A Lesson Of Faith

The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved: Judas Iscariot

David Mills

• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781642580525
• eBook ISBN: 9781642580532
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Faith & Lived Religion

My father and paternal grandfather were both ministers; when I was very young, I spent a lot of time listening to them and others discussing the Scriptures. Judas's name would come up, and I could not understand why Judas would betray Jesus for any amount of money and why so many people viewed him as a villain. Judas must have known he would have been put to death by many of Jesus's followers who loved him very much. As time went by and I was reading the Bible on my own, I discovered that Judas was Jesus's friend and was only doing what Jesus asked him to do. This book, A Lesson in Faith, was written to emphasize the utmost importance of having faith in what Jesus said. On numerous occasions, the priest, scribes, and elders consulted that they might take Jesus by subtlety and kill him, so there was really no reason for betrayal (Matt. 26: 3, 4). I think the reason for the betrayal in the beginning was to give all twelve of the apostles a chance to have enough faith in Jesus to give their lives as they said they would (Matt. 26: 35). Only Judas had enough faith to give his life by hanging himself. Then the other eleven apostles forsook him and fled; they did not have faith in what Jesus said to them, "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall loose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it" (Luke 9: 23""24). The eleven apostles lost their life in the end, but with Jesus's help, Judas's life was saved. Therefore, Judas must be the disciple whom Jesus loved!A very good source for more information on the relationship between Jesus and Judas can be found in the book, THE LOST GOSPEL by Herbert Krosney.

Relevant Scriptures

Scriptures from the New Testament Authorized King James Version

Matthew

5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

16:28 Verily I say unto you, “There be some standing here, which shall not taste· of death, till they see the Son of man coming in His kingdom.”

17:1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,

17:5 While he yet spake, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, 11This is my Beloved Son in whom I am well pleased; hear ye Him.”

17:14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,

17:15 Lord, have mercy on my Son: for he is lunatic, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.

17:16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and preserve generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him hither to me.”

17:18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.

17:19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said. Why could not we cast him out?

17:20 And Jesus said unto them, “Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.”

19:27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, “Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee. What shall we have therefore?”

19:28 And Jesus said unto them, “Verily I say unto you, That ye have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of His glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”

26:3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

26:4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill Him.

26:14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests.

26:15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver Him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

26:25 Then Judas, which betrayed Him, answered and said, Master; is it? He said unto him, “Thou hast said.”

26:35 Peter said unto Him, “Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee.” Likewise said also said all the disciples.

26:49 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, “Hail, Master”; and kissed Him.

26:50 And Jesus said unto him, “Friend, wherefore art thou come?’” Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took Him.

26:56 But all this was done, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook Him and fled.

27:3 Then Judas, which had betrayed Him, when he saw he was condemned, repented, himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders

27:5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

27:6 And the chief priest took the silver pieces, And said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

27:7 And they took counsel, and bought, with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.

27:8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day,

27:9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, and they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of Him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value:

27:10 And gave them for the potter’s field as The Lord appointed me.

Mark

3:14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with Him, and that he might send them forth to preach.

3:15 And to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out devils:

10:31 “But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.”

10:37 They said unto Him, Grant unto us that we may sit one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.

10:41 When the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John.

14:10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.

14:11 And when they heard it they were gl...

Table of contents

• The Son of Perdition
• Relevant Scriptures
• Summation
• Relevant Scriptures
• About the Author