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2 . Judas' Price- _ thirty _ _ pieces of silver. See: Zechariah 11:12, 1 3 .
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B. The kiss -Matthew 26:47-50.

This took place around midnight in the garden of Gethsemmane.

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1. The Mob - Judas came with a great multitude of armed men. H e _____ _

them to the place where he knew Jesus would be, John 18:2.

2. The Moment - Judas said, "Master, Master, Hail, Master" and kissed Jesus.

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The fact that Judas had _____ Jesus in this fashion shows that our Lord

was very average and Jewish in His physical appearance (Isaiah 53:2). He was

not some tall, long-haired, blue-eyed man with striking looks.

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a. The ------ of Christ revealed - John 18:6.

b. The purpose of Christ revealed - John 18:10, 11.

V . THE PENITENCE OF JUDAS:

I f there was one thing that might e said i n favour of Judas Iscariot, i t could be that he may have
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intended for Christ to be _ _ Harmed _ _ _ . In Mark 14;44 h e said to the soldiers, ''take him,
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and lead him away safely."

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A. _ _ Remorse _ _ not repentance - Matthew 27:3,4.
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Judas was sorry when he found out what the chief priests and Jewish elders were going o
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do with Christ. However, h is repentance (change f mind leading to change o f action) was
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misdirected - it was:

1. Toward himself- he was sorry for what his actions did to _____ _
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2. Toward the chief priests and elders - for having abetted their _ _ wicked
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3. NOT toward - GOD - - - Acts 20:21; 26:20b; Hebrews 6:1.
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B. - - suicide - - - - - ) Not Salvation - Matthew 27:5 Acts 1 :18, 19.
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Putting together these two accounts of Judas' suicide, we can reconstruct what must have

happened.

1. He _ _ hang _ed _ himself from a tree wh.ch overhung a precipice o r drop of some
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distance.

2. The _ _ rope _ _ _ _ subsequently broke causing the body (or the swollen,
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rotting corpse) of Judas o crash down and split open, disembowelling him.
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It was tragic end to a tragic figure. Judas died _____ forever (John 17: 12).

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Death is always _ _ hopeless _ _ for a lost man, Hebrews 9:27.
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VI. THE PLACE OF Judas •
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Acts 1:25c states that Judas went "to his own place."

There is some prophetic speculation about this - based on the fact that Jesus referred to Judas as

the "son of perdition "(John 17:12) as is the coming Antichrist (II Thessalonians 2:3;

Revelation 17:8, 11 ).

Will the Antichrist in fact be Judas Iscariot resurrected out of perdition? After all, the coming "beast"

will be energized by Satan (Revelation 13:2d) similar to Judas. Since the Antichrist will be a n

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imitator f Christ, h o better o d o that (it is argued) than the man who spent time with him - Judas
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Iscariot? Also, Judas _____ called Jesus "Lord."
However, there really isn't anything significant about the word "perdition." The Greek word "apoleia''

is elsewhere translated as 'destruction' and 'damnation,' and refers o the eternal destiny of all lost
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souls - Philippians 1 :28; Hebrews 10:39; II Peter 3:7.

THE APPLICATION:

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The important lesson to learn from t h e story of Judas s the necessity for a personal relationship with Christ
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through new birth. Judas enjoyed a _ _ privileged _ _ relationship with Christ b u t was not saved. Many
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today are:

White-washed, but not blood-washed!

On the Church's roll, but not on heaven's roll.

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Reformed, u t not reborn.

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_ _ Confirmed _ _ _ _ , but not Converted.
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