Sermon Tone Analysis

! Introduction:

Last Week we learned some interesting things about Judas:

ü  Judas was the son of Simon (John 6:71).

The term Iscariot, which is used to distinguish Judas from the other disciple named Judas (Luke 6:16; John 14:22; Acts 1:13).

ü  Judas’ was called by Jesus /“to be with Him” /(Mark 3:14) and his name appears in three of the lists of the disciples (Matt.

10:2–4; Mark 3:16–19; Luke 6:14–16), although it always appears last.

ü  Judas was a treasurer (John 13:29), a thief (John 12:6), hypocrite & deceiver (John 12:39), criticizer (Mark 14:5).

ü  And worse of all Judas was one who had been not only influenced by Satan (John 13:2), but also possessed by Satan himself (John 13:27)!

ü  During the week of the Passover festival, Judas went to the chief priests and offered to betray Jesus for a reward (Matt.

26:14–16; Mark 14:10–11).

Jesus announced that He would be betrayed and that He knew who His betrayer was (Mark 14:20), the one to whom He would give the piece of bread used in eating (John 13:26–27).

Jesus was saying that a friend, one who dipped out of the same dish as He, was His betrayer.

!!!! a)            He Followed Jesus, But He Criticized Other Believers (John 12:5)

!!!! b)            Criticism Is A Sign Of Hypocrisy (Matthew 7:1-5).

!!!!! (1)           When We Judge Critically We Also Manifest A Mistaken View Of Ourselves (2 Sam12:1-6).

!!!!! (2)           The Criticizer Will Be Judged (Matthew 7:2).

!!!!! (3)           The Criticizer Fails To Examine Himself (Matthew 7:3)

!!!!! (4)           The Criticizer Is Deceived About Himself (Matthew 7:4)

!!!!! (5)           The criticizer is a hypocrite (Matthew 7:5)

!!!! c)            Judas Expressed Concern For The Ministry, But He Had An Ulterior Motive (John 12:6)

!!!! d)            He worked for Jesus, but he did not love Jesus (John 12:7-8)

 

! I.              jUDAS THE DECIEVER (jOHN 6:70-71)

Standing right in the midst of the chosen men was one who /looked/ and /sounded/ like the most sincere disciple.

His name was Judas, a name which has itself become a metaphor for betrayal.

!! A.            sUBTLE dECEPTION

!!! 1.

Why Was Judas Chosen By Jesus If He Was Going to Betray Him?           

!!!! a)            The Scriptures Foretold It. 

!!!!! (1)           *John 17:12 *cf.

*Psalm 41:9 *tells us this: While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name.

Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

!!!!! (2)           God did not force Judas into that betrayal against the man’s will.

Jesus even said of Judas that it would have been better for him if he had never been born, because of the choice he made (Matt.

26:24; cf.

Luke 22:22).

Instead He used Judas’s evil intent to accomplish His own predetermined purposes (cf.

Acts 2:23).

!!!! b)            It Gave Occasion To Uncover The Awfulness Of Sin (Matthew 26:14-16) 

!!!!! (1)           The greed he evidenced by that act was another indicator of his wicked heart.

Driven by greed, he betrayed the Lord for thirty pieces of silver, and damned his soul to hell.

!!!! c)            It Supplies The Sinner With A Solemn Warning.

!!!!! (1)           A person may experience the closest possible contact with the Lord Jesus & still not come to Him for Salvation.

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!!!! d)            It Shows Us There Are Hypocrites In The Church Today (John 12:1-6; 13:2, 26)

 

 

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II.

Reasons For Betrayl ( Mark 14:10-11)

Judas was personally irresponsible.

He forsook Jesus, denied and betrayed Him, and Judas is to be blamed.

/No one made him do it/; he personally took the initiative.

But why would Judas deny and betray Jesus?

Several things are suggested in this passage.

!!! 1.            Jealousy.  Judas Seems To Have Been Jealous Of The Other Apostles.

!!!! a)            The exact words, “Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve” are significant.

!!!!! (1)           The Greek actually reads, “Judas Iscariot, /the one/ of the twelve.”

The word “the” is inserted.

There seems to be some kind of priority and importance suggested.

!!!!! (2)           Jesus Had Noticed Some Great Potential, Some Unusual Qualities About Judas.

!!!!!! (a)           Jesus did not only call Judas, he was elevated and given a position of authority among the apostles.

!!!!!! (b)           He had been appointed the treasurer of the group.

He was in charge of the Lord’s funds and the purchasing of whatever was needed (John 12:6; John 13:29; cp.

Luke 8:2-3).

Such a high position and responsibility indicated the high esteem with which Jesus and the others held him.

But something happened.

!!!!!! (c)           Judas was never seen as one of the inner circle of three (Peter, James, and John).

!!!!! (3)           He Began To Turn Sour At Some Point.

Jesus knew what was happening to his heart and character; therefore, Judas saw himself excluded more and more from intimacy with Jesus.

He saw himself, who had been one of the first, becoming one of the last.

!!!!! (4)           Jealousy And Envy Began To Fill His Heart, And He Refused To Deal With It.

He became even more unreachable to Jesus, less and less important.

He began to be consumed with jealousy and envy and the urge to retaliate.

/“Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another” (Galatians 5:26)./

/“A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones” (Proverbs 14:30)./

!!! 2.            Ambition. Judas Was Definitely Ambitious.

*/Definition         /*A fervent desire for rank, fame, or power, desire to achieve a particular end

!!!! a)            Ambition is Good If it is being used for seeking:

!!!!! (1)           *The Best Gifts (1Cor.12:31)—*/But

earnestly desire the best gifts.

And yet I show you a more excellent way."/

!!!!! (2)           *Spiritual Goals (Phil.3:12-14)—*/"Not

that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.

Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."

(Philippians 3:12-14, /NKJV)

!!!!! (3)           *The Gospel’s Extension (Romans 15:17-20)—*/"Therefore I have reason to glory in Christ Jesus in the things which pertain to God.

For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not accomplished through me, in word and deed, to make the Gentiles obedient— in mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and round about to Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

And so I have made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build on another man’s foundation," (Romans 15:17-20, /NKJV)

!!!!! (4)           *Acceptance Before God (2Cor.5:9-10)—*/"Therefore

we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad." (2 Corinthians 5:9-10, /NKJV)

!!!!! (5)           *Quietness (1Thess.4:11)—*

/"that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you," (1 Thessalonians 4:11/)

 

 

!!!! b)            Ambition is Evil If it leads to:

!!!!! (1)           *Strife (Mark 10:35-45) */James and John The Two Sons of Zebedee/

!!!!! (2)           *Sinful Superiority (Matt.18:1–6)/

/*/Argued Which is the Greatest/

"But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and *argued *about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”" (Jude 9, NASB95)

!!!!! (3)           *A Pharisaical Spirit (Mark 12:38–40)*

!!!!! (4)           *Contention About Gifts (1 Cor.

3:1–8)*

!!!!! (5)           *Selfish Ambition (Phil.1:14–17;

Galatians 1:6-9)*

 

!!!! c)            The difference Between Judas and the others.

!!!!! (1)           Judas was seen seeking after the higher positions in the government Jesus was to set up.

There was one difference, however, between Judas and the others.