The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in John 12:4-6,
"But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, 'Why wasn't this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year's wages.' He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it."
Judas' complaint followed an act of worship by Lazarus' sister, Mary, in pouring perfume, a year's wages worth, onto Jesus' feet and drying them with her hair. Jesus' response to Judas' complaint was, "'Leave her alone,' Jesus replied. 'It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial. You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me."
John explains that Judas, later to betray Jesus, really didn't care about the poor. What he cared about, as treasurer of the ministry, was the money bag that he pilfered from time to time.
Of course Jesus knew Judas didn't care about the poor, and rather than calling him out, Jesus used the opportunity to continue his preparation of his disciples for his coming death on the cross. Jesus had Judas in place for the specific purpose of using this corrupted man as an informant so the Jews could arrest Jesus at the timing of Jesus' own choice.
Jesus also knew, good and well, that Judas was a thief. As such, Jesus kept Judas for his purposes by allowing Judas to pilfer the money bag. Judas was a corrupted sinful person. I'm quite certain Judas had no idea that Jesus knew all about him and his thievery, and I also have to think, because it was a recurring behavior, that he felt he was not under scrutiny for it.
Sin has a way of deceiving us. We just may think, when we sin, that what we are doing escapes the Lord's notice. Nothing could be further from the truth, "Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account." Hebrews 4:13.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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"But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, 'Why wasn't this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year's wages.' He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it."
Judas' complaint followed an act of worship by Lazarus' sister, Mary, in pouring perfume, a year's wages worth, onto Jesus' feet and drying them with her hair. Jesus' response to Judas' complaint was, "'Leave her alone,' Jesus replied. 'It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial. You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me."
John explains that Judas, later to betray Jesus, really didn't care about the poor. What he cared about, as treasurer of the ministry, was the money bag that he pilfered from time to time.
Of course Jesus knew Judas didn't care about the poor, and rather than calling him out, Jesus used the opportunity to continue his preparation of his disciples for his coming death on the cross. Jesus had Judas in place for the specific purpose of using this corrupted man as an informant so the Jews could arrest Jesus at the timing of Jesus' own choice.
Jesus also knew, good and well, that Judas was a thief. As such, Jesus kept Judas for his purposes by allowing Judas to pilfer the money bag. Judas was a corrupted sinful person. I'm quite certain Judas had no idea that Jesus knew all about him and his thievery, and I also have to think, because it was a recurring behavior, that he felt he was not under scrutiny for it.
Sin has a way of deceiving us. We just may think, when we sin, that what we are doing escapes the Lord's notice. Nothing could be further from the truth, "Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account." Hebrews 4:13.
Who knows if their "little" sin today just might morph into something worse later on? Judas thought he had a good thing going as the keeper of the money bag... little realizing at the time that it was his sinful impulses that eventually sealed his horrible fate when he later betrayed the Lord for thirty pieces of silver.
We certainly don't want to be that man!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
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"Yet to all who did receive Jesus Christ, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God." John 1:12
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
"Yet to all who did receive Jesus Christ, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God." John 1:12
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