“ and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.”
John 6:70 Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve? And yet one of you is a devil.” He spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was going to betray him.
John 13:18 I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled, ‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’
John 17:12 While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
Matthew 10:1 And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
1 John 3:8 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
Betraying Christ is nothing any of us want to do. It would be the farthest thing from our mind. It is not something we give much thought. Yet I still wonder about us betraying service to Him. Do we honor Him with our life Do we commit to this with all our heart, mind and soul? Are our days filled with this thought of serving Him? Do we follow and obey Him? Are we seeking to hear Him speak into our lives through His word each day? Are our heart and mind open to hear His leading? Are we betraying Him by not giving Him our all everyday? Obviously there is room for us to grow in our service to Him. We need a heart deep desired commitment infused into our mind and soul. Losing sight of the thing of this world and keeping focus on Him and the world to come.
