Matthew
27:6-8
And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful
for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury
strangers in.
Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
I wonder what might be our own field of Blood?
The Pharisees had done something:
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Dishonest with their faith
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Disreputable with their nation and
·
Dishonorable as a human being
They had contrived to have an innocent man killed simply because they
did not like him. Judas had been a part of the plot but when he could not bear
the weight of the guilt of his deed he threw his spoils at the feet of the
Pharisees and killed himself.
The Pharisees were now in a quandary:
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Not for their sin
·
Not with what to do to make restitution, but
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What to do with Judas' blood money
Religious hypocrisy would not allow them to retain the money so they
elected to use it for a good deed. Rather than repent, they tried to buy off
their consciences.
Many are the tales of men and women who live in despair over their sins
but who continue to reject Jesus Christ.
·
They will perform acts of kindness or give to
organizations for charity
·
They will volunteer and places of need or buy
equipment for hospitals, churches or synagogues but
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They remain burdened, guilt ridden and antagonistic
toward Jesus Christ
Every one of us, likely, has our own potter's field; our own field of
blood, our own attempt to salve our conscience instead of genuine repentance.
None of it will work. Not even Judas' answer of suicide can ease the burden. He
exists every day, dying eternally with the full weight of his guilt upon him.
Only one thing will make the burden loose from us; it is repentance and
reliance upon Jesus Christ.
The very One these Pharisees were guilty of killing (and the fact of His
death burial and resurrection) is the very One who can rid us of our field of
blood.
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