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Teacher or Lord?
- Nov 29, 2009 at 8:16 AM
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The followers were very sad to hear this. Each follower said
to Jesus, "Lord, surely I am not the one!" Jesus answered,
"The man that has dipped his hand into the same bowl with meis the person that will be against me. The Son of Man will go
{and die}. The Scriptures say this will happen. But it will
be very bad for the person that gives the Son of Man {to be
killed}. It would be better for that person if he were never
born." Then Judas said to Jesus, "Teacher, surely I will not
be against you!" (Judas is the one that would give Jesus to
his enemies.) Jesus answered, "Yes, it is you."
-- Matthew 26:22-25 (ERV)
KEY THOUGHT:
"It's not me Lord, is it?" Each disciple wanted Jesus' assurance thathis worst nightmare wouldn't be real. It's our question, too. On those days of great discouragement or great honesty, we ask ourselves and ourLord the same question. We don't want it to be true in us.
However, in a series of honest encounters with faith, reality, and lack of understanding, we find the disciples confused, weak, and pitiful --maybe even despicable at times. But in our heart of hearts, we know they are us. But each of them is redeemable because of one key word that they all use to address Jesus. All of them address Jesus as Lord. At least all of them address Jesus as Lord in the confusion except one.
Judas uses the word Rabbi, which means teacher. Is that the difference between Jesus and the others? Is it the difference between him and us? I don't want to make too much of one word, but this one word is the absolute key. Is Jesus our Lord or is he merely our teacher? Do we recognize him as our Master or do we see him as just another good guide to life? It makes a life of difference what we truly decide!
TODAY'S PRAYER:
Almighty King, your Son, Jesus of Nazareth and Son of the Living God, is Lord of all. In fact, Father, I want him to be my Lord. Gently lead me to confront the things in my life that keep Jesus from being Lord indeed over my will and empower me with your Spirit to live under his guidance, authority, and rule. In the name of my Lord and Savior,
Jesus, I pray.
Amen.
Comments:
Excelent post and good question. We need to catch those words.
Thanks for sharing that.
Jesus is ALL of it. Most of all He is Lord over all and THE ONLY SAVIOR.
Good post! Popular
I jumped right off and looked this up. I can not believe that in all these years I couldn't get why Judas was so different~~and now~~
I have read this passage for so long and never saw this until it was pointed out.....this is why the Word of God is alive...it just continues to feed us.
I offen would shake my head in trying to understand how Judas could have been so different and this morning I finally see it!
He did not know Jesus as his personal Lord and Savior.
He knew Him as a teacher; just like many of the people do today.
WOW!!! That is really all that I can say.
What a mind opening and understanding I got today.
May I place this in my prayer group...I have other posts in there.
TODAY'S PRAYER... I agree with you in prayer thanks for a good post.. :
Almighty King, your Son, Jesus of Nazareth and Son of the Living God, is Lord of all. In fact, Father, I want him to be my Lord. Gently lead me to confront the things in my life that keep Jesus from being Lord indeed over my will and empower me with your Spirit to live under his guidance, authority, and rule. In the name of my Lord and Savior,
Jesus, I pray.
Amen. Thanks for a wonderful photo have a good day in JESUS LOVE
Lord!!!!
Wonderful post! Jesus is my Savior ! Amen!
Amen. Jesus is Lord. Great teaching also.
JESUS CHRIST IS LORD......
Almighty King, your Son, Jesus of Nazareth and Son of the Living God, is Lord of all. In fact, Father, I want him to be my Lord. Gently lead me to confront the things in my life that keep Jesus from being Lord indeed over my will and empower me with your Spirit to live under his guidance, authority, and rule. In the name of my Lord and Savior,
Jesus, I pray.
Amen.
AMEN!!!
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