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judas took the bread

January 22, 2008 0 comments Article devos

judas departed to betray jesus
the one destined for destruction
satan put into judas’ heart the idea of betraying jesus
satan himself entered judas
the man through whom satan acts to rebel against God in the last days

imagine having that close a ‘relationship’ with satan that these things could be said of you.

eery, isn’t it? it’s quite unsettling and dismanteling. it’s unfathomable, really.

but why else would judas do those things to him? why else would he betray him?.. if satan had not entered him? what else could ‘possess’ him to do such a thing to Christ our Lord?

but here’s the kicker:

26Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the morsel, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. 27Then after he had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him.

jesus gave the word. he said the one who would betray him was the one who he would give the morsel of bread to. and judas took it. he accepted that he would betray jesus. he made the conscious decision. he didn’t hem and haw over it. he didn’t slap it out of jesus’ hand and tell him no way, jose, i will never betray you. he didn’t argue. he just took it and displayed to everyone that he would perform the very betrayal jesus talked about.

and then satan entered him.

whoops. who do we blame now? satan didn’t enter judas until after judas took the bread. how can we say it was the devil that made me do it? who does our shame on you finger point to now?

i also think it is interesting that jesus gave him bread and that judas took it. because didn’t jesus just explain that the bread was his body? jesus gave him his body. he handed himself over. and judas took it. satan took it. but amen, brothers and sisters, he could not keep it. he could not keep our Lord in the ground.

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