10And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. 11And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD. 12And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. 13And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD (Zechariah 11:10-13).
14Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, 15And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver (Matthew 26:14-15).
3Then 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, 4Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. 5And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself (Matthew 27:3-5).
Zechariah foretold of the rejection of the Messiah. Those that should have known Him would reject the Messiah. He also was to be rejected by those who actually knew Him. It may seem difficult to understand how Judas, one of the Twelve, could have rejected Christ. Judas witnessed the miracles, he saw the power, and he heard the message. Yet, Judas rejected and betrayed Christ. People still reject Christ today.
It is not by sight that we follow Christ, but rather by true faith. Neither is it the outward appearance or outward proclamation that shows our acceptance of the message of the Gospel. But rather it is the inward change of heart by which we come to know Christ. The inward change through the power of the Holy Spirits is ultimately brought about through repentance. Repentance leads to forgiveness and forgiveness leads life. Forgiveness is permanent and can never be lost. Notice that scripture says Judas repented, but he repented to Men and not before God. The message from the life of Judas is that salvation is from an inward change of heart, and without the inward change in the heart, there is no hope. Judas, even after betraying Christ, could have been saved had he truly repented and called upon the Lord for forgiveness. The hope then of the Gospel is the fact that all those who call upon the name of the Lord, in faith, will be changed and saved.
14Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, 15And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver (Matthew 26:14-15).
3Then 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, 4Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. 5And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself (Matthew 27:3-5).
Zechariah foretold of the rejection of the Messiah. Those that should have known Him would reject the Messiah. He also was to be rejected by those who actually knew Him. It may seem difficult to understand how Judas, one of the Twelve, could have rejected Christ. Judas witnessed the miracles, he saw the power, and he heard the message. Yet, Judas rejected and betrayed Christ. People still reject Christ today.
It is not by sight that we follow Christ, but rather by true faith. Neither is it the outward appearance or outward proclamation that shows our acceptance of the message of the Gospel. But rather it is the inward change of heart by which we come to know Christ. The inward change through the power of the Holy Spirits is ultimately brought about through repentance. Repentance leads to forgiveness and forgiveness leads life. Forgiveness is permanent and can never be lost. Notice that scripture says Judas repented, but he repented to Men and not before God. The message from the life of Judas is that salvation is from an inward change of heart, and without the inward change in the heart, there is no hope. Judas, even after betraying Christ, could have been saved had he truly repented and called upon the Lord for forgiveness. The hope then of the Gospel is the fact that all those who call upon the name of the Lord, in faith, will be changed and saved.
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