In this video, Pastor Robert Furrow of Calvary Tucson discusses whether Judas Iscariot was predestined to betray Jesus. He explores the privilege Judas had as one of the chosen disciples and how Jesus knew all along that he would betray him. The Scriptures even give prophecy about Judas, and it's revealed that he was not a sincere disciple and was a thief who sold Jesus for 30 pieces of silver.
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02:56 What is the deal with Judas Iscariot? Jesus chose him, and yet he betrayed Jesus. And then his betrayal was foretold in the Old Testament. And Jesus said it would have been better had he never been born. Was Judas predestined to betray Jesus today on hot topics?
04:00 Hi, This is Robert Furrow, and welcome the hot topics. We answer Bible questions and your questions through the lens of Scripture. If you're new here, consider subscribing. You could do that right now and click the bell beside it so you could get all of our new videos. The comments section is open below. We would love to hear from you. Let's take a few minutes to consider Judas Iscariot before we talk about whether or not he was predestined to betray Jesus. First of all, he had one of the greatest privileges of all time. He was one of the chosen disciples. Could you imagine? I've asked people often if you could be anyone in the Bible besides Jesus, Who would you be? And quite often it's one of the disciples. For me. Personally, it doesn't matter which one, except I wouldn't wanna be Judas Iscariot. But if I could be one of the disciples seeing the miracles of Jesus. Think of the things that Judas saw. He saw people healed. He heard the teachings of Jesus. He saw the miraculously things happened. He saw the seas calmed. And yet he betrayed Jesus. The second thing to consider is that Jesus knew all along that Judas was going to betray him. In John 6 70 it says, Jesus answered them. Did I not choose you? The 12 and one of you is the devil. He also identified Judas as his betrayer when he gave him the piece of bread in John 13 26. The Scriptures even give us prophecy about Judas. Psalms, 41 9 says Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted who ate bread at my table, has lifted up his heel against me. This is speaking of a friend of David's Ah Hipfl, who sided with Absalon when he tried to take the kingdom from David when Absalon failed. Ah Hipfl, who had backed Absalon, hung himself. It's interesting that he was a foreshadow of the type of Judas who sat at the table, ate bread with him and betrayed him, and ended up hanging himself as well. The Bible also tells us in Zachariah 11, 12, and 13. Then I said to them, If it is agreeable to you, give me my wages and if not, refrain So the wages wade out to 30 pieces of silver, and the Lord said to me, Throw it to the Potter, that princely price they set for me. So I took the 30 pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord for the Potter. This plays out exactly in the life of Judas. After the anointing in Bethany by Mary, the sister of Martha. Judas goes to the men of the high priest and he works out the wages and they pay him 30 pieces of silver. After he hears that Jesus is condemned, he throws them back into the temple. They are gathered together, and either by Judas or someone else, they buy the piece of land that Judas hangs himself on. Like they took down the body of Jesus and couldn't anoint it for those next couple of days because it was the Sabbath. The same thing was true about the body of Judas that hung on that tree and he would have bloated and either the rope broke or branch broke. Or someone cut it down on the Bible says in the Book of Acts that he fell headlong onto the ground and burst open. That was the end of Judas, and many of these things were four Told about him now it's also good for us to point out that he was not a sincere disciple, Jesus said. He was a devil from the beginning. He was also a thief. He also sold Jesus for 30 pieces of silver because he wanted the money.
