Matthew 26:14-15; Judas covenanted with them for 30 pieces of silver. This was the value Judas placed on Jesus, it was His bounty. How much value do you place on Jesus before departing from the faith? Everybody has a price, if they have not accepted the shed blood of Jesus as the eternal currency that gets the sin sick, lost, depraved soul into a wonderful heaven prepared by the blessed bride groom. Judas not only wanted to throw away his eternal life but also the ministry and bishoprick that had been entrusted to him. Do we value people, or do we value money more than the people? Consider this man one of the chosen twelve to be a close disciple of Jesus for over three years. How was this disloyalty breeding inside of him? When and why did it occur? What brought it to light and sprung it up from the roots! Can this be true of our friends and associates? Do they become jealous at our achievements in life and popularity? Are they inwardly seeking an occasion like the devil to take advantage of us? Just look at the mud slinging in any presidential election campaign. Everybody wants to be top dog. An in-bred crab mentality, of all the crabs in a bucket each trying to pull one another down. No- one ever succeeds and gets over the top and out of the bucket.
John 18:12 they bound Him and lead Him to the High priest .... The arrest, they arrested a completely innocent man who had never sinned one day in His life. Notice, the surrender and the submission to an injustice, perpetuated by a depraved corrupt religious system. Can you be subject to ungodly worldly rulers and allow them to bind you and drive nails into your wrists. We do not need to suffer to this degree He has already paid that price. Consider the injustice He never opened His mouth in defence. A
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