Memorise: And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and
went and hanged himself. Luke 27:5
Read: Matthew 27:3-8, 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,
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.
5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
6 And
the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful
for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
Bible in one year: 2nd Samuel 23-24, Proverbs 14:18-31
MESSAGE
The
type of sorrow that Judas Iscariot experienced is undesirable. I pray
that you will not experience such a sorrow in your life in Jesus’ name.
We need to know why the sorrow that Peter experienced is seen as godly
and why that of Judas Iscariot perceived as ungodly.
When
a man thinks he can outsmart his creator, the results is usually
ghastly, and it is only when that person has godly sorrow for his acts
that he can be saved.
Greed and materialistic tendencies can make a man think he can outsmart
God. It is unfortunate that some so-called Christians are not spared
for his monster called greed (or the love of material things.) The Bible
says:
“But
godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into
this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food
and raiment, let us be therewith content.
1stTimothy 6:6-8
Judas
Iscariot thought he could swindle the Jewish leaders by betraying
Jesus, he thought Jesus could not be arrested because he had, before
then, witnessed Him escaping from the hands of the Jews. However, he
didn’t know that Christ escaped then because His time was not yet up.
“And
all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled
with wrath, And these things, were filled with wrath, And rose up, and
thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill
whereon their city as built, that they might cast him down headlong. But
he passing through the midst of them went his way.”
Luke 4:28-30
With
the background knowledge of what Christ could do, he felt that once he
had collected the money and showed them who He is, Christ would
disappear and life would continue as usual. To his surprise, Christ
surrendered Himself. The type of sorrow he had does not lead to
repentance; rather, it leads to despair, frustration, and eventually
suicide as seen in today’s memory verse.
Beloved,
let us fear the Lord and abstain from all forms of greed and the love
of money. These things drown men in destruction and perdition.
Prayer Point
Father, please don’t let the love of money drown me in Jesus name.
