Sermon Tone Analysis

The status of Judas

His choice and election as disicple and apostle

John 6:70 “Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve?

And yet one of you is a devil.””

John 17:12 “While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me.

I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.”

He loved money

John 12:5-6 ““Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”

He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it.”

His deception and hypocrisy

Matthew 26:25, 48 “Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I will kiss is the man; seize him.””

Luke 22:47-48 “While he was still speaking, there came a crowd, and the man called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them.

He drew near to Jesus to kiss him, but Jesus said to him, “Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?””

His callous response to Lord’s warning

John 13:26-30 “Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread when I have dipped it.”

So when he had dipped the morsel, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.

Then after he had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him.

Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.”

Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him.

Some thought that, because Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.

So, after receiving the morsel of bread, he immediately went out.

And it was night.”

His conversion to Satan

John 13:27 “Then after he had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him.

Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.””

His betrayal of the Lord

Matthew 26:47-49 “While he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people.

Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I will kiss is the man; seize him.”

And he came up to Jesus at once and said, “Greetings, Rabbi!”

And he kissed him.”

HIs confession

Matthew 27:3-4 “Then when Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he changed his mind and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders, saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.”

They said, “What is that to us? See to it yourself.””

His suicide

Matthew 27:5 “And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, he departed, and he went and hanged himself.”

His condemnation to hell

Acts 1:25 “to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.””

John 17:12 “While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me.

I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.”

The statement of Peter

Psalm 69:25 “May their camp be a desolation; let no one dwell in their tents.”

Psalm 109:8 “May his days be few; may another take his office!”