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Bible Study Has Judas Iscariot gotten a bad rap?

If you believe what you like in the gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.—Augustine
 
Pizzaguy said:
On the other hand, I do believe that, while Satan DID enter into him, I think Judas actually thought he was doing what had to be done. Judas did not KNOW that Satan had entered him.
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Problem with that reasoning is that Hitler thought he was doing what had to be done.

Pro 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Pro 16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
 
Judas certainly sinned against Christ and should be judged accordingly.

How he felt while committing the sin nor the important role it played justifies it unto God.
 
Mike said:
But it seems to me that selfish ambition is the sin that separates us from Christ's Righteousness across the board when people are lead away by evil and succumb to its pursuits. Regardless of whether it was "not him" taking matters into his own hands, Judas did subvert Jesus' Plan.
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Agreed. I was not saying that he "got a bad rap", he WAS WRONG.

But I have heard it postulated that he was trying to "force Jesus' hand", and get Jesus to bring about His kingdom 'now'. I find the argument interesting, and it sure got me to read the verses over a few times.

Was Judas really helping himself to what was in the treasury? And if so, why did Christ (who must have known) allow it?

Unknown. But maybe I (we) will find out someday.
 
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