tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12712729.post114442935952011172..comments2023-09-26T07:26:51.083-04:00Comments on Incongruent-Affect: The Gospel of Judasmy_merlin77http://www.blogger.com/profile/11438534986643172094noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12712729.post-1144433307026146142006-04-07T14:08:00.000-04:002006-04-07T14:08:00.000-04:00I saw this last night on PrimetimeLive. Let me int...I saw this last night on PrimetimeLive. Let me interject a few points:<BR/>1. PTL said Judas committed the unforgivable sin of betraying Christ. That's not true. Judas could have been forgiven if he'd only asked. Instead, he killed himself. That's why he's unforgiven.<BR/>2. If Judas was prompted by Christ to do this, then why did he commit suicide?<BR/>3. Most of the gospel accounts were written years after the death of Christ. Judas would have already been dead. Do we assume Judas was writing as he went along or that he stopped on the way to the tree and jotted it down?<BR/>4. There's no more reason to vilify Judas than there is to vilify ourselves. Christ died for the sins of all, so I'm as guilty of driving a nail as anyone. <BR/>5. Even if we were to assume that Judas' gospel account is true, does it change your faith? It shouldn't. Christ was always in control of His death. Remember, he on at least two occassions escaped mobs that were trying kill him. He warned all at His first miracle (water to wine at the Gallilean wedding) not to tell anyone, because it wasn't time yet. And I believe even on the cross, Jesus only "gave up the ghost" when all had been fulfilled. <BR/>6. Christ was going to be killed. It was prophesied, so it was going to happen. God often used evil men and nations to accomplish His will. It seems Judas falls in line with that pattern.<BR/><BR/>Just a few things to think about there.Travishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06619144571670222594noreply@blogger.com