Perhaps some day they
may be recovered, and in some other form may again become our religion.
JUDAS ISCARIOT--WHAT CAN BE SAID FOR HIM?
Judas Iscariot has become to Christian people an object of horror more
loathsome than even the devil himself. The devil rebelled because he
could not brook subjection to the Son of God, a failing which was noble
compared with treachery to the Son of man. The hatred of Judas is not
altogether virtuous. We compound thereby for our neglect of Jesus and
His precepts: it is easier to establish our Christianity by cursing the
wretched servant than by following his Master. The heinousness also of
the crime in Gethsemane has been aggravated by the exaltation of Jesus
to the Redeemership of the world. All that can be known of Judas is
soon collected. He was chosen one of the twelve apostles, and received
their high commission to preach the kingdom of heaven, to heal the sick,
raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, and cast out devils. He was
appointed treasurer to the community. John in telling the story of the
anointing at Bethany says that he was a thief, but John also makes him
the sole objector to the waste of the ointment.
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