If Satan entered into Judas Iscariot why was he punished?

Question

If it was Satan and he had no control, he was obviouslly possessed by the evil Demon.

Answer 1

No Judas had freewill. He chose to do what he wanted to do. Although the devil could have tempted him, but in the end it was Judas who made his decision.

Answer 2

Judas was a man who did the wrong thing for the right reason. That is to say that he was not going against Jesus, he was trying to help. He thought that Jesus was the political Messiah that the Jews were waiting for. Judas was a Zealot. That is a political party. He thought that by turning Jesus in, that it would bring about the revolt that would bring in the rein of the Messiah. He was mistake. When he realized what he had done, he killed himself.

Answer 3

By satan entering him the bible means that judas allowed satan to influence him.

what is said below this post is pointless
if you believe it then you can't believe the bible since it would mean god himself and not a being with freewill is responsible for all the suffering.

Answer 4

Dark and light deeds are placed in the path of everyone to choose from. Some have delight in the light and some in the dark. Judas invited darkness into his heart, then after he saw the results of it he tried to fix the situation. If you are curious about this read about how God hardened the Pharaoh's heart. God did this to show wonders, but when the Pharaoh decided to kill the firstborn of God's people, Pharaoh made that decision on his own.

Answer 5

THe bible states that satan cannot enter those whom are not his.

Interesting side note, satan wanted Peter, Jesus told him no. Peter belongs to me. Satan had no options, the only available apostle was Judas,whom satan already owned, he had hoped to be given another.

Answer 6

If we choose to have the Savior YAHOSHUA in us, then Satan cannot come in, because greater is He who is in me, than he who is in the world. Therefore Judas "possession" by the demon was voluntary, and hence he was responsible.

Answer 7

Did God hang Judas?
Did the other Disciples do it?
Were any of the Disciples present when he did it?

Nope to all three

Answer 8

Couple of points...
1) What he did was of his own accord. He was not posessed.
2) He could have repented and been forgiven just as Peter was for denying the Lord but he elected to hang himself. He was not punished by anyone except himself.

Answer 9

This is a misunderstanding of Satan and his role. In ancient Jewish tradition Satan is simply an angel doing the work that God assigned to Satan to do.

The word Satan means challenger. With the idea of Satan challenging us, or tempting if you will. This description sees Satan as the angel who is the embodiment of man's challenges. This idea of Satan works closely with God as an integral part of Gods plan for us. His job is to make choosing good over evil enough of a challenge so that it becomes clear to us that there can be only one meaningful or logical choice.

Contrast this to Christianity, which sees Satan as God's opponent. In Jewish thought, the idea that there exists anything capable of setting itself up as God's opponent would be considered polytheistic or setting up the devil to be an equally powerful polarity to god or a demigod.

Oddly, proof for The Christian satan/devil mythology is supposedly found in the ancient Jewish texts that were borrowed to create the bible. One can’t help but wonder how Christians came up with such a fantastically different interpretation of Gods assistant Satan in their theology.

Other hints about Satan’s role in human relations can be seen if you look at the name Lucifer. It’s meaning in the original tongue translates as Light bearer or light bringer. Essentially the bringer of enlightenment. The temptations of the Satan idea bring all of us eventually into Gods light. Hardly the Evil entity of Christian mythology.

Love and blessings
don

Answer 10

Because Satan can't enter into anyone unless he's invited.