135. Judas Plots His Betrayal – Mark 14:10–11

We all know the story of Jesus, and we know that his time of ministry doesn’t have an easy ending. And now the time has come. One of Christ’s own provides the trigger for the final events in the ministry of Christ.
 
Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them.11 They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over.
 
Why did Judas do it? For Judas to betray Jesus, must have meant that he was disappointed with him in some way. I wonder what he was disappointed about.

Perhaps it was the way in which Jesus stubbornly refused to fulfill the prophetic timelines in which the Jews believed. Perhaps it was the repeated times that Jesus refused to allow the people to make him king. Perhaps Judas thought that Jesus needed his help ­– a little nudge – in doing what Judas thought a Messiah should do. Or perhaps Judas betrayed his Lord because of the way that Jesus bothered him and pricked his conscience. Perhaps Judas decided that the worldview of Jesus, with his infinite mercy and compassion for the unworthy, just didn’t fit his own. Perhaps he simply couldn’t stand the sheer goodness of Jesus anymore. Perhaps he found Christ’s character and teachings to be a constant rebuke to his own self-centeredness, greed, and pride.
 
We may never know why Judas did it. Instead, let’s think about our own lives. There are many ways in which we spiritually hand Jesus over to his enemies: and many ways in which we betray him. Take some time in prayer to repent and confess your sins. Do what Judas failed to do:  Allow Jesus to fill your heart with his forgiveness and grace.

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