Luke 22:2-3 KJV
And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.
I am always amazed when I read this.
Jesus Christ is the Lord of the universe. He is in control of all things. He has the power to cause anything to happen that He chooses. The Bible says, Proverbs 21:1 KJV
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Obviously God could have worked it out that the chief priests and scribes did not wat to kill the Lord, and surely the Lord could have seen to it that, though they sought how they might kill Him, they could not find a way.
Not so. As soon as the Bible says they sought how, Satan entered into Judas and compelled him to betray Him.
Three enemies, all coming together at the one moment when Christ was vulnerable.
I am reminded once again not to allow my attachments to this world to be too strong and not to place my hopes in Christ upon what sorts of "blessings" I experience in this world. This world is not a friendly place to believers. We have perhaps been given a few years of ease as Christians, but not for our good. They may have just been tools of Satan to cause us to get our eyes off of what real faith is so that, when the troubles begin we have false expectations of the Lord and are disillusioned when God doesn't do for us as we thought He would.
Father, give me true faith and the heart to follow You wherever You lead me.
And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.
I am always amazed when I read this.
Jesus Christ is the Lord of the universe. He is in control of all things. He has the power to cause anything to happen that He chooses. The Bible says, Proverbs 21:1 KJV
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Obviously God could have worked it out that the chief priests and scribes did not wat to kill the Lord, and surely the Lord could have seen to it that, though they sought how they might kill Him, they could not find a way.
Not so. As soon as the Bible says they sought how, Satan entered into Judas and compelled him to betray Him.
Three enemies, all coming together at the one moment when Christ was vulnerable.
I am reminded once again not to allow my attachments to this world to be too strong and not to place my hopes in Christ upon what sorts of "blessings" I experience in this world. This world is not a friendly place to believers. We have perhaps been given a few years of ease as Christians, but not for our good. They may have just been tools of Satan to cause us to get our eyes off of what real faith is so that, when the troubles begin we have false expectations of the Lord and are disillusioned when God doesn't do for us as we thought He would.
Father, give me true faith and the heart to follow You wherever You lead me.
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