In a ministry I am a part of, our ministry leader has asked us to take a look at the disciples of Jesus and look at the grace He showed each of them. Below is what I have studied on and found in this journey.
There were 12 disciples -ALL Jesus chose. They weren’t a mistake and chosen for a reason. He knew the hearts of those who he chose and how they would decide to live their life. Not one of them was perfect, but one has always been thought of as despicable – Judas Iscariot.
The man who betrayed Jesus. The one who sent Jesus to the cross. How awful was he? My question for you is – did Christ die for everyone BUT Judas? Was Judas’ sin too great to be covered by the blood?
Answer: NO! Jesus knew he had to die. Someone had to betray him. Reality is that Jesus was born to die. If Jesus decided to give up His purpose, he could have called the Angels down and the Cross would have had to be for someone else. But He didn’t. God used Judas’ sin for the good of the world. Jesus believed in Judas’ potential or He wouldn’t have chosen him and ministered with him. Just because Judas decided to make a horrible, awful mistake didn’t mean God still didn’t want him.
Every time we sin we decide that God’s law, provision, demands are not important and therefore, we are Judas. We sell our God to walk in greed. Yet, Christ chose us. Jesus doesn’t turn our back on us. He died for us!!
Think about this – if Judas hadn’t hung himself, but came to Jesus after He had risen to repent, would Judas been redeemed & restored? I, personally, think so. Jesus chose Judas for a reason.
Remember this: Jesus chose YOU for a reason. No matter what you have done, you are not too far gone for the love of God to reach you. Don’t give up. Jesus atoned for your death 2,000 years ago. All you need is a repentant heart – go to Christ and ask Him for forgiveness. Then watch Him turn your life around!
Never give up – always be blessed!
Much love, dear readers!
“I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence! If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave, you are there. If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me. I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night— but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you.”
Psalms 139:7-12 NLT“This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me. You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name. This is my command: Love each other.”
John 15:12-17 NLT
Boldly Radiant 
Dear sister in Christ Jesus,
Jesus loves you.
We are children of love wrought in the warmth of our Father’s beautiful heart. I must tell you that our Father’s love is mighty and everlasting. This excessively divine brimming love gave us the will to choose. But even the Son of God coequal in divinity obeyed his Father’s will. And Yeshua has always exhorted the truth that none shall see the Kingdom of God unless he obeys his Father’s will which seeks great glory and the ultimate purpose for his creation. But as far as Judas is concerned, we must understand that his fall was pitiable.
The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to the man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born. ( Matthew 14 : 21 )
It was hellbent sorrow that overcame him. And his fate was terrible because it was Satan who entered him. But Jesus when he chose the twelve also told them that they would sit on thrones to judge the twelve tribes of Israel. By what this little child can understand of his Christ’s unending love even for his adversaries, I believe Judas is forgiven.
Oh Jesus is so beautifully in love with his children.
I love you.
Aby.
Thanks for your comment Aby. Yes, Jesus loves all of us, regardless of what or who we decide to be.
Yes, but soon after knowing him and tasting his love, everyone will come to the light regardless of how terrible a sinner they are. If one doesn’t the same is only worthy of condemnation.
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God ( John 3 : 18 )
God bless you and keep you stronger his.
Yeshua loves you.
Aby.
Yes I whole-heartedly agree with you Aby. When we know Him, we understand that we are sinners and unworthy of His grace. But also, we know that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. (Romans 8:1). That is because God gives us grace even though we do not deserve it. That is the magnitude of His love in action.
The point of this blog is just that -if we repent God will change us. Even the worst sinner has hope of seeing Heaven if they go through Christ and are covered in His blood because He atoned for the sins of the world on the Cross. That is something offered to ALL creation.
God bless you!
Yes, sweet sister, that is absolutely true.
Everyone worthy of knowing him is chosen by Jesus, as it was in the case of the disciples.
‘Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that you should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain:’ (John 15 : 16)
How greatly blessed we are and how fortunate that we have known him and are his beloved children! Oh how happy we would be to preach the Good News of Christ to all of his children; not forgetting the pagans, the agnostics, the atheists – all to be ever glorious in the image of their Saviour.
May Jesus take you forever in his warm embrace.
I love you.
Aby.