his character,
00:52:39.46\00:52:42.47
some of them probably even worst
than the defects that Judas had.
00:52:42.50\00:52:47.09
But John allowed the
influence of the Holy Spirit
00:52:47.12\00:52:49.38
to impact his life and
transform his character.
00:52:49.41\00:52:53.14
Where as Judas harden his heart
00:52:53.17\00:52:55.02
and he did not
allow Jesus to influence
00:52:55.05\00:52:57.59
and mold and
change his selfish heart.
00:52:57.62\00:53:02.29
The Sanctified Life page 60
00:53:02.32\00:53:04.19
we find these words
speaking about John and Judas.
00:53:04.22\00:53:10.29
"Those two disciples
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represent the Christian world."
00:53:13.68\00:53:18.75
Did you catch that?
00:53:18.78\00:53:20.46
Say, oh, no Judas is
all of the unbelievers.
00:53:20.49\00:53:24.51
And John
represents the believers.
00:53:24.54\00:53:26.28
It's like Cain and Abel
00:53:29.60\00:53:31.12
two different
kinds of worshipers,
00:53:31.15\00:53:35.66
two different kinds
of religious people,
00:53:35.69\00:53:39.13
two different
kinds of individuals
00:53:39.16\00:53:40.57
who claim to serve God.
00:53:40.60\00:53:42.99
We could go into the
story of Cain and Abel
00:53:43.02\00:53:44.84
to illustrate the same
story that we find here.
00:53:44.87\00:53:47.81
"These two disciples
represent the Christian world.
00:53:51.83\00:53:56.17
All profess to be
Christ's followers,
00:53:56.20\00:54:00.39
but while one class walk
in humility and meekness,
00:54:00.42\00:54:06.03
learning of
Jesus, the other show
00:54:06.06\00:54:10.08
that they are not doers of
the word, but hearers only.
00:54:10.11\00:54:15.70
One class are
sanctified through the truth,
00:54:15.73\00:54:20.31
the other know nothing
00:54:20.34\00:54:21.88
of the transforming
power of divine grace.
00:54:21.91\00:54:25.81
The former are
daily dying to self,
00:54:25.84\00:54:30.76
and are overcoming sin.
00:54:30.79\00:54:33.99
The latter are
indulging their own lusts,
00:54:34.02\00:54:37.84
and becoming the
servants of Satan."
00:54:37.87\00:54:41.37
One last quotation before
making some concluding remarks.
00:54:44.55\00:54:48.96
Desire of Ages,
716 Ellen White speaks
00:54:48.99\00:54:53.70
about the reason
for the demise of Judas.
00:54:53.73\00:54:56.44
She says, "Judas had naturally
a strong love for money,
00:54:56.47\00:55:03.35
but he had not
always been corrupt enough
00:55:03.38\00:55:06.54
to do such a deed as this."
00:55:06.57\00:55:09.12
That is of selling Jesus.
00:55:09.15\00:55:11.80
"He had fostered the
evil spirit of avarice"
00:55:11.83\00:55:18.02
That's an extreme
type of covetousness
00:55:18.05\00:55:21.09
is the way I
like to describe it.
00:55:21.12\00:55:25.64
"Until" notice this,
00:55:25.67\00:55:27.61
"He had fostered the
evil spirit of avarice
00:55:27.64\00:55:30.15
until it had become the
ruling motive of his life.
00:55:30.18\00:55:35.61
The love of mammon
00:55:35.64\00:55:38.55
overbalanced
his love for Christ.
00:55:38.58\00:55:42.72
Through becoming the slave"
00:55:42.75\00:55:45.57
listen to this "Through
becoming the slave of one vice
00:55:45.60\00:55:51.11
he gave himself to Satan,
00:55:51.14\00:55:54.53
to be driven to
any lengths in sin."
00:55:54.56\00:55:58.99
How do we handle
beauty? Physical attraction?
00:56:02.55\00:56:07.60
The way we deal with
the issue of jewelry,
00:56:07.63\00:56:09.83
people get all
bent out of shape,
00:56:09.86\00:56:12.80
because jewelry is spoken up.
00:56:12.83\00:56:14.60
Well, why do you use it? To
bring glory to Jesus, right.
00:56:14.63\00:56:19.02
Could that be a pitfall?
00:56:23.86\00:56:26.51
A physical
appearance, it's a moral issue.
00:56:26.54\00:56:30.40
Other thirsts for
position and power
00:56:30.43\00:56:33.01
especially when
nominating committee comes.
00:56:33.04\00:56:35.04
Others are in love with money
00:56:38.47\00:56:41.70
while the work of
God languishes in need.
00:56:41.73\00:56:46.45
Others are proud of
their intellectual pursuits
00:56:46.48\00:56:50.51
and their
intelligence and their degrees,
00:56:50.54\00:56:54.50
that how many
PhDs after their name.
00:56:54.53\00:56:59.67
There is no one
greater in the kingdom of God
00:56:59.70\00:57:04.42
than those who take these assets
00:57:04.45\00:57:08.67
and place them on
the altar of sacrifice.
00:57:08.70\00:57:12.77
Were they
dedicated to God service
00:57:12.80\00:57:16.27
instead of being
dedicated to self service?
00:57:16.30\00:57:20.65
May God give us
that spirit is my prayer.
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