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How Twelve Became One Lesson
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How Twelve Became
One
Lesson 7:
"Judas: The Ultimate Hypocrite"
by Michael Lewis
Dalton Gardens Church of Christ
March 15, 2009
First, the three we know the least about...
James the son of Alpheus... James the less .
Thaddeus, “the heart child.”
John 14:21
Simon the zealot .
That brings us to Judas Iscariot...
Iscariot means “man of Kerioth ”
Generalizations:
1. Jesus selected Judas to be among the 12 because he knew he would betray Jesus.
John 6:64, 70; Psalms 41:9; Zech. 12:11, 12
2. Judas Iscariot was a a person who looked right on the outside, but was broken on the inside.
John 12:6
3. Judas’ betrayal of Jesus was not a sudden impulse but a progressive rejection.
Matthew 26:14
4. Judas’ unforgiving heart turned from vengeance against the Lord to vengeance against himself.
Matt 27:7 and Acts 1:18
Lessons:
1. Judas is the world’s greatest example of lost opportunity .
2. Judas is the best example of how the selfish love of things can totally warp you.
3. Judas should forever remind us of the forbearing patient love of God.