The little Judas in You, The little Judas in Me

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Mark 8:33 NIV

But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”

Matthew 19:27 NLT

Then Peter said to him, “We’ve given up everything to follow you. What will we get?”

Matthew 26:6 NLT

Meanwhile, Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon, a man who had previously had leprosy.

Matthew 26:7 NLT

While he was eating, a woman came in with a beautiful alabaster jar of expensive perfume and poured it over his head.

Matthew 26:8 NLT

The disciples were indignant when they saw this. “What a waste!” they said.

Matthew 26:9 NLT

“It could have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor.”

John 12:4 NLT

But Judas Iscariot, the disciple who would soon betray him, said,

John 12:5 NLT

“That perfume was worth a year’s wages. It should have been sold and the money given to the poor.”

John 12:6 NLT

Not that he cared for the poor—he was a thief, and since he was in charge of the disciples’ money, he often stole some for himself.

John 12:6 NLT

Not that he cared for the poor—he was a thief, and since he was in charge of the disciples’ money, he often stole some for himself.

Matthew 26:10 NLT

But Jesus, aware of this, replied, “Why criticize this woman for doing such a good thing to me?

Matthew 26:11 NLT

You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.

Deuteronomy 15:11 (NLT)

There will always be some in the land who are poor...

Deuteronomy 15:11 NLT

There will always be some in the land who are poor. That is why I am commanding you to share freely with the poor and with other Israelites in need.

Matthew 26:12 NLT

She has poured this perfume on me to prepare my body for burial.

Matthew 26:13 NLT

I tell you the truth, wherever the Good News is preached throughout the world, this woman’s deed will be remembered and discussed.”

Matthew 26:14 NLT

Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples, went to the leading priests

Matthew 26:15 NLT

and asked, “How much will you pay me to betray Jesus to you?” And they gave him thirty pieces of silver.

Matthew 26:16 NLT

From that time on, Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus.

God’s hand can’t be forced; His will can’t be thwarted.

Matthew 17:1 NLT

Six days later Jesus took Peter and the two brothers, James and John, and led them up a high mountain to be alone.

Matthew 27:2 NLT

Then they bound him, led him away, and took him to Pilate, the Roman governor.

Matthew 27:3 NLT

When Judas, who had betrayed him, realized that Jesus had been condemned to die, he was filled with remorse. So he took the thirty pieces of silver back to the leading priests and the elders.

Matthew 27:4 NLT

“I have sinned,” he declared, “for I have betrayed an innocent man.” “What do we care?” they retorted. “That’s your problem.”

Matthew 27:5 NLT

Then Judas threw the silver coins down in the Temple and went out and hanged himself.

Matthew 27:6 NLT

The leading priests picked up the coins. “It wouldn’t be right to put this money in the Temple treasury,” they said, “since it was payment for murder.”

Matthew 27:7 NLT

After some discussion they finally decided to buy the potter’s field, and they made it into a cemetery for foreigners.

God’s hand can’t be forced; His will can’t be thwarted.

It will feel like a death

A big loss

A defining moment

I want what YOU want more than what I want.

I want to want what you want more than I want I want.

Heavenly Father, I want to want what YOU want more than I want I want.

Blessed is the one who chooses to do the will of God rather than attempting to impress his will on God.