SO AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE OTHER NIGHT, JUDAS ISCARIOT, WHO BETRAYED JESUS CHRIST WITH A KISS, HAS BECOME THE MOST DETESTED PERSON IN HISTORY. THE NAME "JUDAS" ITSELF BEARS SUCH A STIGMA THAT NETHER CHILDREN NOR PETS CARRY THE NAME. THE NEW TESTAMENT WRITERS HAD SUCH A DISDAIN FOR JUDAS THAT EVERY TIME YOU READ A LIST OF THE DISCIPLES IN THE GOSPELS, JUDAS IS ALWAYS LISTED DEAD-LAST.
IN JOHN 17:12, JESUS CALLED JUDAS, "THE SON OF PERDITION." THE GREEK WORD FOR PERDITION LITERALLY MEANS "WASTE." AN INTERESTING FACT THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS THAT THE NAME JUDAS COMES FROM THE WORD "JUDAH" WHICH LITERALLY MEANS "PRAISE". HIS LIFE, LIKE EVERY LIFE, WAS MEANT TO BE A LIFE LIVED IN PRAISE OF GOD, BUT INSTEAD IT WAS A COMPLETE WASTE.
YET, ONE THING WE LEARN BECAUSE OF JUDAS - KEY TAKE AWAY: EVEN WHEN WE BETRAY GOD, GOD WILL NOT BETRAY US.
SO I ASK YOU TODAY: IS YOUR LIFE LIVING FOR SIGNIFICANCE OR IS IT A WASTE?
I AM SO THANKFUL JESUS NOT ONLY CALLS US TO A LIVE OF SIGNIFICANCE, BUT HE ALSO EMPOWERS US TO LEAD THAT KIND OF LIFE!
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