Judas a bad guy??

Question

Why do christians vilify Judas?? If it weren't for him they wouldn't even have a religion. If Judas hadn't sold Jesus out to the Romans then he would not have been hung on the cross and could not have supposedly..."come back to life".

Answer 1

The correct viewpoint is that Judas, through his actions, ensured a record for all time to his selfish act.
He also was known to be stealing from the money box for personal gain. His reputation is self vilifying. In the rcord of the Bible are examples of those that lived faithful lives and those that did not.

Answer 2

No.
Judas was supposedly picked by God to fullfill the prophecy of Jesus getting betrayed by one of the 12 to be crucified. i actually think Judas was just too human and viewed Jesus as a different type of saviour. he didn't want him dead, he wanted him ticked off so he could rise against Rome. It backfired; proof of the fact that he adored Jesus is that he felt so terribly guilty, he hung himself. If he had followed the whole "free will" theory, Christianity simply would no exist.

He was a necessary and essential part of the story. A piece of the puzzle that was absolutely pivotal for things to happen the way they did. Tough on Judas, tough on Jesus, but that's just the way it was meant to be. He had a part to play, and he played it to the tee. Period

Answer 3

Judas vilified Judas.

Answer 4

Judas' bigger sin was in not believing in the power of Jesus to forgive him for what he'd done. Let's face it....we've ALL betrayed the Lord at one time or other. Maybe we thought ourselves Christian and them put down someone who does not believe the way we do, or in refusing to forgive or we've let down someone who really needed our help. We've denied him, too. The difference between Judas and Peter is that Peter had hope and he was able to accept Jesus' forgiving love -- but Judas had no hoped -- even after spending 3 years with Jesus on a daily basis and witnessing first-hand the healing power of Jesus' love.

Answer 5

in one of the gospels it is recorded that Judas repented. Then in revelation toward the end it tells how the names of the twelve apostles are going to be written on the foundation of the city. Evidently God forgave him. As for your argument about him selling Jesus so he played a part and therefore should be must be a good guy, I don't buy it. The only reason he could be a good guy is that he repented. Was satan a good guy when he entered the serpent and tempted eve? He was just playing a part that comes to an end that is the plan of God yet he is supreme evil. The anti-christ and the false prophet both have roles in the coming of christ yet they are evil.

Answer 6

Judas was one of the twelve disciples, a position not many people can claim. Those who vilify Judas therefore are simply making themselves the 'first to cast the stone'.

Answer 7

Several scholars have considered that Judas may have been a violent revolutionary like Barabbas.

In fact his nickname Iscariot may actually be a corruption of the word for "knife carrier". A common (then) slang term for violent resisters against Rome that would work as assassin and try and kill Roman military leaders.

Judas may have disagreed with Jesus' peaceful teachings.

Answer 8

if it wasn't Judas the prophecy would have been fulfilled by some other means. but I would think that he could be called "bad", 'cuz, because he betrayed and was instrumental in the death of Jesus, he deserves to be called bad. Of course, I am in no position to say whether or not he is righteous or unrighteous (he did hang himself afterward, you know--Matthew 27:5)...but then again, he could have repented, snapped, and then hung himself. Only God knows for sure.

Answer 9

Did you just watch Jesus Christ Superstar? That is the premise of that movie.

Everybody has a free will, and so did Judas.

Answer 10

The Bible indicates that Jesus actually sent Judas off to go betray him. He definitely knew it was coming.