Thursday, March 1, 2012

Value of Silver

The disciples were so caught up with their own self doubt that they missed Jesus’ plain declaration that Judas was the betrayer (John 13:26). They assumed Judas was going out to buy supplies or give money to the poor (John 13:29).


Judas had already been to the high priest to initiate a deal, money for delivering Jesus into their hands (Mt 26:14). Seems appalling, doesn’t it? Riches had so consumed Judas that he had lost all sight of who Jesus was and of eternal values.

Is that not what we do when we take moral short cuts? We forget his pain to free us from bondage to the values of this world.