Judas Iscariot & Matthias

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The Apostles we're going to be looking at this Sunday are the traitor Judas Iscariot and the man who

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Replaced him a man named Matthias So first Judas Iscariot, he was chosen by Jesus and he was an apostle

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Why did Jesus choose a man that he knew was going to betray him? well many reasons perhaps the greatest is to Fulfill scripture the scripture must be fulfilled

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Jesus said Psalm 41 verse 9 Says even my own familiar friend in whom

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I trusted who ate my bread has lifted up his heel Against me as you probably know

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Judas betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver he gave up his location to the

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Jewish Council the Sanhedrin and He went with the soldiers the temple guard to the garden or the place

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Jesus was staying the Garden of Gethsemane and Judas approached Jesus and you remember how he identified him in the dark

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He identified him with a kiss At which point the soldiers arrested

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Jesus and took him off to his trial which was in a kangaroo court And then eventually his death we don't really know exactly what

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Judas was motivated by We do have these insights. He was the treasurer of the

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Disciples so we know that he stole money from the ministry There's that the motivation of money 30 pieces of silver really wasn't that much though Scripture identifies him as a devil from the start

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But he likely became disillusioned when he realized that Jesus came to die instead of establishing

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His kingdom upon the earth. So by giving up Jesus to the Jewish leadership

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He probably thought he would be rewarded with a position of honor or authority

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But in reality, they were just using him at which point when he realizes this he despairs and commits suicide

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Jesus says about Judas it would have been better for him if he had not been born and in Acts 1 25

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It says that Judas went to his own place Which some believe that means the hottest hell was reserved for Judas being the one who?

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Not just denied Christ but Betrayed him also in Acts chapter 1 the disciples

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Decided that they would replace Judas Peter identifies verses in the Psalms as Evidence that this should happen

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So they chose two men who were with them during Christ's earthly ministry who are also witnesses of the resurrection

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So they prayed they chose these two men prayed cast lots in the lot fell on this man

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Matthias We really know nothing about Matthias. Nothing else is said about him in the Bible Some believe that Peter was misguided and should have waited for the

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Lord to make his own choice in calling the Apostle Paul But that's a matter of debate.

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So either way next week. We will cover the final Apostle that Jesus called