"One of You Will Betray Me."

This morning we enter into a very sobering and heavy topic—The topic flows out of the story of a man named Judas Iscariot –Or The son of Destruction (Perdition) as the Lord refers to him in John 17:12. We are all, I am sure, familiar with this antagonist Judas. But out of his life and narrative flows some very pertinent and serious lessons for each of us to reflect upon.

Edward Klink writes:

“Judas must not be viewed as an isolated example, but as a common experience in the Church. While the gospel is good news, it is not easily swallowed. Scripture warns that the message of Christ is a stumbling block in foolishness and that even Satan, the God of this age, is actively blinding the minds of the world. But as scary as this is. There is something else frightening in the example of Judas. Judas does not represent disbelief among those on the outside of faith and opposed to Christ, but disbelief among the faithful and those on the inside. Judas is a far more threatening figure than pilot for the Jewish leaders. For he reminds us that on any day some faithful follower sitting among us might turn off the light and stumble out into the darkness."