--I’ve often wondered: what kind of man was Judas? Who were his friends? I’ve pictured him as estranged from the other apostles. Friendless. Distant. Yet I wonder if that’s true. Perhaps he was just the opposite. Maybe he was robust and jovial. There’s one thing we know for sure: He had no relationship with the Master.
-Judas had seen Jesus, but he did not know him. He had a religion but no relationship. As Satan worked his way around the table in the Upper Room, he needed a man who’d seen Jesus but who did not know him.
We learn this timeless lesson from the betrayer. Satan’s best tools of destruction are not from outside the church; they are from within the church. Judas bore the cloak of religion, but he never knew the heart of Christ.
--Let’s make it our goal to know Jesus…..deeply! A personal relationship is required to KNOW who Jesus is. Jesus said, "I and My Father are One." They are inseparable. Judas never took time to 'know' Jesus. He betrayed Him, because he never knew Jesus was/is the true Messiah. The Messiah has come! And He's coming back. Let's Thank Him, for all He's Done! "Whom the Son sets free is free indeed!"
