Judas Iscariot: Can we judge him ?

Question

Judas Iscariot ?

Truth number one, is that Judas, like Peter may have been pre-destined to their roles. Peter to deny Jesus, and Judas to betray Jesus.

Regardless of his role, the role of Judas would have been insignificant in his role to die; Jesus had as his mission a role which he would have to provide.

So is there a purpose to the role of Judas ?

Is it to show that we should not prejudge others, and ourselves to our purpose relative to the 'way of the cross' as it relates to Christ.

Is it to show an abstract representation to us that in some cases we are predestined for actions that may appear inappropriate to us at the time, but are important to the message of Jesus Christ, and that we should not 'betray the cross' and the role we will play relative to the wishes of God ?

Is it possible that Judas provides 'the role' of betrayal, not that he betrayed Jesus Christ, but that he betrayed his role, by taking his life, in light of an action that was in his eyes a betrayal, but in the depths of prophesy was critical to the message from within and from without ?

Bottom line, it is not up to us to judge people or is it ?

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Answer 1

interesting question. two facts i learned thorough my religious education. 1. Judas gave Jesus up so that he could prove to be the Son of God. 2. Judas felt so guilty that he gave the money back and then hung himself. I think that whether or not it was his "role" is irrevelant. I mean it odes have a point but i feel that Judas punished himself enough and was sorry enough for what he did that he should be forgiven. That is the idea of confession anyway isnt it? Making amends and forgiveness? Its similar today to having a car accident and killing someone. That person will suffer enough from grief and guilt that their "sin" should be forgiven.

Answer 2

The decision of who will go to Heaven or Hell is of course up to Christ. He is the judge. Yet based on what we know of God's Word is simple in that Jesus said I am the Way, the Truth and the Light and no one comes unto the Father but by me.

As for judging a persons actions. Things like law and action speak for themselves. If a person speeds and gets caught. The end result is a speeding ticket. If we look into history can we determine if a persons actions were right or wrong. That is determined by the benefit ie. the D-Day Invasion.

Judas was picked for his role and that can not be changed. It is that role of a traitor that we need to look at and understand. Yes with out Judas or someone to turn Jesus in then the prophecy would not have been fulfilled. Therefore, we needed Judas to complete his part.
And likewise if a person turns their back on God. Then they have become the traitor. Remember Satan became the traitor to God and that is why he was casted out of Heaven. Now did Judas go to Hell? That is only a question that God can answer.

Answer 3

The bottom line is simply that we were all sinners until we came to the knowledge of the saving grace of Christ. We also know that through the scriptures that satan is before the throne of God continually accusing the brethren and Christ is advocating to God for us. So if satan is the accuser and Christ is acting as our lawyer then God is our Judge. I personally don't judge others I pray for them if I think they're in the wrong and then you sometimes get reminded that you have a plank sticking out of your eye when your praying for an others splinter. However there is a scripture in the bible pertaining to the righteous judging the unrighteous but I don't think that means now. I just don't judge, I pray and learn from my mistakes and the mistakes of others. However I will not bend or break or water down my faith as the song goes. I stick to the standards and the high call of Christ. I have often thought of Judas and my heart has ached for a man that loved Christ so much yet betrayed him and I believe that's why we have to pray without ceasing,read the word and study it on a daily basis it keeps our spirit man healthy, because after all we all have a free will and we can choose to do one thing or the other, it is just God knows what we're going to choose to do before we do it.

Answer 4

Judas was a devout Pharisee. As a religious man, he accepted the wisdom of his religious leaders. Imagine your Pastor or Bishop or Pope telling you that a certain individual (in Judas' case, Christ) was a menace to the faith and not one to be believed in. (Remember the Jewish leaders were warned to get control of Jesus or else their lives would be in danger by the Romans.) Most people would have accepted the advice of their Religious leaders. Judas was doing so when he betrayed Christ. When Judas realized this meant the death penalty for Christ, Judas hung himself after trying to return the money and hopefully free Christ. We do not know the last words or prayers of Judas. He could have said, "God forgive me." Judas may be a saint in heaven today. God did not want Jesus to die on the cross. People put Him there. Judas betrayed the friendship of Jesus since he was one of the 12 Apostles. There is no predestination. We all have a choice. What is predestined is the outcome of our choices. I can predetermine that if I throw a rock at a window, the window will break. Or I can predetermine that if I throw sand at a window the window will not break. The fate of the window is my choice. Judas had a choice and made a horrible mistake. He never realized until it was too late, what the outcome of his choice would be.

Answer 5

i ama human so its ahrd nto to judge even tho the lord says we should not, but i am jsut a amn, so yes i would say judas was evil, but if i think as i should then no i cant judge judas, i haev doen enuf evil myself. judege nto lest ye be judged, or remove the plank from my eye so i can get the splinter out of yours