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Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?” — Luke 22:48
If Judas the betrayer had truly repented, would Jesus have accepted
him? I believe so. No one can out-sin the grace of God. Judas may have
saddened our Lord
more by hanging himself than by betraying Him. I think his act of
despair meant that he didn’t believe our Lord would forgive him.
In the novel The Flight Of The Shadow, author George MacDonald
tells a story of a young girl, Belorba Whichcote, who lived with her
uncle. One morning she watched him take a piece of jewelry out of a
cabinet drawer, hold it up briefly to the light, and then quickly put it
back.
After her uncle left the house for the day, Belorba looked in the
drawer without his permission. Guilt immediately flooded her heart, and
she nervously waited for his return. When he came back that evening, she
fell at his feet, confessed what she had done and how awful she felt.
Then she sobbed, “Please, Uncle will you kill me?”
“Yes, yes,” her uncle replied. “I will kill you, my darling! This
way! This way!” Then, stretching out his arms, he drew her in and
covered her face with kisses.
What a marvelous picture of our Lord’s love for the sinner who comes
humbly before Him! How He longs to “kiss us” with kisses! — David Roper
The pain of facing up to truth
And saying “I am wrong”
Is soothed by Christ’s redeeming love,
Which fills the heart with song. — D. De Haan
READ: Matthew 27:3-10
Sin brings fear; confession brings freedom.
The Bible in one year:
• 2 Chronicles 26-29
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