Grace Bible Church Pastor-Teacher Robert R. McLaughlin Sunday, February 9, 2020. For class note click "Show more"
The barrier to truth is when one presumes that they already have it.
We are living in one of the greatest periods in all human history, which I personally believe is the last generation before the Rapture and the Second Advent or the Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
There were two Judas’ in the disciples, only Judas Iscariot can fit in the definition of being a Traitor or a Betrayer.
One of the disgusting traits of Judas Iscariot is that, not only did he betray our Lord, but he also pretended to love the Lord when all he really loved was himself; 2Ti 3:2.
His lust for approbation, recognition, money, power, and authority is about to be brought to the surface.
To be the “son of perdition” means that Judas is a man identified with eternal destruction, whose destiny is the Eternal Lake of Fire. It is not that Judas was predestined from eternity past to betray our Lord and to go to hell without opportunity to be saved, but that he had every opportunity.
1) He experienced the privilege of selection into the unique circle of the “12,” becoming an apostle;
2) Judas also observed great crowds flocking to our Lord Jesus Christ as He was becoming more and more popular every day.
3) Judas saw Christ’s own family thinking Him crazy.
4) He observed that Jesus had extraordinary charisma and attracted large crowds, which meant potential political power, influence, and wealth and Judas wanted in on the action.
Judas was the treasurer of the Lord’s group of apostles indicating that he was no imbecile.
Judas knew the ins-and-outs of collecting, managing, and spending money better than the others did, including Matthew, who was a Tax Collector for the Romans to the Jews.
We also find some very interesting principles of our Lord’s Final Passover, where Lazarus had been raised from the dead; Joh 12:1.
Mary anointed our Lord’s feet with expensive “oil of spikenard,” “wiping His feet with her hair” (JOH 12:3).
Character trait #1: Judas did not care about the poor. He was a hard-hearted man, too concerned with feathering his own nest while others, less fortunate, suffered around him.
Character trait #2: He was a thief, pilfering funds from the Lord’s money box, which exposes that Judas was full of avarice, or greed.
Our Lord is telling them that there is a traitor in their midst and that he is about to betray Him.
Prin: Judas became a traitor because the verb that is mentioned is known as the aorist-middle-indicative of the Greek verb ginomai which means to become something that one was not before.
I do not believe that the Lord chose Judas to fulfill a prophecy of damnation.
Hyper-Calvinism is a branch of Protestant theology that denies the universal duty of human beings to believe in Christ for the salvation of their souls.
Those who take these principles to the extreme teach that man is either chosen by God to go to heaven and live with Him forever or man is chosen by God to go to eternal damnation.
These types of believers usually function under what they call TULIP which is an acronym of five essential tenets or points concerning the Sovereignty of God and the depravity of man.
T.U.L.I.P.
(T) Total Depravity;
(U) Unconditional election;
(L) Limited atonement;
(I) Irresistible grace;
(P) Perseverance of the saints.
All of these principles apply to betrayers and traitors who make a living by manipulation, lies, broken vows; broken promises; etc.
It doesn't really matter if you love our Lord, because if you love the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, there is divine blessing waiting just for you.
The Lord is rebuking the shepherds for betraying the people of God by denying them doctrinal teaching and therefore, the Lord uses a prophecy that points to the ultimate betrayer, Judas Iscariot.
“I was not telling the truth when I said I studied the Bible myself and I said I don’t believe it because it was written by man and not by God:” --- I was just saying what I heard others say.”
The only real barrier to truth is the arrogance of presumption whereby one presumes that they already have it.
"Those born once will die twice and those born twice will die once."
It means theologically that all of us were born in sin, we were born physically alive, but spiritually dead; Psa 51:5; 58:3; Rom 5:12.
Can he be born again which means that he would be born twice, once physically, the other spiritually.
Marvel is the aorist-active-subjunctive of thaumazo (thou-mad'-zo); to marvel, to admire, to be amazed, be astonished, and to have reverence and adoration.
"Those born once will die twice and those born twice will die once."
If you are born once that is only physical birth, then you will die twice which refers to physical death followed by the second death; Rev 2:11.
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