Lift your heart gently, accept your failure without wallowing in your weakness. Peter, after weeping bitterly over his sin, ran toward the tomb where His Lord was buried, hoping. In contrast, Judas fails to persevere, and takes his own life in despair and dishonor (Matthew 27:5). Why did God wait 120 years to destroy the earth by the flood? He was the son of perdition, as the King James Bible, and the New King James Bible say it. When I saw the world change before my eyes, with the fall of communist nations in Europe, things that people thought would not happen for decades, happened in a matter of months. And weve all seen it in this last six months, namely how quickly things can change in the world. Opera News does not consent to nor does it condone the posting of any content that violates the rights (including the copyrights) of any third party, nor content that may malign, inter alia, any religion, ethnic group, organization, gender, company, or individual. For he stole money from the treasury box that was entrusted to his keeping. //]]> Self-pitying sorrow is not desired by Jesus. It is the enemy convincing us to make a mockery of the Cross. While Judas planned to betray Jesus, Peter was a different story. The opinion of Gary Hughes: Scripture does not report an instance of Peter asking for forgiveness. Click to enable/disable Google reCaptcha. I would say that Judas is not included in that prayer that Judas was not forgiven. First of all, lets just understand here that it was a remarkable thing for Jesus to say those words. Personal Gain - Consider Matthew 26:14-16 "Then one of the Twelvethe one called Judas Iscariotwent to the chief priests and asked, 'What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?' Changes will take effect once you reload the page. We're not salespeople, but we depend on donations averaging $14.76 and fewer than 1% of readers give. But at the same time, the Father was pleased to see his Son perform this holy work. Perdition is an old word, but its a powerful one. The relevant verses are: (For Peter):- Matt 26 (v.74) Then began. I think it is a good and healthy thing for us to believe that Jesus Christ is coming soon, but not with crazy predictions of dates, not with panic, not with fear. 26:25). Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. WASHINGTON, D.C. (Catholic Online) - Reading the Passion of Christ we tend to notice one thing: the significance that the evangelists give the denial of Christ by St. Peter, the first apostle, our first pope. All materials contained on this site, whether written, audible or visual are the exclusive property of Catholic Online and are protected under U.S. and International copyright laws, Copyright 2022 Catholic Online. Now, I want you to understand that even though Judas was appointed to destruction, at the same time Jesus loved Judas. He said, I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. They cant take it away because that is intrinsic to the human being. And that you Healing was provided for by the work of Jesus on the cross, by his stripes were healed, which I think is speaking both spiritually and physically. He was aware of how deeply he had betrayed Jesus, and yet because of his humility, Jesus restores him by the Sea of Tiberias. Judas' sin garners the most attention because it seems so much more scandalous than the others, but we miss the point if we only see his act of greed and not the true cautionary lesson. That is Gods ultimate perfect healing to every believer. 'Help Give every Student and Teacher FREE resources for a world-class Moral Catholic Education'. Judas failed to understand who Jesus really was, even to the end. //
