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How can Judas have betrayed Jesus?


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1 minute ago, Habitat said:

I am saying if he couldn't convert this bloke at point blank range, how is it reasonable to expect people to be convinced by words on a page ? 

 

Read this Hab (it isn't too long) and get back to me when you're done.

Judas Iscariot

 

 

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All through his life Judas had cultivated the habit of getting even with those whom he fancied had mistreated him. His sense of values and loyalties was defective.

 

What do you do with those such as Judas? Not even God can save them. Miracles do them no good.

 

 

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11 minutes ago, Will Due said:

 

Read this Hab (it isn't too long) and get back to me when you're done.

Judas Iscariot

 

 

Hmmmm……"The worlds have found it difficult to forgive Judas" 

In that case, the message of forgiveness has not transferred well to the "worlds" either ! Seriously, demonizing people is a common human trait, and a common literary device for that very reason. It reflects a desire to externalise the impulses we all have, that we are not wise to admit having, even perhaps to ourselves. Judas can't hurt anyone today, and as indicated, was not the reason why JC met an untimely end, though if you believe the storytelling tradition of the bible it was a timely end, needed to create the background for a resurrection. Judas provides the villain to hate.

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1 minute ago, Habitat said:

Hmmmm……"The worlds have found it difficult to forgive Judas" 

In that case, the message of forgiveness has not transferred well to the "worlds" either ! Seriously, demonizing people is a common human trait, and a common literary device for that very reason. It reflects a desire to externalise the impulses we all have, that we are not wise to admit having, even perhaps to ourselves. Judas can't hurt anyone today, and as indicated, was not the reason why JC met an untimely end, though if you believe the storytelling tradition of the bible it was a timely end, needed to create the background for a resurrection. Judas provides the villain to hate.

 

You misunderstand Hab. The reason the worlds find it difficult to forgive Judas isn't because of what he did to Jesus. It's because of what he did to himself.

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Will Due said:

 

You misunderstand Hab. The reason the worlds find it difficult to forgive Judas isn't because of what he did to Jesus. It's because of what he did to himself.

 

 

Don't be silly, he is only a matter of discussion because he allegedly betrayed JC, unless you think the "worlds" find it difficult to forgive anonymous desperate people who throw themselves off bridges.

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28 minutes ago, Will Due said:

 

What do you do with those such as Judas? Not even God can save them. Miracles do them no good.

 

 

And what dependable evidence is there about this chaps alleged character flaws ? And who are we or anyone to judge ? You know what the man said Will, "judge not lest thee be judged" ! 

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2 minutes ago, Habitat said:

Don't be silly, he is only a matter of discussion because he allegedly betrayed JC, unless you think the "worlds" find it difficult to forgive anonymous desperate people who throw themselves off bridges.

 

Jesus would have been crucified regardless of what Judas did. He was a non-factor in the demise of Jesus. What's so unforgivable about what Judas did......did to himself is to have squandered the opportunity to forever be associated with the success, like the other eleven, of seeing it through. Being associated with Jesus as a member of his inner circle FOREVER.

 

 

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1 minute ago, Habitat said:

"judge not lest thee be judged" ! 

 

Sometimes being judged for judging, turns out to be for the better. :D

 

 

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5 minutes ago, Will Due said:

 

Jesus would have been crucified regardless of what Judas did. He was a non-factor in the demise of Jesus. What's so unforgivable about what Judas did......did to himself is to have squandered the opportunity to forever be associated with the success, like the other eleven, of seeing it through. Being associated with Jesus as a member of his inner circle FOREVER.

 

 

Allowing that your premise in correct, that becomes a tragedy for old Judas, and yet people want to condemn him, for missing out on the "jackpot" ? It isn't enough punishment that he misses out on that ? It is a bit like condemning someone for making a bad choice that lands them in jail, isn't the jail enough punishment ? And especially if the "victim" of the crime suffered no detriment he was not going to suffer anyway. 

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9 minutes ago, Will Due said:

 

Sometimes being judged for judging, turns out to be for the better. :D

 

 

Too late for Judas, no help to him that people still want to condemn him....perhaps they more want to "help" themselves !

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3 minutes ago, Habitat said:

Too late for Judas, no help to him that people still want to condemn him....perhaps they more want to "help" themselves !

 

Lol. 

God helps those who helps themselves.

 

 

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As Caiaphas was engaged in making his report to the Sanhedrin regarding the trial and condemnation of Jesus, Judas appeared before them to claim his reward for the part he had played in his Master’s arrest and sentence of death.

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All of these Jews loathed Judas; they looked upon the betrayer with only feelings of utter contempt. Throughout the trial of Jesus before Caiaphas and during his appearance before Pilate, Judas was pricked in his conscience about his traitorous conduct. And he was also beginning to become somewhat disillusioned regarding the reward he was to receive as payment for his services as Jesus’ betrayer. He did not like the coolness and aloofness of the Jewish authorities; nevertheless, he expected to be liberally rewarded for his cowardly conduct. He anticipated being called before the full meeting of the Sanhedrin and there hearing himself eulogized while they conferred upon him suitable honors in token of the great service which he flattered himself he had rendered his nation. Imagine, therefore, the great surprise of this egotistic traitor when a servant of the high priest, tapping him on the shoulder, called him just outside the hall and said: “Judas, I have been appointed to pay you for the betrayal of Jesus. Here is your reward.” And thus speaking, the servant of Caiaphas handed Judas a bag containing thirty pieces of silver—the current price of a good, healthy slave.

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Judas was stunned, dumfounded. He rushed back to enter the hall but was debarred by the doorkeeper. He wanted to appeal to the Sanhedrin, but they would not admit him. Judas could not believe that these rulers of the Jews would allow him to betray his friends and his Master and then offer him as a reward thirty pieces of silver. He was humiliated, disillusioned, and utterly crushed. He walked away from the temple, as it were, in a trance. He automatically dropped the money bag in his deep pocket, that same pocket wherein he had so long carried the bag containing the apostolic funds. And he wandered out through the city after the crowds who were on their way to witness the crucifixions.

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From a distance Judas saw them raise the cross piece with Jesus nailed thereon, and upon sight of this he rushed back to the temple and, forcing his way past the doorkeeper, found himself standing in the presence of the Sanhedrin, which was still in session. The betrayer was well-nigh breathless and highly distraught, but he managed to stammer out these words: “I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood. You have insulted me. You have offered me as a reward for my service, money—the price of a slave. I repent that I have done this; here is your money. I want to escape the guilt of this deed.”

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When the rulers of the Jews heard Judas, they scoffed at him. One of them sitting near where Judas stood, motioned that he should leave the hall and said: “Your Master has already been put to death by the Romans, and as for your guilt, what is that to us? See you to that—and begone!”

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As Judas left the Sanhedrin chamber, he removed the thirty pieces of silver from the bag and threw them broadcast over the temple floor. When the betrayer left the temple, he was almost beside himself. Judas was now passing through the experience of the realization of the true nature of sin. All the glamor, fascination, and intoxication of wrongdoing had vanished. Now the evildoer stood alone and face to face with the judgment verdict of his disillusioned and disappointed soul. Sin was bewitching and adventurous in the committing, but now must the harvest of the naked and unromantic facts be faced.

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This onetime ambassador of the kingdom of heaven on earth now walked through the streets of Jerusalem, forsaken and alone. His despair was desperate and well-nigh absolute. On he journeyed through the city and outside the walls, on down into the terrible solitude of the valley of Hinnom, where he climbed up the steep rocks and, taking the girdle of his cloak, fastened one end to a small tree, tied the other about his neck, and cast himself over the precipice. Ere he was dead, the knot which his nervous hands had tied gave way, and the betrayer’s body was dashed to pieces as it fell on the jagged rocks below.

 

The End of Judas Iscariot

 

 

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Just now, Will Due said:

 

Lol. 

God helps those who helps themselves.

 

 

You are wandering off the straight and narrow, Will ! Next you will be saying "Devil take the hindmost" ! I have heard quite pious people say the Judas thing is a pile of BS, and it really does pander to the lowest common denominator. If old JC knew for sure that Judas would betray him, 100%, then he must have had no faith that people can "see the light", at the eleventh hour, but believed they are locked in by fate. Determinism !

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2 minutes ago, Will Due said:

And everyone felt better for it. What a neat ending !

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1 minute ago, Habitat said:

You are wandering off the straight and narrow, Will ! Next you will be saying "Devil take the hindmost" ! I have heard quite pious people say the Judas thing is a pile of BS, and it really does pander to the lowest common denominator. If old JC knew for sure that Judas would betray him, 100%, then he must have had no faith that people can "see the light", at the eleventh hour, but believed they are locked in by fate. Determinism !

 

Oh that most dangerous of all possessions. That damn sovereign free will.

It can be used to destroy yourself or it can be used to help yourself.

Pick one. :D

 

 

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3 minutes ago, Habitat said:

And everyone felt better for it. What a neat ending !

 

Well, everyone got an award. :lol:

 

 

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One wonders how many people have avoided just punishment in this world, because someone did not want to be another Judas, a "give up", a "dobber", to finger a law-breaker, because of the example made of Judas as the eternal betrayer. 

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3 minutes ago, Will Due said:

 

Oh that most dangerous of all possessions. That damn sovereign free will.

It can be used to destroy yourself or it can be used to help yourself.

Pick one. :D

 

 

Except some people want to make it "double whammy" if they pick the wrong way. Who would consciously do that, make the "wrong" choice ? They must have thought it "right". It comes across as a tax or punishment for being stupid.

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Judas was now passing through the experience of the realization of the true nature of sin. All the glamor, fascination, and intoxication of wrongdoing had vanished. Now the evildoer stood alone and face to face with the judgment verdict of his disillusioned and disappointed soul. Sin was bewitching and adventurous in the committing, but now must the harvest of the naked and unromantic facts be faced.

 

When sin - the deliberate and knowing of doing something wrong has reached its judgement (self-realization) it's usually a lot more than just another bad day. :lol:

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Habitat said:

Except some people want to make it "double whammy" if they pick the wrong way. Who would consciously do that, make the "wrong" choice ? They must have thought it "right". It comes across as a tax or punishment for being stupid.

 

Well like they said about Judas: 

 

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He was a good thinker but not always a truly honest thinker. Judas did not really understand himself; he was not really sincere in dealing with himself.

 

Can't be honest and sincere with yourself? Or refuse to be? 

Pay the tax and take the punishment. 

:P

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Will Due said:

 

When the deliberate and knowing of doing something wrong has reached its judgement (self-realization) it's usually a lot more than just another bad day. :lol:

 

 

It does come across as Schadenfreude on steroids, Will. We cannot be glorying in the downfall of others, it does not sit comfortably with the doctrine of forgiveness.

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Just now, Will Due said:

Judas did not really understand himself

And JC couldn't get him over the line, in doing that ? Despite being in the thick of it.

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2 minutes ago, Habitat said:

It does come across as Schadenfreude on steroids, Will. We cannot be glorying in the downfall of others, it does not sit comfortably with the doctrine of forgiveness.

 

Cheer up. :lol:

No one is revelling in the misfortune of others. But without a sense of humor, a person might do something really stupid and go off and hang themselves.

It's never so bad to just admit your wrong and suck it up.

 

 

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4 minutes ago, Habitat said:

And JC couldn't get him over the line, in doing that ? Despite being in the thick of it.

 

You don't have kids do you. If you did, you wouldn't ask such a question. :P

 

 

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1 minute ago, Will Due said:

 

Cheer up. :lol:

No one is revelling in the misfortune of others. But without a sense of humor, a person might do something really stupid and go off and hang themselves.

It's never so bad to just admit your wrong and suck it up.

 

 

The mere fact he went off and suicided (if that is what actually happened) would evoke pity rather than satisfaction, or a judgement of "he got his just desserts" in the mind of a genuine person. I really think Christianity as popularly taught, offers a wonderful opportunity to stay lodged in immaturity, but the "real" message of it, is all about psychological maturity.

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