Repentance versus remorse can make the difference between being forgiven or not. Remorse is being regretful that you did something. Repentance is turning away from your sin and toward God to receive forgiveness. To truly change, I must repent as God molds and shapes me to be a transformed person. David gives us insight. Psalm …
Finding forgiveness when we fail is the story of every forgiven sinner. Unfortunately, some people, like Judas, don’t let the Lord forgive them. He was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus who spent three years with the Savior but threw it all away. Matthew 27:3 When Judas, who had betrayed him, realized that Jesus had …
The story of Jesus’s Jewish trial demonstrates the need for power blinds. The High Priest’s family managed the “Temple business.” The high priest was to serve until death according to Old Testament law. However, the Romans ensured the high priest would work for them by appointing the office. Caiaphas was the high priest at the …
The kiss that Judas betrayed Jesus with was not only an empty gesture but the worst kind of hypocrisy and treachery. It was tradition for disciples to greet their teachers with a respectful kiss. Judas used this sign of friendship to identify Jesus for the soldiers. Luke 22: 48 But Jesus said, “Judas, would you betray …