UNGODLY SORROW
Memorise: And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and
departed, and
went and hanged himself. Luke 27:5
Read: Matthew 27:3-8, 3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he
was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver
to the chief priests and elders,
4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the
innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and
departed, and went and hanged himself.
6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said,
It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of
blood.
7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's
field, to bury strangers in.
8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto
this day.
Bible in one year: 2nd Samuel 23-24, Proverbs 14:18-31
MESSAGE
The type of sorrow that Judas
Iscariot experienced is undesirable. I pray that you will not experience such a
sorrow in your life in Jesus’ name. We need to know why the sorrow that Peter
experienced is seen as godly and why that of Judas Iscariot perceived as
ungodly.
When a man thinks he can outsmart
his creator, the results is usually ghastly, and it is only when that person
has godly sorrow for his acts that he can be saved. Greed and materialistic
tendencies can make a man think he can outsmart God. It is unfortunate that
some so-called Christians are not spared for his monster called greed (or the
love of material things.) The Bible says:
“But
godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this
world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment,
let us be therewith content.
1stTimothy 6:6-8
Judas Iscariot thought he could
swindle the Jewish leaders by betraying Jesus, he thought Jesus could not be
arrested because he had, before then, witnessed Him escaping from the hands of
the Jews. However, he didn’t know that Christ escaped then because His time was
not yet up.
“And all
they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,
And these things, were filled with wrath, And rose up, and thrust him out of
the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city as built,
that they might cast him down headlong. But he passing through the midst of
them went his way.”
Luke 4:28-30
With the background knowledge of
what Christ could do, he felt that once he had collected the money and showed
them who He is, Christ would disappear and life would continue as usual. To his
surprise, Christ surrendered Himself. The type of sorrow he had does not lead
to repentance; rather, it leads to despair, frustration, and eventually suicide
as seen in today’s memory verse.
Beloved, let us fear the Lord and
abstain from all forms of greed and the love of money. These things drown men
in destruction and perdition.
Prayer Point
Father, please don’t let the love of money drown me in Jesus name.
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