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? Temple Baptist Church - 1-31-2024John 13:10-11; 18-30? Introduction:? ? What a sad story!? I know that Judas was a traitor and led the religious crowd to the Garden where He was.? But the world has been and continues to have multitudes of “spiritual traitors” as well as Christ rejectors who die out of the will of the Lord and spend an eternity in a place called hell!? A.? Who was this man, Judas Iscariot?? ? There are theories about who Judas Iscariot is and who he might be during the Tribulation Period floating around.? Was Judas the incarnate devil?? Will Judas be resurrected during the Tribulation Period as Antichrist?? They use such verses as these to substantiate their theories.? John 6:70-71? Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?? (71)? He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.? John 17:12? While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.? Acts 1:25? That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.? B.? I will not take the time to dispel these theories? but will say that I do not believe that Judas was either the devil, as many wicked people are referred to in that manner.? I believe that the Bible teaches that Judas was just a man.? ? C.? Judas Iscariot.? The only disciple who was non-Galilean but was born of the same Tribe as Christ Jesus: The Lion of the Tribe of Judah.? ? Genesis 49:8-12? Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.? (9)? Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?? (10)? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.? (11)? Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:? (12)? His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.? Judas – The Greek spelling of the Hebrew word? Judah:? of the posterity of Judah and its region.? Iscariot -? inhabitants of Keri-oth.? A city in southern Judah in the Negev.? D.? ? Why was the Lord “troubled in spirit?”? ? John 13:21? ? When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.), we find that Jesus was “troubled in spirit” because “one of you shall betray me.”? ? ? 1.? Because Judas Iscariot was a friend of Jesus Christ.? a)? Prophesied in one of the Davidic Psalms:? ? Psalms 41:9? ? Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.? b)? Performed in the betrayal of Judas Iscariot:? Matthew 26:48-50? Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.? (49)? And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.? (50)? And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.? c)? For those who teach that Judas Iscariot? and Antichrist are the same, Jesus Christ would have never called the devil “friend.”? 2.? Because Jesus Christ died for the sin of the whole world which included Judas Iscariot!? John 3:16-17? For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.? (17)? For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.? 1 Timothy 2:4? Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.? 1 John 2:2? And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.? In John Gill's Commentary, a 17th? century “theologian” and pastor (who was also a Calvinist) explained “the whole world” as 1) the Old Testament Saints who believed on the Messiah plus all the New Testament Saints who would believe on Christ Jesus, both Jew and Gentile.? The “whole world” is the entirety of all who ever lived or would ever live!? Typical Calvinistic “stretching” the Word of God to prove their damnable heresies.? E.? Judas Iscariot was prophesied in Psalm 55.? Psalms 55:12-15? For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:? (13)? But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.? (14)? We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.? (15)? Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.? 1.? The interpretation of the Psalm? was about Ahithophel, David's counselor and Bathsheba's grandfather, who betrayed David.? ? ? 2.? The prophesy of the Psalm, which is Messianic, was about Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Christ.? ? F.? Judas Iscariot.? 1.? Judas Iscariot was a Disciple.? “one of you”? ? John 13:21? ? When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.? a.? Judas Iscariot's Calling.? ? The Lord chose Judas as He did the other disciples.? b.? Judas Iscariot's Circumstances.? ? He saw, lived with, and heard Christ.? He shared the same conditions as the other disciples.? His accountability was great.? c.? Judas Iscariot's Communion.? ? He spent a lot of personal time with Christ, a personal friend to Judas as He was to the other disciples.? ? d.? Judas Iscariot's Choice.? ? He had the same right to choose as the other disciples.? 2.? Judas Iscariot was a Deceiver.? “Lord, who is it?”? John 13:24-25? Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake.? (25)? He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him,? Lord, who is it?? a.? Judas Iscariot Deceived others.? ? The other disciples could not believe that it was Judas.? John 13:26-29? 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.? (27)? And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.? (28)? Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.? (29)? For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.? b.? Judas Iscariot Deceived himself.? ? Matthew 26:25? Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.? c.? Judas Iscariot never Deceived the Lord!? ? John 13:26-27? 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.? (27)? And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.? 3.? Judas Iscariot was a Damned Man.? ? Matthew 26:23-24? And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.? (24)? The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.? a.? Judas Iscariot's Discovery.? Matthew 27:3? Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,? b.? Judas Iscariot's Discourse.? ? Matthew 27:4? Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.? c.? Judas Iscariot's Despair.? Matthew 27:5? And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.? 4.? Judas Iscariot's Decision.? ? I believe that the Bible teaches that Judas Iscariot could have been saved up to the point that he received the sop.? When John asked the Lord who would betray Him, Jesus said, “To whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it.”? Judas did not have to take the sop from the hand of our Lord but could have said, “Forgive me, Lord.? I do not want the sop.”? John 13:26-27? 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.? (27)? And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.? Conclusion:? Here we find the sad end of a life that could have been saved but chose to reject the Saviour.? Not the Devil, not the future Antichrist, just a man for whom Christ died.?

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