We sit back and chide Judas for doing such
a thing as betraying Christ. We give him
all kinds of grief and declare that we would never do such a thing. Yet, are we as righteous as we think we
are? Do we ever turn away from Christ
and betray Him? Let us think about it
for a few moments.
Have you ever been in a situation where
your faith was challenged and you backed off?
Have you ever been silent about the Lord when you should have spoken out
for Him? Have you ever done things that
you know are not consistent with God’s standards because to do so would have
put you in an uncomfortable position?
Have you ever looked the other way when someone was in need of help and
you were able to help them because you didn’t want to get involved? Have you ever denied that you are a Christian
because of peer pressure? Have you ever
purposely lied because it was to your advantage to do so?
You get the picture. It’s easy to talk the talk of faith but it’s
not so easy to walk the walk. We often
let our personal comfort or goals overrule our faith in God. It is not uncommon for us to sell out, to
betray the trust God puts on us as His children.
If you have ever betrayed the Lord in some
way, you owe Him a very deep apology and you need to repent of your sin. If you do so, you will be restored to a right
relationship with Him. If you don’t, you
may end up like Judas who was so distraught over what he had done that he went
out and killed himself. He not only lost
out on the joys of living here on earth, he lost out on the joys of living with
the Lord for all of eternity.
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