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September 4, 2008

The Sorrow Of Betrayal

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I have sinned by betraying innocent blood. -Matthew 27:4

When I was a boy, my dad observed my spendthrift ways and often said
that money burned a hole in my pocket. I suppose it's not unlike the way
those 30 pieces of silver burned a hole in Judas' heart after he had
betrayed Jesus for a little cash. Imagine how he must have felt as he
watched his friend Jesus, with hands bound, being led to trial. Judas
had seen those hands calm the stormy sea and touch the blind and lame.
How often those loving hands had touched his own life!

For Judas, the silver was no longer a reward but rather a reminder of
what he had done to Jesus. With every step, the clanging coins sounded a
dirge of condemnation, until in despair he admitted, "I have sinned by
betraying innocent blood" (Matt. 27:4).

When we make choices that betray Jesus, eventually our lives become
filled with sorrow. Even well-intentioned followers find that their
desire to love and serve Him is frequently on a collision course with
the lure of cash or other seductions. But the things we have gained at
His expense ultimately and inevitably become clanging symbols of sorrow
and regret.

The next time you have to make a choice about cash-or anything
else-remember the clatter of Judas' condemning coins, and don't betray
your loving Leader.  - Joe Stowell
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Jesus is all the world to me,
And true to Him I'll be;
O how could I this Friend deny,
When He's so true to me? -Thompson

When faced with a choice, don't betray your loving Leader.

 

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