Mark 14:9-10
December 6th 2015, 1st Holy Day of the month
Rev. Tadashi Nagae, pastor
December 6th 2015, 1st Holy Day of the month
Rev. Tadashi Nagae, pastor
While the chief priests had decided to kill Jesus, Judas Iscariot, his disciple, betrayed and sold the Lord to them. Then, let us see the failure of Judas.
Firstly, he had a wrong expectation. Probably, he also had an idea that the Lord would found an earthly kingdom very soon. He was expecting that he would become great.
Secondly, he was serving a wrong god. Although he was a disciple of the Lord, his mind had been ruled by wealth before he knew it, and he had come to serve wealth as his god.
The chief priests gave thirty silver coins to Judas. What does this mean? One is that this was the price of a slave. The chief priests dared to offer the price of a slave for Jesus, the price that had been decided in the law. The other is that this had been prophesied. The prophecy is written in the book of Zechariah. The Lord, upon knowing everything, sold himself as a sacrifice.
Judas, who despised the Lord and betrayed him, died a miserable death. We absolutely must NOT follow him. Let us walk while making him as a good example of what NOT to do.
Firstly, he had a wrong expectation. Probably, he also had an idea that the Lord would found an earthly kingdom very soon. He was expecting that he would become great.
Secondly, he was serving a wrong god. Although he was a disciple of the Lord, his mind had been ruled by wealth before he knew it, and he had come to serve wealth as his god.
The chief priests gave thirty silver coins to Judas. What does this mean? One is that this was the price of a slave. The chief priests dared to offer the price of a slave for Jesus, the price that had been decided in the law. The other is that this had been prophesied. The prophecy is written in the book of Zechariah. The Lord, upon knowing everything, sold himself as a sacrifice.
Judas, who despised the Lord and betrayed him, died a miserable death. We absolutely must NOT follow him. Let us walk while making him as a good example of what NOT to do.
<The Verse of the Bible>
Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them.
Mark 14:10 (NIV)
