Did Judas betray Christ?
Yes!!
Watching some Christian from some panel of Christians espousing the “fact” that Jesus asked Judas to betray him. Gnostics are a different breed. Typical humans trying to talk our way out of something.
Whenever some question about Christ's life or ways arises I think this;
Why don’t you ask Christ?
How is it christians can make there way through life without talking to Christ? The whole da vinci debacle. Read the bible. It’s all there. Any answer to any question is there. I read the bible, not as a text of what happened thousands of years ago. But as the living word that it is. This is happening now. Same situations, same people. Only different names.
To betray is the human condition. I betray myself. Sometimes, in the lowest of forms. So how could I have not betrayed Jesus? When watching the Passion it kept coming to me; “This could have gone a different way. This didn’t have to happen like it did.”
In some ways I think God relied on us, his children to help our brother. We did not. Some did some didn’t.
Would Christ ask us to do something wrong to serve him? Betrayel is wrong. He would never ask me to betray, in order to serve. As a matter of fact; He requests me not to betray. Don’t betray myself, thus betraying him.
At times like this, I am brought back to something that happened many years ago. A woman was sitting on a bridge. Traffic was at a complete stop. A man, completely irate with her came up to her car, somehow managed to pull her out, and was beating her. Calling her names. Many people sat around them in there vehicles. The woman ran. Trying to get away, screaming for help. Eventually to get away from her attacker she chose death. Jumped from the bridge. While numerous people sat by and watched.
This woman is Christ. Beaten and abused. Do we get out of our cars and help her/him? Or listen to the numerous reasons why I shouldn’t help her. My daughter would probably be with me. I could be the one beaten to death. Why should I risk my life to save her? Perhaps even risk my daughters, by turning that maniacs attentions onto me. So I choose to betray humanity and the value of compassion to sit back and witness.
As human beings we witness much. To do something would remove us/me from my cooshy life, perhaps put me in danger, or I would have to give something. Materialistic or otherwise.
Yet Christ did give His life for me. No question. He continues to do it to this day. Through these people. We have opportunities to change what happened previously. Not to rewrite Christ’s story, but to enhance it and make it better. This should have never have happened. Yet I cannot be willing to enable that enhancement until I accept the fact that I betray. In doing so enable myself with Christ’s help, to change or hinder the need or compulsion to do so.
Now is the time to accept those betrayels, embrace them and hand them to Christ. He is waiting for them, as He always does. This is actually the best time for these people to come out with this. Because it gives some/everyone the opportunity to ask Christ. Really see if our faith is pure and honest. Will this rock my faith? Will I give up on Christ? Do I lack faith enough to believe this?
No. Ask Christ, He will answer. Talk to Christ. He will answer.
God Bless us all!!
Watching some Christian from some panel of Christians espousing the “fact” that Jesus asked Judas to betray him. Gnostics are a different breed. Typical humans trying to talk our way out of something.
Whenever some question about Christ's life or ways arises I think this;
Why don’t you ask Christ?
How is it christians can make there way through life without talking to Christ? The whole da vinci debacle. Read the bible. It’s all there. Any answer to any question is there. I read the bible, not as a text of what happened thousands of years ago. But as the living word that it is. This is happening now. Same situations, same people. Only different names.
To betray is the human condition. I betray myself. Sometimes, in the lowest of forms. So how could I have not betrayed Jesus? When watching the Passion it kept coming to me; “This could have gone a different way. This didn’t have to happen like it did.”
In some ways I think God relied on us, his children to help our brother. We did not. Some did some didn’t.
Would Christ ask us to do something wrong to serve him? Betrayel is wrong. He would never ask me to betray, in order to serve. As a matter of fact; He requests me not to betray. Don’t betray myself, thus betraying him.
At times like this, I am brought back to something that happened many years ago. A woman was sitting on a bridge. Traffic was at a complete stop. A man, completely irate with her came up to her car, somehow managed to pull her out, and was beating her. Calling her names. Many people sat around them in there vehicles. The woman ran. Trying to get away, screaming for help. Eventually to get away from her attacker she chose death. Jumped from the bridge. While numerous people sat by and watched.
This woman is Christ. Beaten and abused. Do we get out of our cars and help her/him? Or listen to the numerous reasons why I shouldn’t help her. My daughter would probably be with me. I could be the one beaten to death. Why should I risk my life to save her? Perhaps even risk my daughters, by turning that maniacs attentions onto me. So I choose to betray humanity and the value of compassion to sit back and witness.
As human beings we witness much. To do something would remove us/me from my cooshy life, perhaps put me in danger, or I would have to give something. Materialistic or otherwise.
Yet Christ did give His life for me. No question. He continues to do it to this day. Through these people. We have opportunities to change what happened previously. Not to rewrite Christ’s story, but to enhance it and make it better. This should have never have happened. Yet I cannot be willing to enable that enhancement until I accept the fact that I betray. In doing so enable myself with Christ’s help, to change or hinder the need or compulsion to do so.
Now is the time to accept those betrayels, embrace them and hand them to Christ. He is waiting for them, as He always does. This is actually the best time for these people to come out with this. Because it gives some/everyone the opportunity to ask Christ. Really see if our faith is pure and honest. Will this rock my faith? Will I give up on Christ? Do I lack faith enough to believe this?
No. Ask Christ, He will answer. Talk to Christ. He will answer.
God Bless us all!!
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