>> IT'S TIME TO TAKE THE CHALLENGE AND PUT IT ON THE TABLE WITH A HARD QUESTION.
ON THE PANEL TODAY IS PASTOR...
FROM SHILOH CHURCH IN SOUTH
PARK, PENNSYLVANIA.
LANCE ROADS PASTOR OF TREE OF
LIFE OPEN BIBLE CHURCH HERE IN
PITTSBURGH AND CHUCK HAMBY OUR
CORNERSTONE CHAPLAIN WE'RE SO
GLAD TO BE TOGETHER TODAY AND
TALK ABOUT THE HARD QUESTIONS.
BEFORE WE GET TO THE QUESTION,
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JUST LET US HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE
TO SAY.
WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT WE HAVE TO
SAY.
ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMAN.
LET'S GET STARTED.
RIGHT ON EASTER WEEK.
COMING ON EASTER WEEK.
A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED ME
JUST THE OTHER DAY I'LL BRING IT
TO YOU, WHY DID JUDAS BETRAY
JESUS?
WHY DID JUDAS TURN HIS BACK AND
BETRAY JESUS?
WHO WANTS TO START?
>> I THINK THERE WAS A PRE
ELECTION.
>> CALL VAN áEUGS IS COMING.
>> THERE WAS A POINT IN THE
PASSOVER MEAL THAT SAYS AND
SATAN ENTERED HIM.
SATAN DOESN'T JUST WALK IN.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE HIM SOME
INDICATION.
SOME OPENING.
JOHN BLESS HIS HEART WHEN HE
DESCRIBES JUDAS HE SAID, HE KEPT
THE MONEY AND HE WAS A THIEF.
>> YEAH, HE DID.
>> SO THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE
ARMOR THERE.
>> I'M SURE OTHER DISCIPLES DID
TOO, WHAT DO YOU SAY PAOáGS?
PASTOR?
>> THERE'S A GREAT DEBATE
WHETHER JUDAS EARLY ON, THERE'S
A QUESTION JESUS SPOKE TO PETER
ONE TIME AND SAID SATAN HAS
ASKED TO SIFT YOU.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE
REALLY CAREFUL TO ASSUME JUDAS
WAS THE ONE TO BE DONE ALL
ALONG.
THERE WAS DEFINITELY THE DEVIL
WAS COMING AT ALL ANGLES TO SEE
HOW HE COULD SILENCE JESUS THE
WHOLE TIME HE WAS THERE.
>> GOOD POINT.
>> AND THERE WAS A CHOICE.
THAT JUDAS WAS MAKING THROUGHOUT
THE WHOLE PROCESS AND IT COMES
BACK TO US.
WE HAVE CHOICES EVERY DAY.
AS FAR AS WHAT WILL WE DO WITH
THE GOSPEL BEING OFFERED US.
IT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION TO
WONDER IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIM
OR SOMEONE ELSE OR WHATEVER.
BECAUSE WE KNOW GOD HAD A PLAN
THROUGHOUT ETERNITY TO HAVE A
WAY FOR US TO COME.
THERE NEEDED TO BE THIS METHOD
TO HAPPEN.
JESUS WAS GOING TO BE BETRAYED.
BUT JUDAS MADE SOME CHOICES
THERE THAT KIND OF SEALED HIS
FATE WHERE HE WAS GOING.
>> THERE'S SOME WHO SAY, JUDAS
DID THIS TO FORCE JESUS' HAND TO
BECOME THE POLITICAL MESSIAH
THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.
>> I THINK THAT HAS A HUGE
LESSON THAT WE CANNOT PRESUME TO
DO GOD'S WILL WITHOUT GOD'S
INSTRUCTION TO US.
SO JUDAS KIND OF TOOK THINGS IN
HIS OWN HAND WHEN HE FOUND OUT
IT WASN'T GOING TO WORK, HE WENT
OUT AND HE HUNG HIMSELF.
>> I WAS GOING TO BRING THAT UP.
HIS LIFE ENDED IN TRAGEDY
BECAUSE OF HIS DECISION, HE
COMMITTED SUICIDE BECAUSE OF HIS
DECISION.
THERE WAS A CASE TO BE MADE IT
WASN'T HIS CHOSEN PATH.
HE WAS SOMEHOW DECEIVED
SOMETHING ELSE MIGHT HAPPEN.
YOUR POINT MAYBE HE THOUGHT HE
WOULD STIR THE POT A LITTLE BIT
AND GET THE MESSIAH IN ACTION.
PERHAPS THAT WAS THE CASE.
OR PERHAPS IT WAS THE FACT THAT
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING HE WAS
KIND OF A IN THE GROUP, NOT WITH
THE GROUP.
YOU KNOW JESUS KNEW ALL THINGS.
GOD GAVE HIM ALL KNOWLEDGE IN
REGARDS TO THESE MEN HE CHOSE.
JUDAS WAS CHOSEN TO BE ONE OF
THE 12.
WHAT ABOUT THAT?
>> I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE
GREATEST THINGS OF THE GOSPEL.
YOU SEE JESUS PICKING VULNERABLE
PEOPLE AND SAYING, I AM GOING TO
EMPOWER YOU.
I'LL TRUST YOU.
I'LL GIVE YOU A PART OF ME.
IT MAKES ROOM FOR ALL OF US TO
COME TO THE TABLE AND CELEBRATE
THE LIFE WE HAVE IN CHRIST.
BECAUSE ALL OF US HAVE SOMETHING
THAT COULD DISQUALIFY US.
BUT JESUS IS STILL CHOSEN TO
QUALIFY US INSTEAD.
>> THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
>> I LOOK AT IT THE OTHER WAY.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT DOES
QUALIFY ME EXCEPT THE GRACE OF
THE LOVING SAVIOR.
>> I FIND IT INTERESTING AS HE
IS MAKING AS JUDAS MADE THIS
DECISION HE WENT TO THE
RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF THE DAY.
HE COULDN'T JUST DO IT ALONE.
I WONDER IF HE WOULD HAVE
RESPONDED IN A DIFFERENT WAY, A
DIFFERENT PATH.
INTERESTING HE WENT TO PEOPLE
WHO ALSO MADE DECISIONS AGAINST
CHRIST AND TOGETHER THEY BEGAN
TO COME UP WITH THIS PLAN.
SO OFTEN THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS TO
US TODAY.
WE BEGIN DOWN THAT PATH OF WRONG
THINKING.
WE BEGIN TO ATTRACT OTHER PEOPLE
WHO ARE THINKING THE SAME WAY
AND WE BEGIN TO ENDORSE EACH
OTHER'S REBELLION.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
>> BIRDS OF A FEATHER.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE 30 PIECES OF
SILVER?
THAT'S NOT A RANDOM THING.
THAT'S A PIECE OF THE PUZZLE
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THE MONEY PLAYED A PART.
>> HE WAS MOTIVATED BY THE MONEY
OR HE WOULDN'T TAKE IT.
THE MONEY PLAYED A PART AND THE
PRIEST HAD THE AMOUNT SET SO
THEY KNEW WHAT IT WOULD TAKE AND
THERE HAD TO BE SOME DISCUSSION.
THERE WERE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO
GET TO JESUS IN A PRIVATE WAY.
HE WAS TOO POPULAR TO BE TAKEN
IN PUBLIC.
HAD TO TAKE HIM IN PRIVATE.
JUDAS TURNED OUT THE WAY TO GET
THINGS DONE.
BUT THE MONEY, THEN THE MONEY
PART BECAUSE HE WAS THE
TREASURER, HE KEPT THE PURSE
MEANS HE TOOK CARE OF THE MONEY.
>> ONE OF THOSE THINGS OUR
STRENGTH CAN ALSO BE OUR
WEAKNESS.
HERE WAS A THING HE ACKNOWLEDGED
FOR HAVING GIFTS AND TALENTS IN
THOSE AREAS AND ALSO A
VULNERABLE PIECE FOR HIM.
>> PERHAPS, WE PERHAPS.
KIND OF TALK.
HE WANTED THE 30 PIECES FOR THE
MINISTRY.
HE THOUGHT ONCE JESUS GOT PUT IN
THE CORNER HE WOULD HAVE TO RISE
UP AND BECOME THE MILITANT
MESSIAH MANY ZEALOTS WERE
LOOKING FOR.
AND JUDAS WAS A ZEALOT.
MAYBE THAT'S THE STORY WHY HE
DID WHAT HE DID.
>> COULD BE.
INTERESTING THING 30 PIECES OF
SILVER IS A PRICE THAT AN OWNER
WAS REIMBURSED IF THE SLAVE WAS
KILLED IN ANOTHER MAN'S LABOR.
SO IT'S JUST SHOWING THE
SUFFERING SERVANT SIDE OF JESUS.
>> AS WE CLOSE THIS HARD
QUESTION SEGMENT OFF, WHAT IS
THE LESSON OF JUDAS, START WITH
YOU PASTOR?
>> I THINK THE BIGGEST LESSON IS
TO KNOW THAT WE COULD TAKE HOME
FROM THIS, FOR ALL PEOPLE TO
KNOW NO ONE SHOULD EVER FEEL
THEY'RE TOO FAR OUT OR TOO FAR
GONE.
UNFORTUNATELY, JUDAS TOOK
JUDGMENT ON HIMSELF IN HIS OWN
HANDS.
I BELIEVE THERE'S GRACE FOR ALL
AND THROUGH ALL AND THE EASTER
SEASON REMINDS US THAT EVEN ON
THE CROSS JESUS LOOKS AT ONE AND
SAYS TODAY IS YOUR DAY TO BE IN
PARADISE AND THE SAME CALL GOES
OUT TO ALL OF US.
>> GOOD QUESTION FOR ALL OF US,
THE TIME AT THE CROSS AND THE
TWO THIEVES WITH JESUS.
THAT'S VERY INTERESTING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME WITH US.
>> PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
>> VERY ENLIGHTENING TO THINK
THROUGH THESE KIND OF QUESTIONS.
MY ANSWER TO THE PERSON ASKED ME
WAS THAT GOD IS SOVEREIGN AND
JUDAS WAS FOLLOWING AFTER THE
PLAN GOD ORDAINED.
NOT PARTICULARLY FOR HIM BUT
JESUS HAD TO BE PUT IN THAT
PLACE TO SURRENDER HIS LIFE.
AND THAT WAS THE PATH GOD PUT
TOGETHER.
IN A MOMENT WE'LL BE PRAYING FOR
YOU AND THE REQUEST YOU CALLED
IN.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET'S TAKE A
LOOK